Man this song is special it will bring folks back from deathly lonesome to maybe just devastated and let the healing begin. Though a long road it’s too long for anyone to do it alone and a song like this can stick to the emptiness of that gut wrenching pain and offer a sense of the sympathetic companionship! Too good not too share it and too sad not to cry 100 times again. I am sorry that anyone as a parent would have to feel this it is a devastation that can never stop, and I know that often the Daddy’s have to hold strong and be a rock for the rest but remember the daddy’s need a chance to mourn without feeling like we are letting them down. Anytime a child is lost we without question feel like we’ve failed everyone as our 1 purpose more than any is to lay down in path of danger to allow ours to get home. There ain’t nothing fair, nothing meant to be, no god’s plan that aint no god for me, it’s just tragic and lonesome and will never be ok again it will just be everything without that light.

“Let’s start loving on people through our actions.” Maybe the best advice anyone has ever given on the internet. Thanks Burt

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Amen. The faith is expressed in service to others and sometimes that is just being a shoulder.

Man you gotta check out Billy Strings Tennessee Stud! Guy can play a guitar!

Fantastic Song...Fantastic lyrics...Fantastic reaction...Fantastic message...Keep doing what you are doing Burt. You are only getting better. It sounds so simple, yet you would be surprised at how difficult it is for some people to keep their mouth shut and just LOVE ON SOMEBODY. I've heard this quote many times, but it till rings true "God gave you two ears and one mouth. This means he wanted you to listen twice as much as you talk" Good stuff man. Keep it up!

The lyrics in the bridge of this song broke me the first time I heard it. BJ is a severely underrated song writer.

WOW What a GREAT song. Im in tears

That lyric about God's Plan is POWERFUL! Sometimes its so damned hard to hear it.

The whole album is fantastic. I do however think " Waking Up the Echoes " has the best lyric of maybe the decade

Hey man, def think you should react to “always lift him up and never knock him down” by willie Watson. I got a tattoo of this song so it would be great thanks

Damn good lyrics, but what can you expect from BJ; American Aquarium has gotten me through many a break up, especially their song "Tennessee" (the live version): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a959eaWj1dzcdqc.html