Actually, Craig wanted the audience to create their own story. He said he wanted the audience to interpret it how they wanted so you were partially correct! “Almost Home” tells the story of an encounter with an older homeless man. The narrator finds him covered in blankets behind a dumpster on a cold, winter’s day, thinking he might be dead. As he nudges the homeless man, who is, in fact, alive, the man tells him about all of the activities he had been doing in his dream. The narrator offers to drive him to a shelter, but the man declines, saying, “Man I wish you’d just left me alone, ‘cause I was almost home”. Morgan leaves the song open-ended on purpose. He wants his audience to interpret it whatever way they want. The homeless man may be almost to Heaven, or “almost home” in his dreams. How do you interpret the song? Watch Morgan perform it at the Opry below.
My dad was dying of Cancer and talking in his sleep. I could tell he was dreaming a childhood memory. After he woke up, he smiled at me and said this “ they say when you die, your whole life passes before your eyes, and I believe that’s true”. That song got me good.
@@josephkondrat6478 make great ones every chance you get. No matter how old you are you can still do things and you absolutely matter others. We all wish we were still 25 but let’s face it, we didn’t know anything about life yet….so there was a downside. Lol
Damn, Country Music songwriters and Artists like Craig Morgan are the greatest story tellers. On a side note. I was backstage at the Grand Ole Opry with Craig Morgan in July of 2016 and took pictures with him and was going to post them on social media the next day but that was the day his son died. For the record, Craig Morgan is a former US Army Ranger and recently reenlisted in the Army National Guard. He is a world class human being with a heart of Gold.
That's so cool. I was at the Opry last year with my daughter for the first time (Her first time) and we went around all the places in Nashville that I went before she was born. All the places that inspired me to write the songs on my first album. What a thrill for her to see the places in person that were my inspiration. This is a great song!
Two more Craig Morgan songs to use the entire box of tissues on are "This Aint Nothin'" and "The Father, My Son, and The Holy Ghost". This has always been my favorite by him. Good job.
The Grand Ole Opry: The Father, My Son and the Holy Ghost is particularly touching. It's the first time he performed the song live (Bring tissues. People will tell you the backstory afterwords, but yes the song is about his personal life).
@@gk5891that one makes me cry like a damn baby every time. I couldn’t imagine the pain they feel every day but his voice in that live performance gives me a bit a glance. You can hear it
My Father in law was dying and I was sitting with him and a fishing show was on the television above the bed. My father in law was an avid fisherman. He appeared to be asleep but when the man on the show caught a fish my father in law started moving his hands in reeling motion and said "I got him!"
For years, I sang this song for karaoke. Now, I won't even be able to listen to it in public, thanks to you. For me, the story was always, it's cold outside. The only way I can getvwarm is to dream about it. Never, not even once, did it cross my mind the old man was dying. Literally being called home. What a beautiful song. I listened to it again, and I was right, waterworks. Man I wish you just left me alone, I can't sing anymore, Almost Home. No. Thank you for your insight. It holds new meaning for me. I'll enjoy it now as I never have before. If it's best for him, I hope he made it home. Nite, all.
Craig wrote a song "Rain for the Roses", (my last name is Rose) and it depicts my life as a kid on the farm in Dixfield Maine, I met him at the CMA fest in Nashville a number of years ago, and we talked about that and bow hunting, and he automatically comes across as a kind and wonderful person. VIA his bus driver, Dewey, he signed and gave me an Alvarez acoustic, ( when I worked at Hunts Outdoors in Hendersonville Tennessee) that I played for years, I never met his son, but when he passed, I cried out of respect, as a friend, and as a father, can only imagine the loss. God Bless you Craig, I miss you on the charts brother, I am still playing at 80, and teaching, and have over 450 song lyrics written to date, that will probably never go anywhere, but it's all good, and it makes a great diary...:-)
I remember how this song made me feel years ago, when I was younger... now, it feels so much more relatable. When you've lost so many people you've loved your whole life, and nowhere feels like home anymore.. you come to know that "wanting to go home" takes on a whole new meaning. I wish I didn't know that kind of wanting, but I'm incredibly grateful to have had all the love that I miss so much now. It's kinda like a good hurt.. and a hopeful sadness you keep hidden from everyone for years. Weirdly, you end up confessing it to a bunch of strangers all over the world on youtube, and you feel a little bit of peace or relief, because somehow you just know there are others who feel the same way..
Dang, 56 yr old, retired military man. First time ever hearing Mr. Craig Morgan. This song got me thinking of good times with my Dad when I was a kid. (He recently passed away) ...this song got me too!
I live this song every time I sleep, my sons are little again and my wife hasn't cheated and broke my heart. Then the nurse wakes me up and I am sadly back here. If only I could sleep forever, I could hold her, watch the boys run barefoot on the lawn, and just dream on.
Tobycat sounds like you got the starting lyrics for a great country song right there. Piece it together and I hope i hear it on the radio. Sorry for your heartache.
As a father to a son who is in his early 20's, I have a hard time listening to this song. Just the thought of the possibility that I could have to face something like Craig had to endure is just, as you say, brutal.
@@gordonduke8812 I heard it when it first came out a couple years and the clips with Blake Shelton talking about calling Craig and telling him he needed to record it were going around. Of course I thought it was a great song and thought it would be an impossible thing to live through, but I couldn't really relate to that kind of pain. Then I came across an acoustical version of it a few months ago ... and now I have a son that's gonna be 1 in June. Talk about not being prepared for that whole bag of emotions to smack me in the face, yeesh. I was not prepared.
Ah man. You got me here. My father is 82 and fell a week ago and coded in the ER and they did CPR to bring him back. He has been hanging on in the hospital since and I have been too wrapped up in being there for him and my mom to really let the emotions hit. This song just made me break down at work. It is a good song.
I never interrupted it as he die but dreaming instead. Dreaming of hos childhood and he was walking home when she woke him up. Most of my best memories are from childhood
Its easily interpreted both ways. I've always believed it to be a dream because of the second verse. Close enough to see his daddy and smell the cobbler. He just wanted the dream to continue so he could go inside his home and be with his parents again. Besides, you really can't wake someone from dying. But then again that could be heaven to him. Regardless, I still cry everytime because it is so reminiscent of my childhood.
@@TheSpud1129the writer has says it's about a man dying and going home, to heaven and his heaven is that time of his life when everything was perfect.
Must do Craig singing "The Father, my son and the Holy ghost" Live at the grand Ol Opry. Craig wrote the song for his son who had recently passed away in a boating accident. It was the first time he sang the song live and I believe his last
This song hits a little different for me. My father suffered from Alzheimer's for years before he passed. He got to the point where he was nonverbal and he didn't know us . He was literally someplace else in his mind. The descriptions in this song made me hope this is where he was. And I hope this is where he is now. ♥️
I have someone very,very dear to me who is homeless. Many family members have tried to help him in many ways, but he prefers to go it alone, no matter what. Do sad. I picture him when he was a child and wonder what went wrong. It makes me look upon homeless people in a different way. Someday we will meet again in better circumstances. Much love.
That's a beautiful song l loved listing to Craig Morgan am l understanding this right he has passed away and if so when he had the talent for music.god speed my man and God bless if your in heaven your now. A singing angel.
I'm 75 and want for nothing. I grew up dirt poor. We lived in a converted garage with no indoor running water or bathroom. If I could go back and sit at that old chrome and vinal kitchen table with my Mom and Pop I wouldn't hesitate. Daddy's been gone quite a few years but Mom made 92 and just passed last year, almost on her birthday. It was the best of times. God bless. I miss them so much 😢
@@rodleyeriffe9149 So sorry for your loss. No matter how long anyone gets it’s just never enough time. I hope your fond memories carry you through until you meet again.
If you think that song is touching, Craig son died in a drowning accident and he wrote a song called my son, the father and the Holy Ghost and it’s incredible
I’m just turning 40 and this was my childhood it makes me tear up every time I hear it I sit and reminisce me and my brother riding bike to the lake going out to help bail hay mom cooking peach cobbler if this is a weird than I could tell so much more maybe I’m lucky maybe I’m anomaly
This song makes me cry every time. It reminds me of my dad (RIP) he was a gentle soul and also alcoholic. I used to try to wake him up all the time from him being passed out. He’d be passed out any and every where. Love you daddy ❤
This was great! Love the new version. I remember listening to this when it first hit the air! My family and I would sing it with the radio on any trip at the top of our lungs. We loved it and I still do! And yes he was dreaming!
Heard him sing & play on PBS one night - blew me away ! A Natural !! Just flat out can sing and write and play ..... with emotion that reaches past the ears and into the heart !!! Great voice. God bless, jj
Well, I’m late to this one, but I just wanted to add my two cents. The old man was not dying or freezing to death. He was in a better place when he was asleep. in his dream he was home again, or almost back to his childhood home but at that moment, when the young man who had good intentions, woke him up. he brought him back to this miserable world. What he is saying here in the song is that his fondest happiest memories are of his childhood. Those were the happiest years of his life.
I believe that you are right about that. Morgan wrote part of the song after his wife told him that she wished he didn’t travel so much on tour. So it started off as “it’s temporary. I’m almost home”. He mentioned dreaming about being home when you’re not helps. Then he spotted a homeless man and tied that into the song. But saying all that to say this, he won’t give a definite answer because he loves the way people interpret a song differently. It’s the magic of a well written song.
This song always makes me tear up. But the real waterworks start when I listen to Blaine Larsen’s “How Do You Get That Lonely”. What really does me in is remembering the music video for the song while listening to it. Highly recommend watching the video and listening to the song. Possibly at the same time, lol!
Such a great song by Craig. Love his music. Great song writer. The guys voice is so authentic and sincere. So many new singers try to sound that way but fall way short . Because they're NOT sincere. Yep , 63 years old here . Grew up in a small town in TN. So can relate to a lot of the lyrics. But the line about Momma sayin hurry up.....lost mom in 2008 so that one gets me .
Man, when I was a kid, I love to climb Cottonwood trees, and had some honey bees chase me before and there's nothing like going swimming in the river and drip drying in the summer breeze. I had really great memories as a kid, things kids don't do today.
I lost both my grandparents last June 28 yeah it’s been a year since they passed that song almost home. I live that song every night when I go to sleep because I used to live with my grandparents growing up. It’s very very hard. I miss him every day RIP, Nanny and Papa.
So glad you did this song. It is my favorite Craig Morgan song and there are a lot of them to choose from. I wish he got more air play and credit for his work. Good job!
I'm a huge Craig Morgan fan. From this song to his current music. Like a few has said already The Father, My Son and The Holy Ghost will get to you also. I lost my oldest brother and I recognized every bit of the pain he sings about in my parents. One of my favorites.
My buddy and I were fortunate enough to win a spot to sing one of our tunes at one of Craig's shows in New York ; and when I walked into the rest room , there was no one in there , then a guy pulled up on the side of me and I looked over and said , " How ya doin' "...???...and it was Craig and he said hey...LOL...It was great singing on his stage with his gear. Nice guy , too.
1000 acres in Chulota Florida. I say ‘every time’ I’ll cry but really it’s just when this song gets brought up, glad to hear yall enjoy this song, coming from Chulota, Florida. Pronounced chilli-ot-a. Great song yall
I met Craig Morgan in a store in Mcewen Tennessee. We were talking about a cougar I saw on my trail cams. He told me it is illegal to shoot a cougar. Truth is, I didn't want to shoot it anyway! You could tell by his voice that he had a strong voice. Great singer! I hope he remembers this interaction.
I’m going to get dark with this, but hear me out. I work as a paramedic and we get so many overdose patients who we have to revive, and almost all the time we do. This song makes me think about some of these people who’s lives are just so bad that they do things to escape and when we bring them out of it, I think, were they just trying to go back home?
The old traditional country from the 90's is so much better than anything they play today what they call country music today is not country music at all it's pop rock and rap
Craig Morgan is one of my FAVORITE people in this world. I woke up to this song after my clock radio bled over to a country music channel. As I was waking, I was taken back by the words. Over the next week or so, I searched the Internet to figure out who the singer was and what the name of the song was. THIS is the song that got me into country music. 🥲 Whether he was merely dreaming or in the process of dying is left up to the listener. That, by design, is how Craig Morgan wrote the song. Brilliant.
I'm generally a rocker/metal , but my wife introduced my to a lot of 80s/90's country that slowly grew on me. I'll have to ask her if she knows this one. I remember hearing these when I was a kid there from the movie Urban cowboy Stand by me or looking for love - Mickey gilley
Yes, after seeing them in concert, which was spectacular by the way, I call them mental health rock because they sing about every emotion on the human emotional spectrum!
A sad, rock song, you two should listen to is Queen's "Only the Good Die Young". A tribute to Freddie Mercury by the three remaining Queen members. 😞 On the positive side, Alexis had her baby! Congratulations!
Need to listen to the other 2 songs everyone is suggesting but also listen to (what i love about Sundays) by the way, this was my first video of your reaction. I always thought he was dreaming.
