![]() ![]() ![]() I believe this is another amazingly on point and nuanced commentary on the insanity that follows emotionally abusive relationships. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. But there is seemingly no way out but death. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"-being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. Find tour dates here.Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. His annual Christmas at the Ryman residency with Grant is scheduled to begin on December 12. Gill is currently touring with the Eagles. ![]() She had a few complications, but she’s home, resting, and they just say stillness and rest, and she’s gonna be just fine. “My wife had a really bad bike wreck about a month ago, and was unconscious for about ten or 15 minutes. Gill also gave an update on his wife, Amy Grant, who was absent from the CMT Giants taping, while she continues to recover from her bike accident. To hear all of these gifted people sing these songs has just been the greatest blessing ever.” I’m not afraid of it, but I’m just not that crazy about it. “I’m just overwhelmed by this night,” Gill said of the honor. Gill admits he was blown away by the star-studded musical tribute, which also included performances by Ricky Skaggs, Chris Stapleton, Cody Johnson, Wendy Moten, Brad Paisley and Sting, among others. The day will come I know I’ll see him in that sacred place on that holy ground.’” In the arms of Jesus, eternal life my brother’s found. And so I wrote a third verse, and I haven’t recorded it yet, but I’d like to, just to have a version out there with the third verse. It told a nice story, but it never finished it. “I didn’t feel like the song, as a songwriter, buttoned up and ended and finished the story. “Not too long ago, about a year so ago, as I listened to that song, it always felt incomplete,” Gill shared on Apple Music Country’s I Miss…90s Country Radio with Nick Hoffman. Underwood added the third verse to “Go Rest High On That Mountain,” which Gill revealed last year. He’s got obviously an incredible voice and just some of the most memorable songs in this era of country music. “I feel like getting to grow up and see him and other artists like him that were from a little bit down the road go on to live the dream that I wanted to someday maybe have was just super inspiring. ![]() “He’s an Okie boy, and I’m from Oklahoma,” Underwood told CMT ahead of her performance. Underwood honored Gill by performing one of his most noteworthy songs, “Go Rest High On That Mountain.” Several artists paid musical tribute to Vince Gill, as part of the CMT Giants: Vince Gill TV special, including Carrie Underwood. ![]()
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