Will Wood stumbled into the spotlight in 2015, and immediately began attrac… Read Full Bio ↴Will Wood stumbled into the spotlight in 2015, and immediately began attracting attention and controversy with his indecipherable and provocative public persona and varying performance styles. Joined by his band The Tapeworms, Wood confused and excited audiences and press with his genre-defying musical style, uniquely clever and emotional lyricism, tongue-in-cheek attitude, and eccentric public appearances. Not long after, he began to develop a worldwide cult following and garner intensely polarized reviews that have only further obfuscated his constantly-shifting image and vision.

Before the Tapeworms, Will Wood was part of many other smaller projects. Due to him not wanting to be associated with many of these projects, most have been deleted from Spotify.
 
After entering recovery early in his career, Wood was diagnosed with Bipolar and began treatment. He has since taken a new direction with his work, dedicated to giving back and using his music to raise money for mental health research and inspire others with their own struggles. He leads a reclusive life in Pennsylvania, rejecting social media with the exception of Patreon and Instagram.

His release, “The Normal Album" is his first album following dropping "The Tapeworms" from his moniker. However the album still features Mike Bottiglieri, Mario Conte, Vater Boris, and Matt Berger. "The Normal Album" is his most polarizing, musically diverse, and lyrically dense album yet, explores the concept of normality through various lenses and alternating viewpoints, and features songs in every genre from disco to klezmer.

His last LP “In case I make It,” , where he explored an entirely different style from what he had published in earlier years, was released in 2022. In 2023 he released the live album “IN CASE I DIE”, before taking a hiatus from creating and releasing music which will last indefinitely.

-Ish
Will Wood and the Tapeworms Lyrics

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Well, if winter comes and takes my life
Will it be the death I had in mind?
Or will I be captured in the ice?
To preserve the way I died

Well at 27, will I see?
That I was born to be the man I′ll be?
And if I change myself can I still stay me?

Or did I just change my mind? Whoah

I am a point in time and space
And I am the truth that I create
And so where my matter takes its stand
No it doesn't matter who I am

No it doesn′t matter who I am

And I'm gonna be

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Will Wood and the Tapeworms' song "Ish" explore existential themes of life and death, identity, and the nature of reality. The opening lines, "Well, if winter comes and takes my life / Will it be the death I had in mind? / Or will I be captured in the ice? / To preserve the way I died," suggest a fear of mortality, and a desire to control how one is remembered after death.

The chorus poses thought-provoking questions about the nature of self, with lines such as "And if I change myself can I still stay me? / Or did I just change my mind?" These questions reflect the constant struggle to reconcile personal growth and change with a sense of authenticity and a stable sense of self.

The final lines, "I am a point in time and space / And I am the truth that I create / And so where my matter takes its stand / No, it doesn't matter who I am," suggest that one's identity is ultimately a construct, and that there is a sense in which we are all fundamentally the same. The lyrics encourage us to focus on the present moment and to embrace change, rather than clinging to a fixed sense of self.

Line by Line Meaning

Well, if winter comes and takes my life
If I die in the winter season,

Will it be the death I had in mind?
Will it be the kind of death that I wanted and expected?

Or will I be captured in the ice?
Or will my body be frozen and preserved in ice?

To preserve the way I died
In order to keep the details and circumstances of my death unchanged over time.

Well at 27, will I see?
At the age of 27, will I realize,

That I was born to be the man I'll be?
That I was meant to become the person I currently am?

And if I change myself can I still stay me?
Can I still retain my identity if I undergo personal changes?

Or did I just change my mind? Whoah
Or did I simply change my opinions?

I am a point in time and space
I am a specific moment in time and location,

And I am the truth that I create
And the reality that I construct.

And so where my matter takes its stand
And wherever my physical body is located,