Your emotion is felt. I remember the first time I heard this song. I was sitting at the kitchen table with my service pistol, a bottle of Jack Daniels and my sons Bible. My son was killed in Afghanistan by an IED. This song took me away from the bottle, and the pistol. I opened my sons Bible and he had written "my dad is my hero. One day I will tell him.".
I am so sorry for your loss. I’m a father of a little girl and I can’t even begin to imagine that level of pain. I served in Iraq many years ago and I can tell you from my own experience in combat that your son went out like a warrior and a true hero. I know I’m nobody to you but I just felt compelled to say something to you. I hope you are finding peace sir. Bless.
Dear Chris, your statement was so heart felt. I’m sorry for the loss of your son, to him I need to say rest easy and thank you for your and your whole family’s sacerfice and service. If your picture indicates your service, thank you for what you do too, I held that line for 20 years.
@@tomword5619 no i didn't serve in the police i retired from the Army three weeks before my sons death. I make the thin blue line parachord bracelets in honor of a good friend who was killed in the line of duty. All the proceeds go to the police benevolent fund.
His son drown in a boating accident when he was 19 - between Craig's last album and this song. Craig intended to retire. This is a man who had been an Army Ranger for 8 years, basically one of the toughest men on the planet, and yet you can hear his heart and soul shatter every time he sings this song. If you think this is bad listen to Chord Overstreet - Hold On
Yes i have heard that song after his dead to me it was very hard cause i lost my twin sister of cancer when she was 54yrs.old since then i can't. Forget her we had lots of fun we went to the schools from1st.grade though highschool ,then college's too.i always cry when i heard songs like that so loving.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Craig poured his heart out writing this song and he has admitted that it takes a huge toll on him every time he performs it. Originally when he performed it for the first time at the Opry he said that would be the first and last time he would ever perform it but Ricky Scaggs told him that he would have to release it and sing it because so many people needed to hear it. Blake Shelton launched a twitter campaign to get it to the top of the iTunes Charts because he knew what the song meant to Craig. Beautiful reaction ladies and I am a new subscriber for life!
Just the story is enough to warrant tears, but the way it was written and delivered heightened the emotion. It should touch everybody's heart who listens to it.
"I won't completely heal till I go home", my exact words. I lost my oldest son in 2009, and it still hurts. I've had other passings in my years, but nothing hurts worse than losing a child.
ladies. Craig did write this to help himself cope with the loss. His son was 19, and had gone on a river tubing or rafting trip with friends. Not sure of the circumstances but he drowned. After he recorded it he said he wouldn't sing it any more. His buddy Blake Shelton and a couple other friends told him he could help a lot of people with the song, so he started doing it. I have seen videos of him doing it on a few TV shows and on the Opry and never saw him get through it without nearly breaking down. In fact there are 2 videos you should watch for yourselves. His performance at The Opry. During the entire song his band is half turned away from the audience, watching him to make sure he is okay. That's family. Also there is a video of him performing this on the Kelly Clarkson show and Blake showed up there as a surprise because he knew Craig would have trouble getting through it. Everybody was crying. Don't know if you have already done it, but his song "This ain't nothing" has a great message especially for this crazy Covid time we're in. That one is not from Craig's life. It starts with an old man who just lost his house to a tornado. A reporter sticks a camera in his face and wants to know how he feels. The old man say he is not about to cry. He lost his dad when he was 8. In Viet Nam he lost his little brother and also his best friend, and also one of his hands. More recently his wife of 50 years passed. So this ain't nothing. If you haven't seen it. Check it out. First time seeing you and now a sub. You all stay safe and well.
I'd say so! Lol. When my hubby comes home he either helps me clean the house, or I get to game with him (even though I'm a newbie and suck at most games rn).
The body dies, But the spirit doe's not. Who we are. The one in the yellow shirt here, made me tear up. We will see our loved ones again. We have to endure the trials of this life here on earth. Jesus went through more than we ever will. At least here.
I always find myself crying whenever i hear this song. One thing that was pointed out to me was you have a name for almost everyone who's lost someone, a widow, orhpan, etc. But there is no word to describe someone who has lost a child.
His son was 19 and drowned in a tubing accident at a lake on a vacation home property.. When he walked off stage after this performance he was met by Ricky Skaggs and possibly others and they told him how great he did and his response was he would never sing this song live again, but Ricky insisted he should cause of the power it held for him and the world
I love this song so much I lost my son in 2020 for my hit and run driver. He was only 28. I miss him so much I will never forget him. He was my hero my friend, my everything I am in Wheelchair and he was always there to take care of me, even though he had a family of his own I will never forget him and just like Craig said I will never be held until I get home. Thank you for the beautiful and wonderful reaction video is the best one I have seen and another thing that made it so hardis my birthday was January 6 and he died the next day January 7 thanks for listening
I have to say you just got a fan. The raw emotion this song makes me cry I'm a 34 year old fire fighter can you please do the ones who didn't make it back home Justin Moore please
The video is amazing but the two times her performand this that get me in the heart is the very first time he sang it on The Grand Ole Opry, and the time he sang it on The Kelly Clarkson Show. In an interview he shared he almost passed out after the Kelly Clarkson Show.
Thanks you girls so, so much for your emotional feedback. I'm a 6'2" 286lb. 50 year old man with Huntington's Disease, COPD, Diabetes, and cried too.... love you both. God Bless!!
Lights are shining bright It's always downtown on the road I have friends that come from outta town Asking me to go They say, "There's so much going on Why don't you come along and show us around?" I tell them Karen's not feeling well So I probably shouldn't go out Besides I've gotta fix a list of things I need to do around the house Then I hang up the phone Turn the radio back on, and sit back down I know my boy ain't here but he ain't gone In the mornings I wake up, give her a kiss, head to the kitchen Pour a cup of wake-me-up and try to rouse up some ambition Go outside, sit by myself but I ain't alone I've got the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost I've been beat up I been pushed and shoved But never ever really knocked down Between mom and dad, Uncle Sam and friends I somehow always pulled out But the pain of this was more Than I'd ever felt before, yeah I was broke I cried and cried and cried Until I passed out on the floor Then I prayed and prayed and prayed Till I thought I couldn't pray anymore And minute by minute, day by day My God, He gave me hope I know my boy ain't here but he ain't gone In the mornings I wake up, give her a kiss, head to the kitchen Pour a cup of wake-me-up and try to rouse up some ambition Go outside, sit by myself but I ain't alone See, I've got the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost I hope, I love, I pray, I cry I heal a little more each day inside I won't completely heal till I go home In the mornings I wake up, give her a kiss, head to the kitchen Pour a cup of wake-me-up and try to rouse up some ambition Go outside, sit by myself but I ain't alone I've got the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost One day I'll wake up and I'll be home With the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost
Craig Morgan said the first time he played this was at the Opery and he barely made it through the song breaking down at the end. He told Ricky skags he would never sing it again it was to hard. Skags said you have to sing this for people goung through loss it will be a hit. Must watch him sing on Kelly clarkson show where everyone breaks down.
You should watch Cole Swindell - You Should Be Here. He wrote it for his dad who died when the lift, that was holding up the truck he was working on, gave. The truck crushed him.
I almost lost my dad in a similar manner. When I was 6 the jack slipped down while he was under the car, I was at school at the time. My dad yelled for help for 4 hours as people just walked by. Finally an old black gentlemen got the jack back up. He spent 8 months in hospital and 6 months at home in a cast from his waist to chin and half down both arms. He didn't die because God knew I needed my dad as I lost my mom 6 months prior.
I lost my sister when I was 12 and she was 16 I always saying u will never forget and have a hole in u be it will get easy u will allways remember the good but the bad
Great reaction. I loved how your friend was cleaning and just stopped when she heard him singing. Craig has that kinda voice and this song just hits different. For future reference, have tissues on hand when doing a country reaction. They aren't all sad songs but the greatest country music all tell stories and sometimes even the upbeat and happy songs have visuals in the video or lyrics in the song that will rip your heart out.
I lost my nephew at the age of fourteen he was like a son to me.I was laying in bed one night and heard a helicopter fly over and I knew it was Careflight going to pick someone up never once thinking it would affect me but they were landing to pick up my nephew.The next morning we get a call to tell us my nephew had passed away I remember the helicopter flying over and I just lost it.It tore me up I started drinking to ease the hurt I was slowly killing myself.One day I gathered up my fishing gear stopped by and got me a gallon of vodka and headed to this fishing hole by the house I drank that whole gallon of vodka but then I heard my nephew plain as day saying Unk don’t do this to yourself I am in a better place then he described his surroundings and told me he had a place at this big beautiful table saved just for me then he told me Jesus wasn’t ready for me yet that I had things to do.I never drank another drop of alcohol got back on the side of my savior Jesus Christ and I am ready to sit next to him at that great supper table in heaven
Just found your channel, amazing content and in a RU-vid full of "reactions" seeing your honest and real reaction is great, most people seeing that it's ok to be happy or sad from a song, to let the emotion happen is a good thing. Keep making quality honest and genuine content please.
He sang this song for the first time at the Grand Ole Opry. After he was done and walking off stage Ricky Skaggs told him how much he liked the song. Morgans response was "Thank you but that's the last time I'm singing it!" Ricky Skaggs grabbed Morgan by the shoulders and said "You have to keep singing that song for other people that are hurting". Blake Sheldon was also encouraging him to keep sing the song. Sometimes he can't get through the whole song
A parent should never have to bury a child. I heard this song about 3 months after my 18 year old son passed. The power of God is the only way I can get through some days. You should watch TobyMac's "21 years".
I understand Craig’s grief my first born passed away in 1993 and it took me 12 years to fight through my grief where I could manage to go through daily life. There is nothing harder then having to bury a child.
I watched him perform this song in Biloxi ms a year ago and I'll tell u. It was way more powerful life. He almost couldn't finish the song. It was definitely a performance ill never forget. There wasn't a dry eye in the audience
He lost his son 3years ago at the age of 21years old in a boating accident and he said for the rest of the world it was 3 years ago but to me it feels like yesterday, every day feels like yesterday and it probably will for the rest of my life . I lost my son August 15th, 2019 he was only 21years old and its the most gut wrenching worst pain ever in my entire life. It really is a parent's worst nightmare that you can never ever wake up from that much is true.There really are no words
Today was the first day I heard this song and I’ve watched so many reaction videos of it and his live performance singing this song but just the fact that your roommate was attracted to the song while cleaning shows just how powerful and emotional this song is!! I really think you’d like Numbers on The Cars by Riley Green I highly recommend that one
Have you heard Craig's song Tough about his wife, Beautiful, please check Bryan James " I'm Not Lost" reminds me of how my Dad was with Alzheimer's. TY for responding.
Kenny Rogers "LADY" it was written by Lionel Richie if your are not afraid of a lil gospel try Carrie Underwood and Vince Gill "How Great Thou Art" then you could do some of Vince Gill by himself with "Go Rest High On That Mountain" then there's Tim McGraw"Humble and Kind " or some thing that will blow you out your seat Chris Stapleton live at Austin City Limits with "Tennessee Whiskey"
I honestly don't know how he ever gets through singing this song. It was his 19 year old son who died in a tubing accident. Please listen to This Ain't Nothing by Craig Morgan.
YA'LL are So YOUNG & Get it, he has a store down the road from my brother & He IS what you see, he did interviews & says he can't do this in every show because not only is it to tough for him but his younger son has been with him & he can't take it
We are very young... And I had to attend a funeral for my cousin when I was 14 because he got hit by a semi truck. I got to watch as my uncle fell apart blaming himself. I also have kids now myself, so although I have not lost my own, it is very painful just imagining what it felt like for both my Uncle and Craig.
If ya'll wanna check out a song that comes at grief in the opposite direction to this song i highly recommend monsters by james blunt. Its a son whos lost his father kind of thing. Its a gorgeous song
@@weisup4960 haha understandable. I guess everyone is feeling in that mood cause of our present climate though. I will say monsters is a bit different cause the story behind the song has a happy ending even if the song itself is sad
I’m not a parent so I can’t know how Craig and his wife Karen must be feeling when they think about the agony of losing their son, Jerry, but just as a fellow human being, I can imagine few things more unnatural and more soul-wrenching in this world than having to bury your child. I don’t know how you even put one foot in front of the other after enduring such a trauma, much less to write a song about it that forces you to relive it time and time again. All I can imagine is that the true message the song imparts to all who hear it (that nothing lasts forever...not even the bad times) can help plant the seed of healing into the lives of the people in such desperate need of that healing. It seems to me that the only thing that can even hope to ease the pain of unspeakable loss is the undeniable truth of life-changing love.
