Lost my brother years ago, never cried about it, I’m just not a big crier. When hardy performed this live earlier this year when I saw him, I bawled my eyes out the whole song. Don’t know what hit me, mans just got a way to make you feel it
Ahh man I never cried. I joined the military and having the built up stress and emotions the best thing is to just let it go. You will feel soooo much better after
This song goes to a whole new level and gives me goosebumps everytime when he says I was there when you raised your hands head bowed saying just as I am walking that aisle saying that prayer”
I am so sorry to hear that. I would love for you to listen to our bands new music video. It is about that exact scenario. Amahjra - Brighter in the Dark.
Heard this song 2 days after I lost my best friend to a heart attack. We had some great times and he had a wild side but he loved his church and God. This song fit perfect. Too perfect to the point I couldn’t hold it in. I still tear up when I hear it and always will. Miss you Dennis
As you say, I love how this video depicts his friends reminiscing about the good times they had together and celebrating his life even through their grief and loss. I find Hardy to be a phenomenal songwriter/storyteller - I always love the little word twists or poetical phrasing I find in his songs. I could tell this was hitting you hard - I hope the time you spend thinking about your friends who have passed will bring a smile to your face and comfort to your heart with the memories.
This song means a lot to me. This video was a masterpiece, for sure, coupled with the relatable lyrics. Cry and laugh, all the emotions brought together in one short span. One of my best friends and father figure for many years passed away from cancer about 15 years ago. We (like hardy himself) shared a deer hunting camp, which is where we bonded. I'm also to this day great friends with his sons. This song and video bring me back to memories of time spent with him and other lost loved ones. It's a perfect description and a privilege to be able to memorialize him, all because of this masterpiece... ok I guess I'll stop now.
That’s why I love country music the good songs have the ability to make a grown man cry and think about life they tell a story. Love your reactions bro
Those really good songs will hit you like a truck because there’s just something about them that feels real like there’s a connection to the person singing it like they get it too and they put words to a feeling you’ve all had before
I lost my step father in June of 23 few months ago to cancer. And this song hits hard. He was a saint an a devil at the same time. I'm in tears cause well I know he doing just that. 30 years plus he has been in my life I'm 40 now. So that says alot to that man. I hold his ashes on his truck that was given to me I drive it everywhere But I miss him alot but I'll see him again
Love this reaction. No one else out there is as genuine. I believe if this song grabs someone, it grabs them hard. But what I think is awesome is how he paints a picture of how the people we miss are up there having the time of their lives, doing things they loved down here. Kinda comforting. Thanks so much for doing this song. Appreciate you.
I lost my cousin about a month ago to a 45 to his head. Can’t finish this song without crying. He was such a good person but the demons inside all of us got to hard for him and it took his life. Great reaction man.
7:28 my dads funeral was pretty much a party. Everyone was laughing/crying at stuff we did cause it reminded them of how he’d love it. We didn’t do any hymns during his service cause he wasn’t an organized religion person. He was religious but didn’t like churches telling him what to believe. Instead of hymns we played songs he loved and sang along. He was a fan of Lone Ranger so after his graveside service my brothers and I hid a small music player and started playing the theme as we all walked away from the gravesite. Sure brought a smile to our mom’s face cause we were acting like him. 10:57 loved the little thunder and lightning scene at the end like he was giving them hell up in heaven.
My best friend lost her husband, who was like a brother and sister to me, and this song described him perfectly. Came out just before he passed, almost like god knew.
Just lost a close friend right after this song came out and still hurts to hear it to this day. Rip brother, lord knows you died too young. Give heaven some hell!
Me and my cousin/brother went to 3 funerals together in 1.5 months for our family members. 2 months Before everyone passed he lived with me for years so I traveled the 8 hours to our hometown where he went back to finally get his last 2 college credits to move back with me we went to 3 funerals together in that 1.5 month time frame 2 weeks later I was back home putting him to rest after he laid his bike down and slide into the front bumper of a semi truck after he hit a huge gravel spot. This song dropped on RU-vid 4 hours after he hit the semi truck. I listened to it nonstop until I got home
This reminds me if my brother and his wake. We talked about fun times. His friend's were just as crazy. The scene where is walking to the front of the church with his friend who died. One second they are together and then he is walking up without him. Killer cinematography
Everytime i’ve seen him live and he plays this song it never fails to see people breaking down during it. This song is hard to listen to for me but it’s such an incredible song that brings such bittersweet feelings.
Lost my best friend, fraternity brother & best man to MS a little over 5 years ago. I've seen Hardy 3 times (so far, #4 in Houston this month) and this gets me every time.
I think his song "Drink one for Me"is the part 2 of this song.Hes singing to his buddy n this song,and n drink one for me,his buddy is singing down to his friends from up n heaven!!The songs just go together.Just luv Hardy!!
Another soulful and emtional musician to check out is Beth Hart: "Am I the One" live at The Paradiso (2004) "Caught Out in the Rain" live at The Royal Albert Hall (2018) "I'd Rather Go Blind" with Joe Bonamassa live in Amsterdam. The Beth Hart rabbit hole is filled with so much talent from so many highly talented musicians. Thank you for your candor and enthusiasm.
This song hits me hard, i lost my brother in 2015 he was only 18 and his 27th birthday would be tomorrow July 2nd. This song is great but gets me rolling
Ya know Hardy’s song Drink One for Me is like the perspective of this guy that passed away looking back down on his buddies. Hardy is just so freakin talented.
You should have such a bigger following been watching you for so long now! I’m a country and rock listener! Music is how deal with life! I try to explain how I feel through lyrics most of the time and this song has always made me cry and with the medical issues I have and being in a place where I could die young I always ask please blast this loud enough I can hear it up there one more time!!!
And exactly I don’t want people to be sad at my funeral be sad but throw one hell of a party to celebrate the loud fun crazy person that I was! I don’t wanna look down and see everyone just crying
I remember hearing this song for the first time. I cried for hours. It still makes me tear up every time I hear it. In high school I remember coming home after a shift at Burger King and finding my brother hanging from the tree in our backyard. I remember cutting him down and holding his cold purple body in such a state of shock I held his head to my chest and prayed for god to take me instead. No one seen it coming. But we were living in a toxic household with drug addicted parents. It led me to a 12 year opiate addiction as well and I didn’t want to live anymore. I’m 30 years old and 5 years sober I still struggle with survivors guilt. And it’s really hard to not relapse sometimes. He wasn’t just my brother he was my best friend and he was all I had. I wish I could’ve saved you brother I love and miss you
I wish there were words that I could convey to help alleviate your pain, but unfortunately those words don't exist. Reading this has ripped my heart out of my chest 💔 I lost my brother to a similar way(he ended it with a g*n) and I found him. It was seven months after losing our sister, an unforgettable experience that forever changed my life. It was completely unexpected. I wish he would have talked to me and let me know how much he was struggling. No one deserves to feel the way our brother's did, and no one deserves to live through the hell we've endured. I do, however, know they're up there giving "heaven some hell" Sending so much love to you. ❤
Yeah, that describes my grandpa that died two years ago and he’s always been there for me whenever as in white top and it made me really sad and I started to cry and I started to think of him when I heard the song and I want that song to be playing at my funeral I’m not going to my funeral because it reminds me of my grandfather that’s in heaven right now, but he was wild. He acted I he need to go to hell, but he went up to him because he had amazing Grace
This is the song I dedicated to my mother in law. She battled cancer for 2 years. She was so wild.. went to the bar three days before she passed and guys were throwing her beers all night
So glad you're doing this! It really pulls the right strings! He is a MASTER of Lyrics!!!!!.... I Love watching you JAM!... I'm right there with you!... So Clever!... He is a Master Lyricist! Awesome react!... I Broke up too!
There's not a single time I hear this and don't have stuff in eyes. Makes me think of a good, good friend that went way too soon, and the few REAL friends you manage to hang onto for decades.
Give heaven some hell is for the living perspective of losing someone, I’d recommend, “drink one for me” as a follow up because it puts the perspective from the other side of the story as one leaving.
One of my good friends passed away a couple of years ago. I hadn’t cried since her funeral, and then one day this song came on (I had heard it before) and for some reason I just thought of her and cried on my way to work. He is such a talented writer and story teller.
This was the main song for my best friend that died a little over two years ago and I’m just now getting to the point where I can listen to it and not cry. He was one of the absolute best people I’ve ever had in my life. RIP Coop 🫶🏼
Seeing this live performance was hands down a life altering moment for me. Hardy is my favorite, this song is a frequently skipped one on my rounds because it jerks me a little too hard, i lost both papaws and my brother... Saw Hardy live this past weekend, 14k people, arms up screaming along, i think every single person on that arena was shedding a tear or more for that song. There was even a second of complete silence, it shook the ground. Hearing this for the first time messed me up for days, hearing this at unexpected times over the past year shook me to my core every time.... But seeing him perform it live was unlike anything i can describe. It was literally magic.
This whole song makes me think of a quote that I heard about real and fake friends. If you want to know who your true friends are, ask yourself "Who would be sitting at my grave talking to me for hours if I was gone tomorrow?" Just let that one sink in.
Thank you for doing this!! The video is incredible!! I have the cd with this song on it in my car right now. It’s the only cd I’ve had in my vehicle since I bought both.
I had been listening to Hardy for a few years before this came out. This song solidfied my love for his music. It rocks when you need it to rock, and helps you mourn when youve got someone on your mind. So glad it did the same thing for so many others! Rock on!
Hardy is so amazing, freaking love him!! He's got a way with words that touches your soul!! I lost my daddy in 2008❤ much love and respect Fishtank!!! 😊
I love it at the end of the video with the thunder rolling as they was carrying the casket from the church - "Make some thunder make 'em wonder how you got in"
I feel like he wrote this specifically about my baby brother!!! Great great song!! What'd you think of him in concert? I've seen him twice and have tickets for 2 more shows this year!!!
Dude, I’m so glad you did this one. When I bumped into you at the concert I wanted to tell you about this song to do a review. It came out on the anniversary of a very close person to me passing. It’s amazing.
I saw some of those brothers of mine in November we’ve been brothers for 33 years. I apologized to my sons today, I have been a dad for 33 years but I was more concerned with paying for food on the table and a roof over their heads but doing doubles everyday doesn’t build a go father sons relationship. I am only 53 so I’ve got some time, except they both live 2-3 hrs away
Same same! I love this song. If I go before my mom, won't she be surprised (appalled) to find this on the list of songs I want at my funeral? She thinks it's sacreligious and I get a giggle out of getting a little rise out her. But it's so very me... and I want people to remember me in life. Not perfect, not by a very, very long shot. But a good, imperfect, person saved by amazing grace. ❤✝️
