It could work for some, but I often joke that I'm not a good enough songwriter to write about something that doesn't mean something to me. The Smallbone's sister, Rebecca St. James, co-wrote three songs, including "Never Give Up."
It's a physical interaction. Hold her tonight Oh, God, would you hold her tonight? Music is similar and hopefully we want our music to be sushi to the listener. It's not a Facebook message or an Instagram note. "If it's songs about our love for our wives, that's great. It's like, 'We're not pioneering together.' "For King and Country" was the battle cry of English soldiers willing to lay down their lives for their king and their country. If it's songs about what Jesus has done in my life, I think that's relevant as well.
We grew up doing stage managing, operating lights and singing background vocals for her." "We've been a pretty serious band up until this point. "It doesn't mean that it needs to have happened in our life, but somebody came to us with the story. I don't want to be consumed by my past anymore. "As the interview winds down and Joel is finishing up some soup, he reaches for a culinary reference to describe his hopes for the album. The song began with a great melody and as they began writing the lyric, comparing marriage to being a pioneer, they decided it would be only natural to include Courtney and Joel's wife Moriah, who is also an accomplished Christian artist. The week we were coming up with the video concept both Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade had taken their lives. 'Cause I'm not there to stay close, keep watch, tell her she's not alone Hold her tonight Steady on, steady on, my love This shall soon pass Steady on, steady on, my love This shall soon pass Steady on, steady on, my love This shall soon pass Steady on, steady on, my love Hold her tonight
You've got to slow down. I don't want people to live like that. It might not be the flavor of the week, but when you consume it, you connect and it lasts."
When he arrived on the shore, he calls everybody off of the ships and said, 'Hey let's go explore this land and see what there is to be seen,'" Luke explains. We're going to move forward in our lives.'
Neither of them want their wives to feel lonely without them while they’re on tour.
With the cheeseburger, you just shove it into your face. '"Luke returned immediately, took his wife to a psychiatric facility and doctors placed Courtney in a treatment program. Someone ran after her, hugged her, found her and changed her. In 2011, they released For King & Country: The EP. The flushing of the pills was the burning of the ships for my wife and for us to step into a new world, a new day. In a social media video posted on Wednesday, Luke said “Need You More” from their new album Burn The Ships was written as his cry to God just moments after discovering his son’s little body went lifeless in his wife’s arms, last year. Joel and I originally started singing this song, just him and I, and it was very weird. "Marriage is kind of like pioneering," Luke observes. Then it sort of reverses to a pinnacle moment where someone interacts with her. I just felt this massive distance between us and I really missed her.
During the pregnancy, they continued to increase her dosage.
With sushi you've got the chopsticks. hold her It was a strange thing and so then we were like, 'Well what if we ask our wives to do it,' and it was cool! Luke dropped her off every morning at 9am and picked her 2pm. "I was at home one day and she had a bottle of pills in her hand.
"I read a story about an explorer going to a new land. In 2017 it's almost 50%.
"Before the album dropped Oct. 5 via Word/Curb Records, For King & Country released videos for five songs. This was a real fun moment just to go, 'Alright we've still got something we're saying here, but let's have a bit of fun with it.' The song has already topped the Christian Airplay chart, earning them their fourth No. "The Smallbones are currently touring in support of Obviously the brothers are hoping these songs will connect with a broad audience, and they trust they will find their home. '"The album title came from that moment combined with an old history lesson. The first single, "Joy," is a buoyant track backed by a 100-member choir. "The cheeseburger you can consume and be like, 'This is awesome!' It's hard to write a song like 'Joy' without a good feeling. For King & Country in some ways is a legacy band of Rebecca's. She goes to a coffee shop and she walks onto a bridge that night and throws herself over a bridge. You could go through these songs and I could point out something that Joel walked through or something that I walked through very, very clearly.
The next day he calls them out again and when all the sailors were on land, he gives the command to burn the ships because he said, 'We're not going to retreat. I want my story to be an encouragement to help them spread their wings. About “hold her” 1 contributor The song is a prayer to God concerning Joel and Luke ’s wives Moriah and Courtney and the struggles they face when they are apart from each other.
The song really circles around this idea of statistically we are lonelier than we've ever been, but yet we're more connected by social media than we've ever been. "We follow this pretty young lady through her day doing normal things," Joel explains of the video, which was directed by their brother Ben Smallbone.