![]() ![]() Sharing this message alongside Gilbert are country music heavyweights Shelton and Gill. “If somebody says something that has weight to it and they’re willing to say it to me, I’m listening, you got my attention.” “There are a lot of important conversations that happen on social media and I feel like they lose so much weight in that format because there’s no accountability,” he explains. Gilbert admits that while he’s often left puzzled by social media and that online communication can be “challenging,” he does see the value in having honest conversations. ![]() I feel like there’s a lot of times in today’s world I don’t necessarily fit in and I’m all right with that. I feel like this song captures that really well.” “There are things that I enjoy in life and if there comes a day when what we consider to be country like hunting, fishing, if there ever comes a day in this country where that doesn’t fit in, then I don’t really want to be here anymore, and that’s completely accurate. ![]() “To me, it’s about being an old soul and feeling like the world’s kind of running off and leaving me behind a little bit,” he expresses about the meaning of the song. His belief system is anchored by the final lines of the chorus, if there comes a day this country’s somewhere country don’t fit in / Hell, I hope I’m in heaven by then. The song stems from Gilbert’s affinity for the traditional and country way of life, as evidenced by such lyrics as when they pave all the dirt roads / And John Deere’s are dinosaurs / When the last back forty gets sold / And young boys don’t open doors. “I remember HARDY slammed both his fists down on the table and he stood up and he said, ‘Damnit Taylor, why would you say that in a room full of eight writers?’” he adds with a laugh. “We were just having interesting conversations and Taylor Phillips spouted out something about, ‘Man, I hope I’m in heaven by then,’” Gilbert recalls to American Songwriter about the 3 a.m. Gilbert, HARDY, Randy Montana, Taylor Phillips, Hunter Phelps, Brock Berryhill and Jake Mitchell co-wrote the track in the dead of night when Phillips threw out the phrase that ended up being the song’s title. The song arose during a songwriter’s retreat in Texas that blended the great outdoors with the power of songwriting. ![]()
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