FIRST TIME LISTEN: "Wait In The Truck" Controversy EXPLAINED

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  • @MrMSBranham
    @MrMSBranham ปีที่แล้ว +2790

    In my hillbilly culture there used to be a difference between a murder and a killing. A murder was a crime, like killing someone during a robbery. A killing was something like taking care of a wife beater or child abuser when the local law was either negligent or just indifferent to protecting people out away from the cities.

    • @wheel-man5319
      @wheel-man5319 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      Or having your nine (or.45) handy when someone comes through the door who was intent on taking your life or property.

    • @topcatwarrior
      @topcatwarrior ปีที่แล้ว +337

      As my Granddaddy used to say, “some people need killin’, they ain’t deservin’ of breathin’ the same air as decent folks.”🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @thefreeman8791
      @thefreeman8791 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      Yeah. There was a guy killed in my grandpa’s home town in rural Kentucky. The guy’s murder was not solved but my grandpa used to say that nobody cared about it because “he needed killin”.

    • @tooslow4065
      @tooslow4065 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wheel-man5319 how would you know they had the intent to kill you?

    • @justmepraying
      @justmepraying ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@topcatwarrior your granddaddy was a very smart man

  • @scout06171
    @scout06171 ปีที่แล้ว +603

    He traded his life for hers. That’s all it was. Brought tears to this old man’s eyes.

    • @gsp404faith5
      @gsp404faith5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Not many people would do that. After 8 years a detective helped me escape.

    • @dionst.michael1482
      @dionst.michael1482 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pull yourself together man! Lol

    • @MarshallRodriguez-si9vq
      @MarshallRodriguez-si9vq ปีที่แล้ว +1

      perfectly said.

    • @jynkillian5326
      @jynkillian5326 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He knew he could survive the outcome of what he did, she couldn't if he hadn't.

    • @DonJohnson-x3r
      @DonJohnson-x3r ปีที่แล้ว

      he is what the kids these days call a SIMP

  • @jedmetheny3710
    @jedmetheny3710 ปีที่แล้ว +2987

    The critics are just intimidated by this song because it's a man, in his role, doing exactly what a man was designed to do. Provide and protect

    • @lilchristuten7568
      @lilchristuten7568 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Not in this case. Man was not designed to break into another man's house and kill him (particularly when he's not in the process of harming anyone).

    • @jedmetheny3710
      @jedmetheny3710 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      @@lilchristuten7568 Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one

    • @justmepraying
      @justmepraying ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lilchristuten7568 and your answer is why you are probably still living at home with momma and daddy because no good woman would have you

    • @tooslow4065
      @tooslow4065 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jedmetheny3710 and stupid people think their opinions matters. maybe the woman got into a fight with another woman. what if she hates her husband? this dude comes along and murders him.

    • @savsmiles3042
      @savsmiles3042 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deusdex1186 just like Johnny Depp found a bad woman and stayed with her and all the men who marry bad women who end up cheating on them and divorcing them and taking half. Men only have themselves to blame for getting with and staying with abusive women.

  • @govols535
    @govols535 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    This is why I told my wife she had to stop telling me about her work when she was a child abuse investigator. I was very close to telling her to stay in the truck.

    • @thomasswanson6405
      @thomasswanson6405 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Damn straight.

    • @daviddunn4061
      @daviddunn4061 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The lives of humans in between the radical coasts, have our hearts but not supporting. If they want to be Hamas. Let them.. try and make your way to IN.

    • @Daniel-dc4xm
      @Daniel-dc4xm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      My ex use to work at the health department. I drink for everyone else’s safety, i too found myself in that position. The stories that ive heard. God gave you the strength to resist. 🙏🏻Bless You!

  • @shanedennis1487
    @shanedennis1487 ปีที่แล้ว +1092

    “I never thought my day of justice would come from a Judge under his seat” is going to go down as one of the best single lyrical lines of all time. There is so much to unpack in those 15 words. It speaks to our broken justice system and how it fails innocent victims. The irony used with “Judge” is pure genius. We all expect judges to deliver justice. We just never expect it to be a Taurus Judge. Even referencing the seat……old truck……with a bench seat. Where do judges rule from? The Bench. 15 words……in todays world of “manufacturing” music, Hardy has chosen to craft it.

    • @bad77dragtruck
      @bad77dragtruck ปีที่แล้ว +47

      This breakdown was brought to you by someone that needs to write some lyrics!

    • @wezdog13008
      @wezdog13008 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      You nailed it! I'll even add one more to it. (Not sure how familiar you are with firearms) but there is a handgun called the judge. It's a revolver that chambers 410 shotgun loads.

    • @shanedennis1487
      @shanedennis1487 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@wezdog13008 Yes. I referenced it…the Taurus Judge.

    • @teeneauxg8681
      @teeneauxg8681 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very insightful. The only thing that in lyric choice was his use of the word “pistol” instead of “handgun.”

    • @jonesfamilyfarms9325
      @jonesfamilyfarms9325 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I heard that part and was like “BRO”

  • @garyandtricia1
    @garyandtricia1 ปีที่แล้ว +675

    The other unusual thing about this song is that it's two separate stories. They aren't singing to each other, just telling their part of the story.

    • @brawndothethirstmutilator9848
      @brawndothethirstmutilator9848 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Yep. From the perspective of the video they are signing to the Judge.

    • @VVeremoose
      @VVeremoose ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Whiskey Lullaby has elements of this, too.

    • @garyandtricia1
      @garyandtricia1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VVeremoose True

    • @gabrielBrasil122
      @gabrielBrasil122 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, like a deposition

    • @finallythere100
      @finallythere100 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But what about the 3rd story where she hooks up with or marries another abuser.?

  • @TheSimba86
    @TheSimba86 ปีที่แล้ว +1246

    You can see by the look on Michael's face that this song just awakened his inner YEEHAW

    • @jessiewalls1289
      @jessiewalls1289 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      xD

    • @Niniof5
      @Niniof5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How do YOU know he was hardly SHOWN. saw MORE of VID than his REACTION

    • @DAVEBROWNE2004
      @DAVEBROWNE2004 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I guess Christy wasn't paying attention.

    • @wild_goose_0285
      @wild_goose_0285 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      YEE YEE

    • @midnitesunblues
      @midnitesunblues ปีที่แล้ว +6

      you just made me laugh

  • @TruthIsTheNewHate84
    @TruthIsTheNewHate84 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    My cousin did something similar and just got out after serving 19 years in prison. He forced someone who preyed on children to take the room temperature challenge. Based on the justice system in the state he was in, i believe he did the right thing.

    • @heatherwest8998
      @heatherwest8998 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I might regret asking this, but…What in the hell is the room temperature challenge?

    • @emilymountain5442
      @emilymountain5442 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heatherwest8998 that's what i was thinking....

    • @randyroberts5268
      @randyroberts5268 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@heatherwest8998 when someone assumes room temperature that means they’re dead.

  • @KBeth35
    @KBeth35 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    I'm from Oklahoma. I've never heard this song. I'm not a country music fan but I got chills listening to this. Remembering a night when I was in a domestic dispute with my boyfriend. I took off running and my brother met me in the kitchen. He said go to my room. That situation was taken care of. Country boys have the best heart! I love my bubba!

    • @UncaAlbyGmail
      @UncaAlbyGmail ปีที่แล้ว +20

      so instead of "wait in the truck", it was "wait in your room" ?? 😆😆😆

    • @KBeth35
      @KBeth35 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@UncaAlbyGmail not even mine. He put me in his lol

    • @thomasturner6827
      @thomasturner6827 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bet he didn't kill him. Because, you know, that's absolutely wrong.

    • @KBeth35
      @KBeth35 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@thomasturner6827 No, he just made him leave

    • @UncaAlbyGmail
      @UncaAlbyGmail ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thomasturner6827 Of course. They just locked him jail for smoking on the porch.

  • @EchosTackyTiki
    @EchosTackyTiki ปีที่แล้ว +300

    We can agree or disagree with the morals or the actions or argue about whether these things are justified. But this song is just damn good. And you can't argue with that.

    • @DonJohnson-x3r
      @DonJohnson-x3r ปีที่แล้ว

      the song is bullshit and sends the wrong message to young boys and men

    • @lorireed8046
      @lorireed8046 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She should have said he heard the fighting inside. He was an old friend and dang it... Would've totally got a story going!! Where was his small town jury? Justified and not guilty.

    • @SuperiorEMPAccount08
      @SuperiorEMPAccount08 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eh, I prefer my country without unnecessary murder

    • @EchosTackyTiki
      @EchosTackyTiki ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lorireed8046 based and try-that-in-a-small-town pilled

    • @EchosTackyTiki
      @EchosTackyTiki ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SuperiorEMPAccount08 based and good-people pilled

  • @lessanderfer7195
    @lessanderfer7195 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    The only surprise to this song, is that it took this long for someone to write a song about it. As a Deep Southerner, I've heard "Stay in your room", "Stay inside", "Stay in the Car", "Stay in the Truck", "Whatever happens, just stay right here", etc., all my life.

  • @charlottehertlein996
    @charlottehertlein996 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    I speak on this as a domestic abuse survivor, this is just my viewpoint. This song has been incredibly healing even almost ten years after escaping that person as much as I can. For those who have never experienced it firsthand, it is insanely hard to move forward even ten years later. I can still tell you there are things that stick around from years of trauma living in that life. Hardy has always been a storyteller and he will always be one to the best.

    • @TheHestya
      @TheHestya ปีที่แล้ว +18

      And there's always a voice in the back of the head that the bastard might be prowling around.

    • @charlottehertlein996
      @charlottehertlein996 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@TheHestya yes. Still have that feeling. Say someone on the highway the other day with the exact tattoo as mine and it caused me to panic.

    • @TheHestya
      @TheHestya ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@charlottehertlein996 I wish you peace.

    • @wendydevereux4375
      @wendydevereux4375 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      30 years on I still flinch when a certain tone of voice is heard. I still fear alcohol. I have never remarried or had another relationship also cannot trust anyone not to be him

    • @charmanesutton536
      @charmanesutton536 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen

  • @snarfarpher2416
    @snarfarpher2416 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    For anyone who might be curious: My girlfriend couldn't figure out the line in the chorus "come from a judge underneath his seat". The firearm you see the gentleman use in the video is called "The Judge". Made by Taurus firearms and features a unique (and terrifying) ability to fire both 45 caliber long Colt ammunition AND 410 shotgun ammunition.

    • @Krullmatic
      @Krullmatic ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Even if it wasn't that model of gun, it could still be used metaphorically. Like the "judge" handed down the sentence of death.

    • @justmepraying
      @justmepraying ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It's a great gun I got my husband one when they first came out

    • @annebishop9634
      @annebishop9634 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lord have mercy!

    • @Sandlin22
      @Sandlin22 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Actually they're likely referencing the gun being the judge.

    • @micahjohnsonboxing6409
      @micahjohnsonboxing6409 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      ​@@Sandlin22 Actually it's probably both, a double meaning.

  • @skycorban
    @skycorban ปีที่แล้ว +368

    I was a writer for Sony in Nashville for 4 years… you should realize, Hardy is probably the best country writer for the last 10-15 years. AND COUNTRY NEEDED IT.

    • @michaelstein7510
      @michaelstein7510 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yeah, he’s written a ton of the biggest hits over the last 5 years or so, and is really coming into his own as an artist. He’s a great songwriter.

    • @Scottsdale_Charlie
      @Scottsdale_Charlie ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I hope he continues to make good music like this I've never been a fan of Hardy until I heard this song definitely one of the best country songs of this age, I like it because it has that bittersweet storytelling reminiscent of old 50s country songs and western ballads like "folsom prison blues" by Jonny Cash "sixteen tons" by Tennessee Erne Ford and "the masters call" by Marty Robbins

    • @63jeepj20
      @63jeepj20 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I would argue that he is the best country has seen since the mid 90s. The man has talent and all of his songs show it.

    • @Scottsdale_Charlie
      @Scottsdale_Charlie ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @63jeepj20 go listen to some Toby Keith and come back and admit you were wrong

    • @skycorban
      @skycorban ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Scottsdale_Charlie Toby Keith didn’t really write his songs. He performed them.

  • @CowboyHatsAndKuchen
    @CowboyHatsAndKuchen ปีที่แล้ว +423

    I was saved twice by men in a dv situation. Once it took 2 of his friends to pull him off of me as he tried snapping my arm and the second time I finally had the guts to run away and go to one of those guys' houses. My bf showed up trying to get to me and the guy told him to leave...he listened that day... later started stalking me and more and I had to leave the state to get away. Thank you to all the men out there that help us!

    • @DD-oi3vh
      @DD-oi3vh ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Amen to that! I was 16 and pregnant, when I had to flee into the arms of a neighbor that I’d never met, after banging on his door for help- he opened his door, his arms, & his heart, after a quick comforting hug, all he said was “r u ok? Where is he?”. I quickly replied “somewhere behind me, I was running from him”- the man sat me on his couch, grabbed his gun and waited at the door. Spent the next 18 years being stalked & hiding. Still tear up, when I think of that angel that opened his door to me- wish I could thank him again, after all this time, & introduce him to my now adult child, that he saved that night!

    • @jasminryu5471
      @jasminryu5471 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😢

    • @classifiedsavageveteran
      @classifiedsavageveteran ปีที่แล้ว +21

      There’s no need to thank the few of us out here.
      But just my quick story of defending a young lady. One day I seen a truck swerving all over the road, I didn’t know what was going on until I got right up really close behind them, a guy was repeatedly hitting and pulling the girls hair, and he kept slamming on his breaks, so I was calling the police, then he pulls over, and by the time I caught up to near where he pulled over at, he had already had gotten out the truck and was on the passenger side, pulling her outta the truck while still beating on her. So, I slammed on my brakes and got out , ran up to him and grabbed him in a chokehold and slammed him to the ground and, I beat him into a coma . He was in a coma for a few weeks, and he partially recovered.
      I did get arrested because, I did call the law before he stopped, but sense the cops weren’t there yet , I had to do what I had to do to stop him completely.
      And at the trial the young lady showed up and testified about everything from him beating her to me beating him. And she said if I didn’t stop and help her, that her bf that was beating her, said he was try to pull her out to kill her, and this saved her life.
      Well, the judge gave me a 5yr sentence, but by the GRACE OF GOD, I asked for a review of my case and the warden and sheriff, asked the judge why was the guy that beat her getting about the same sentence.
      And by this time, I had already spent little over 6months in, the judge, changed his ruling and, the judge gave me time served, but it took them almost a month to get all the paperwork done.
      AND IF I EVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN, I’LL DO IT AGAIN!
      Ladies or men,PLEASE DO NOT STAY WITH MENor a woman,THAT ARE BEATING YOU ARE EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY ABUSING YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN , LIVE THE SITUATION IMMEDIATELY, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF PLACES THAT WILL HELP, JUST ASK THE POLICE FOR THE INFORMATION, and usually the police will take you and your children to a safe house!
      JESUS CHRIST LIVES/JESUS CHRIST SAVES🙏✝️🙏✝️🙏✝️

    • @StacyA406
      @StacyA406 ปีที่แล้ว

      Classified Savage you are a dying breed and thank you so much.

    • @DD-oi3vh
      @DD-oi3vh ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@classifiedsavageveteran You might not feel the need to be thanked, but I sure feel the need to thank you- you’d be surprised at how many people turn a blind eye. So thank you, for being 1 of the seemingly few men left, who would intervene without hesitation 💕

  • @rachel81962
    @rachel81962 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I have ben doing law enforcement for 38 years , sometimes there is no justice unless served up by someone as in this song

    • @Thatsmisteroldguytou
      @Thatsmisteroldguytou 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Having worked in a prison. I concur!

    • @stacystephenson4035
      @stacystephenson4035 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm glad to see and know , that there are those out there in the system who see and understand that, even if not agreed with. And I Thank you for being Brave enough to state it. As well as for the Service & Protection you have given & provided when and where you could. Thank you. Stay safe and Happy Holidays to both you and families.🤔👍🙏❤️

  • @TheFamilyVonPapp
    @TheFamilyVonPapp ปีที่แล้ว +192

    When my mom was a little girl (in the early 70s) there was a guy in his early 20s that raped and beat a young teen girl with Down syndrome nearly to death. He then proceeded to get drunk and brag about it. My mom remembers because she’s from a small, rural town and the girl’s older brother went to to school with my uncles. Well, the local police wouldn’t do anything about it (guy’s daddy was rich). Long story short, some months later he went to a party down by the river and was never seen or heard from again. 🤷‍♀️

    • @Lala-il8ny
      @Lala-il8ny ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dang.

    • @Zemanbeast
      @Zemanbeast ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Sounds like suicide to me

    • @judycampbell842
      @judycampbell842 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      JUSTICE!!!

    • @Sassafras-
      @Sassafras- ปีที่แล้ว

      Fucking good

    • @BelindaTN
      @BelindaTN ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep. Pretty common not so long ago.

  • @eldenjr
    @eldenjr ปีที่แล้ว +513

    I know a story about a man who traded places with us and took the punishment on himself. 🤔 We know these types of abusers get away with it on a daily basis. What a great song and an even more powerful message.

    • @levivoyles5924
      @levivoyles5924 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Exactly, Jesus was a vigilante who rebelled against the civil system.

    • @Sir......
      @Sir...... ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@levivoyles5924 (the incorrect one, not an excuse to rebel against good laws lol )

    • @davidgraham2673
      @davidgraham2673 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      When the Judge Himself freely pays your fine; The most foolish thing one can do is to refuse the gift. Particularly concerning a fine you could never repay.
      EVER.
      That is like spitting in His face as he reaches for His checkbook.
      It won't go well after that. Guaranteed.
      John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes, shall not perish, but have everlasting life"
      Ephesians 2:8-9
      "For by Faith, through Grace, are you saved. Not of yourselves; it is the GIFT of God, and not of works, so that no man should boast."

    • @coryburns9161
      @coryburns9161 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@levivoyles5924 👍

    • @davidleatherneck
      @davidleatherneck ปีที่แล้ว

      @@levivoyles5924 ,,, He came to set those that believed in Him free. The only System he rebelled against were the Hypocritical Sanhedrin that led all Gods people astray and away from the truth.

  • @noahlynn827
    @noahlynn827 ปีที่แล้ว +451

    My mom sent me this song a while back because, in her words, it sounds like a story a really good friend of mine would tell. In fact, he has a similar story of hospitalizing a guy at a party when he found out the guy slipped a girl a date rape drug. Listened to the song and loved it.
    I still find it hilarious though that this song is apparently controversial for portraying a murder. 90% of rap I’ve heard is “I kill n-words, move drugs, and beat hoes” and I’m told that’s high art. In country music, Miranda Lambert can write “Gunpowder and Lead” and it wins awards. And yet, this song for some reason is too much?

    • @Hellhounds2023
      @Hellhounds2023 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I understand your point however gunpowder and lead was about the woman defending herself against the abuser with is typically more acceptable than a total stranger

    • @johnjackson9767
      @johnjackson9767 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey no, let's not get so anti-Semitic here.

    • @noahlynn827
      @noahlynn827 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnjackson9767
      What on earth did I say that could even be a reference to Jews?

    • @jenniferkay9789
      @jenniferkay9789 ปีที่แล้ว

      They Carrie Underwood's "Two Black Cadillacs". If I was her husband, with the shit she writes/,songs, I would sleep with one eye open, and the other, under my pillow, for obvious reasons!😳

    • @humblehunk9022
      @humblehunk9022 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Hellhounds2023 more acceptable, but not morally different. Someone may be incapable of making the choice to defend themselves, so outsourcing the 'justice' may be their only option. Thoughtful suff, this song.

  • @wendydevereux4375
    @wendydevereux4375 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    The cops told my daughter to leave the house with a baby and blood all over her. They did not arrest HIM they stood by and told HER TO LEAVE!! this story in this track needs playing to judges and the police

    • @demccll
      @demccll 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same happened to me- the baby and I were told to leave- nothing happened to him...I was in hiding for 2 weeks.

    • @faithcondiff3657
      @faithcondiff3657 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Where's her justice!?! I'm so sorry!

    • @thomasswanson6405
      @thomasswanson6405 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I feel like if it was my daughter I'd be doing the same thing as the guy in the song. I'd trade my life for my daughter in a heartbeat.

    • @russellgilson3536
      @russellgilson3536 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The cops and judges need to join him in jail.

    • @jlgavitt
      @jlgavitt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They told me if I didn't go back inside with my baby, I'd be arrested and they'd take my son. He was hammered and high, I was beat to hell, and they told me to go back in. I looked right at that cop and said "I bet you smack your wife around, too." But...I went back in bc I wasn't losing my son. It took me 5 more months, and a lot of scheming and suffering, but I got out. It's also why I'm now considered a "bitch" bc I will NEVER take anything from anyone, ever again. Verbal, physical, emotional, doesn't matter. I'm not taking ANYTHING.

  • @listersgirl8553
    @listersgirl8553 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    It's a song that stands out because it shows that a true man is willing to defend and protect others, even at personal cost.

    • @deusdex1186
      @deusdex1186 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      A true man simps for random women who tell stories?🤦‍♂
      This is why so many men end up dead or in prison, because of women's stories.

    • @justmepraying
      @justmepraying ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes indeed but far and few between

    • @tooslow4065
      @tooslow4065 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@deusdex1186 very true. we dont know what happened. maybe she started beating on him first. maybe the "true man" should have been defending
      the husband.

    • @Great_Sandwich
      @Great_Sandwich ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A "true man"?? What about "m'uh feminisms". Can't women do it all for themselves, now?
      This sounds like a White Knight anthem song.

    • @deusdex1186
      @deusdex1186 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@tooslow4065 All we know is that a guy broke down a man's door and shot him on the say so of a woman... And, according to way too many people here that makes him a man.
      I genuinely fear for the future of the men who watch this channel.

  • @cassiaprior453
    @cassiaprior453 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    I was moved by this song. I cried, I admit it. The story was bittersweet, but what moved me was not that he killed and he had to pay for it, it was that he stayed to get that punishment. It was an immense display of willpower, or morality, maybe both. The natural response would've been to flee, they could've just left, avoided the law and lived in hiding; in hiding because no sin will ever go unpunished. To quote Jordan Peterson "Nobody ever gets away with anything," and this guy knew it, it was not gonna be life what he was going to give her if they fled. So he did the good thing, he did the manly thing and faced the consequences of his actions.
    The other thing was, he says "Have mercy of me." To whom does he speak to? Not the justice system that has already condemned him, but to God. "Lord, have mercy on me." We can also see it in her actions in the truck in the last scene, she is praying, she has the cross. Because when you commit a sin, you face the consequences, and you also face God. But it doesn't have to be His Judgement, you can also face His Mercy. If you recognize your sin and repent, ask for forgiveness, He will forgive you and help you make amends and fix your life. What does this man do? Exactly that. He paid his due, faced his actions, and then faced the Lord humbly, left it in His hands to fix what was done.
    An amazing masterpiece, worthy of the ages.

    • @MasterBojangles
      @MasterBojangles ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Are you insane? Its an ode to rash decisions and it is horrible. So a guy meets a girl and within 10 minutes he drives and murders another man. I know the point you are trying to make but the premise supersedes anything noble, so accepting one's actions isn't manly when it was a bad decision to begin with. I see nothing good in this, should be a warning that a rash decision doesn't cover a bad situation. The song is borderline dangerous because it makes people feel like you do and blurs the line that this anything but noble and good. Also she'd be in prison for accessory.

    • @cassiaprior453
      @cassiaprior453 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MasterBojangles I'm not saying that it's okay to do something bad as long as you are responsable about it. What I say is that in this song he commited the sin, isn't proud of it and has to live with that. It is manly to face the concequences of your actions, the easiest way is to vowardly run away from it. He faced the repercutions and regrets what he did. I think that's a good story. Noble? Nah. A noble man would not have killed.
      I dont think it was a rash desition because he had time to think about it and killed the man rather calmly, there's also the fact that he stayed. That was clealy thought out.
      There is nothing good in how the facts went, it is actually tragedy after tragedy. But seeing him see himself over his head and pleading to the only One that can get him out of there was moving. It's a reflection of moral values and a reflection of the fragility and impotence of humanity when faced with hardships.
      I find it poetic, and a good story on human nature, but an example to follow? No.

    • @recalltolife3478
      @recalltolife3478 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MasterBojanglesFinally, a voice of sanity.

    • @nathanvangoor4979
      @nathanvangoor4979 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MasterBojangles Is it an ode? Is prison a praiseworthy end? Do you want mercy from God for a noble deed?

    • @MasterBojangles
      @MasterBojangles ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nathanvangoor4979 do you have any points to make?

  • @theskyisteal8346
    @theskyisteal8346 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    This song is so powerful because it's about a man who does what knows he has to do despite the comsequences of it. The repeated refrain "Lord, have mercy" is so important because he's appealing to the right authority. He doesn't want or expect mercy from the earthly authorities but he wants, needs and expects God to weigh his heart.

    • @mahaffer71
      @mahaffer71 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There can be no true justice, so long as laws are absolute. Life itself is an exercise in exceptions.

    • @matthewlowry776
      @matthewlowry776 ปีที่แล้ว

      He killed someone he could’ve just beat the shit out of the guy but shot him he deserves to go to jail it’s a dumb song by a dumb artist followed by a dumb genre of music country is terrible

    • @cc3775
      @cc3775 ปีที่แล้ว

      Appealing to God who commands “you shall not murder.”

    • @stevechristie7800
      @stevechristie7800 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hence why hes pleading for mercy.

    • @mickelcsaszar3244
      @mickelcsaszar3244 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@cc3775 That's the fucking point.

  • @Makeuploveculture
    @Makeuploveculture ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Let me get this straight….. so rap and that whole type of genre can talk about murder for no reason, gang banging , gang murder, rape, etc- but when a country song talks about avenging someone it’s suddenly a big deal to worry about?

    • @Hawkinszm1
      @Hawkinszm1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      different "colors"

    • @EbonyLioness78
      @EbonyLioness78 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's because the violence in rap is encouraged because it's "Black on Black" and fuels the stereotype. This song goes off of the country prototype of good old boys and girls, good old living. Reminds me of Garth Brooks' song "Thunder Rolls"

    • @Makeuploveculture
      @Makeuploveculture ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EbonyLioness78 oh I love that song! Garth Brooks will always be one of the best. I don’t know if he still sings or not though I don’t really listen that much to country anymore.

    • @Gun_Flint
      @Gun_Flint 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@EbonyLioness78 Church Bells by Carrie Underwood also fueled a bit of controversy. Good song, though.

    • @daviddunn4061
      @daviddunn4061 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thats when it gets real.. cause they know better.

  • @mjef3695
    @mjef3695 ปีที่แล้ว +410

    I’m not a Country music fan but this gave me goosebumps.

    • @ameliaannhouck2670
      @ameliaannhouck2670 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now it is a lot of Oakies , that twang of awful country music for hicks but it is Americana music that is the best and does this, folk history as there is a war against women and the police do not give a damn or can but they let out domestic abusers all the time and they get out and murder the woman and children! WOMEN BEING MURDERED IS NOW AN AMERICAN TRADITION OF THE POLICE NOT HELPING WOMEN BUT HE DID THE RIGHT THING AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FIGHT AND KILL THESE KINDS OF MEN , HATING AND RAPING AND MURDERING WOMEN !! HE SERVED JUSTICE BUT HE WAS MORAL AND HAD ETHICS ! DAMN SAD AND SO DAMN AMERICAN MEN NOW , NOT ALL OF THEM BUT WE GOT SOME OF THESE KINDS OF MEN , THE GOOD MEN!! AND WE LOVE THE GOOD MEN !!

    • @Scottsdale_Charlie
      @Scottsdale_Charlie ปีที่แล้ว +18

      This is a great song it is a modern rendition of alot of old 50s country music and western ballads,

    • @purity2706
      @purity2706 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Great ballad, I guarantee in the future, we will see many things like this if JUSTICE doesn't clean up its act.

    • @4RBourbon
      @4RBourbon ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hardy’s wordplay is fantastic. He can write serious songs like this that make you feel something, but he’s also great at making those back road blow-out-your-speakers anthems that aren’t exactly thought provoking but provide a great backing track to your beer drinking adventures

    • @davidataturk4357
      @davidataturk4357 ปีที่แล้ว

      And this is why America is doomed. This some weird revenge porn. We know damn well you have a house full of traitors and their ain't no cowboys like this putting them down

  • @stephanies.9620
    @stephanies.9620 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Michael has the absolute best and most sophisticated commentary on pop culture 😂

  • @rebeccavollweiler7338
    @rebeccavollweiler7338 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I love the fact that when she leaves, she gets back into the truck. The same truck he was driving. She's "waiting in the truck".

  • @etanthony1
    @etanthony1 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    At the end, I like how it makes a point to show his handcuffs/chains and her walking out as if he traded places with her. She was chained/trapped in the awful abusive relationship, but now due to this "angel" she is free.

    • @jimsmith8383
      @jimsmith8383 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And she now has the truck as well.

  • @anniedannemiller822
    @anniedannemiller822 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    As a long time country fan I think Wait in the Truck is right up at the top with The Thunder Rolls, Concrete Angel, Whisky Lullaby and a number of other great songs. It tells a story, a believable story filled with emotion. Nothing controversial about it in my opinion

    • @thefreeman8791
      @thefreeman8791 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nothing controversial about it but I do think it overrated. Gunpowder and Lead tells a similar story better.

    • @MastemaJack
      @MastemaJack ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have you listened to Upchurch?

    • @jacobrutherford2407
      @jacobrutherford2407 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MastemaJack upchurch is awesome

    • @thisistheleft3538
      @thisistheleft3538 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now she has a new boyfriend that gives it to her all night while he sits in prison haha don’t white knight

    • @brandywineblue
      @brandywineblue ปีที่แล้ว

      It's only controversial if the listener is a soyboy or feminazi, then they have a meltdown. Something about toxic masculinity blah blah blah

  • @beckles1988
    @beckles1988 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    This song hits my soul. I'm trying to escape from DV with my little ones and it's such a hard process.
    Edit: Thank yall so much for your encouragement and support. I have been gone from my abuser (husband) for going on 4 months now. He has not got my number. Up until a month ago, we were at a homeless shelter but he's been steadily trying to find and harass me. It's hard to get away from his clutches and knowing who to and not to trust. I've been relying on God and like a good Father, He has been making ways for me.

    • @stevej6824
      @stevej6824 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Stay strong and find someone you trust and ask them for help to get you out of that situation 🙏

    • @Staceblueyez79
      @Staceblueyez79 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ❤🙏

    • @TheGingering
      @TheGingering ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just get out. I know it’s scary and hard but you have to. Do it for them. Get out.

    • @noneya246
      @noneya246 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Prayers to you 🙏🙏

    • @maria.2695
      @maria.2695 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too. Too many memories. Im in tears. Praise Yah fir His compasion. I am now free, and at peace

  • @robinhatcher8021
    @robinhatcher8021 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    This song has been nominated for 2 CMT awards! Awards show is first Sunday night in April I believe. I really hope this wins. I'm a DV survivor and I'm pretty sure I can speak for all of us survivors that we fully hope this song wins. It represents thousands of us survivors. So yeah, it means alot to us. ❤🎉

    • @Nexus_of_Sominus
      @Nexus_of_Sominus ปีที่แล้ว

      So, did it win? Or was everything drowned out by the all inclusive drag queen show that the CMTs put on this year?

    • @robinhatcher8021
      @robinhatcher8021 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Nexus_of_Sominus It has won several.

    • @Nexus_of_Sominus
      @Nexus_of_Sominus ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@robinhatcher8021 good. It's a damn good song and video. I live in the south and I've never heard this song or of these artists before. I'm also a DV survivor who's lucky to be alive. I had to save myself.

    • @robinhatcher8021
      @robinhatcher8021 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Nexus_of_Sominus I'm from Alabama. As a southern girl like you, if I was told to wait in the truck, it was serious business and I stayed put in the truck. My ex raped me so badly, that I bled for week and couldn't sit right. Police and lawyer said nothing they could do because we were married and law, as written back then, didn't protect me. Later, he got a side chick. SHE saved me by giving me clear grounds for divorce. Now he's her problem. Yea to the side chick! I met my angel and we've been married for 20 years now.

    • @Nexus_of_Sominus
      @Nexus_of_Sominus ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robinhatcher8021 amen, girl! I'm very happy for you and the peaceful life you have made for yourself! Im always happy to hear when a survivor is doing well. ❤️

  • @STC349
    @STC349 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    One of the newbie cops on my squad told us in debriefing that he believed he stopped a homicide by the arrest of a domestic battery suspect. We all knew the address and person he was talking about. Came back off our days off and he had been released, went home killed her and shot self. Your correct the system fails.

    • @ShomoGoldburgler
      @ShomoGoldburgler ปีที่แล้ว +17

      We don't have a system of justice anymore.
      Death penalty needs to apply to most crimes again!

    • @sarahalderman3126
      @sarahalderman3126 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Almost happened to our family as well after my step brother in law was discovered to be molesting myself and his own step daughter, when we were 4 and 5. Thankfully the REAL men in our lives stepped in and made it impossible for by removing the possibility.

    • @laimajo3547
      @laimajo3547 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is exactly this. The warning signs are ignored. And you can't do anything legally before they get violent, either. Even if everyone and their dog knows that's where it's headed. I don't know how you deal with that dilemma. I don't want people arrested on suspicion of future violence. But the system is failing abuse victims.

    • @soonerfrac4611
      @soonerfrac4611 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Back when I was still in LEO work I was asked several times by females what they should do to keep themselves safe, be it from an abusive relationship or an attacker. Told each one of them that I can’t be there in time, even if I’m cruising through a housing area and only a couple doors away that it’s not fast enough. They have to be ready and capable of defending themselves and their families.
      Now, there’s a complication in this matter because my last department was actually as an Army civilian police officer and for a bunch of moronic reasons military bases are essentially gun free zones. So I had to recommend certain other defensive tools that fell within the scope of what was legally acceptable on post. Inside the home if not in the barracks then a firearm was available, but to female soldiers who lived in the barracks they are basically defenseless except for maybe a small defensive style knife.
      All that said, the absolute worst domestics I ever encountered were those where the suspect was a woman. Especially if she had previously had her spouse charged with domestic (even if the case was dropped) because it completely ruins a service member’s career/reputation even if it’s false.

    • @laimajo3547
      @laimajo3547 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@soonerfrac4611 Wow. Very informative. Thanks for the insight!

  • @ProfDragonite
    @ProfDragonite ปีที่แล้ว +176

    First time in a long time I've found ANY country music genuinely compelling.

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      @dianaflower733 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @imasavage3103
      @imasavage3103 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you liked this song check out "Give Heaven some Hell" by Hardy. Try holding back tears.

    • @dianaflower733
      @dianaflower733 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@imasavage3103 I checked it out and liked it. Thanks.

  • @JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter
    @JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I love how captivated you were in this video. I've been on this song since it came out awhile back, it's catchy and a good throwback to the male fantasy of saving a woman, and it's not explicitly romantic, either, he just did the right thing in a questionable way, and did his time. Pretty respectful way of portraying the situation.

    • @copcuffs9973
      @copcuffs9973 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Plot twist: 🚩#MeToo 'd her ex had him ended ☠️ with a few tears, a sad story and "Fake-Up" 🤥#mePoo
      ~Gone Girl movie plot.
      ✌️

  • @texasnyghtmare
    @texasnyghtmare ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Hardy wrote this as a way to show his love for his fiancé. Us men think dark sometimes on how we would react in a situation like this should we face them in real life that involves our loved ones. It’s a great song that shows empathy and love is an amazing human embodiment

    • @stephanhebert4529
      @stephanhebert4529 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Amen to that, anyone tries to hurt my wife and kids has automatically forfeited their breathing rights as far as I’m concerned. I’d rather be judged by 12 than be carried or have to be one of the 6.

    • @Zip083
      @Zip083 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My husband has told me the exact same thing from day one. A lot of men have dark thoughts of what will happen in this situation, when they have to protect or avenge. I depend on my man for protection more than I probably should, but he always has my back and I’ll always have his. I will never have his strength, but he’ll always have my love and support.

  • @TheSicariuss
    @TheSicariuss ปีที่แล้ว +166

    This is why I love Michael Knowles. Listens to a minute of a country song and goes “this is an homage to the Homeric tradition”

    • @DalionHeartTTV
      @DalionHeartTTV ปีที่แล้ว

      Quite a reach, admittedly.

    • @midweekcentaur1050
      @midweekcentaur1050 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DalionHeartTTV I mean, where did music and all the traditions around western music and theatre come from... cmon dude.

    • @DalionHeartTTV
      @DalionHeartTTV ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@midweekcentaur1050 A lot of different places, cultures, and ideas. Lol
      I can promise you, the "homeric tradition" was not on the mind of this artist when he made this song. To say it's a homage implies intent to pay homage, and is the part that's clearly the stretch.

    • @guest_5992
      @guest_5992 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@DalionHeartTTVit was said in jest 😉 Micheal no doubt had a classical education, that is why he makes little jokes like this often. It's meant for a chuckle. But we are influenced by the culture and tradition of the past on a regular basis. Whether we are aware or not. We are never starting from "scratch".

    • @thisistheleft3538
      @thisistheleft3538 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now she has a new boyfriend that gives it to her all night while he sits in prison haha don’t white knight

  • @amandaiverson7131
    @amandaiverson7131 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    There’s a reason country music is the best genre on earth. The storytelling is like nothing else ❤

    • @darylsmithofficial
      @darylsmithofficial ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And rap

    • @Undying3001
      @Undying3001 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Check out metal.

    • @rawman44
      @rawman44 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      In a sense, yes. However, modern country is mostly garbage, though I struggle to actually call that kind of stuff country anyway. It's just pop.

    • @juliearmfield2634
      @juliearmfield2634 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh i love the stories inside the music.

    • @indygal6552
      @indygal6552 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@darylsmithofficial 🤣🤣

  • @manor61840
    @manor61840 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    HARDY absolutely slaps 🔥

  • @moodymama4576
    @moodymama4576 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    To give her a life and a future by giving up his own. How strong of a story. What a work of art that really pulls at your heart and soul.

  • @ferdberffle
    @ferdberffle ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I was an OTR truck driver. One time, my wife and I met a recently beaten woman taking refuge in a mid-west truck stop. We arranged to take her to a Catholic Charity in another City. I hope it turned out well for her.

    • @toddjohnson271
      @toddjohnson271 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Usually a product of many poor life choices.

    • @PongoDaMan
      @PongoDaMan ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Probably not but you guys did a good thing

    • @billyjonesy2972
      @billyjonesy2972 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      FYI: You don’t have to be Catholic to use Catholic Charities. They serve everybody.
      Also, the Baptists out of Norman, Oklahoma are excellent at responding to natural disasters around the country.

    • @rescuepanther
      @rescuepanther ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's what this guy should have done

    • @dianeambrose683
      @dianeambrose683 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Makes me cry because I lived her life. Day after day for years I believed that he would kill me. Abusers do not respect PFAs. Many times they end up killing the innocents.

  • @iamluifan119
    @iamluifan119 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    This song is amazing. As someone who has been in a violent relationship I know for a fact that our justice system is incredibly broken. Especially when it comes to domestic violence. While I agree that taking the law into your own hands is not necessarily something that should be done lightheartedly I do believe that there are times it's very necessary. Far too many victims of domestic violence are devastatingly failed by the justice system that should be putting them in the forefront.

    • @Mac-ih7rb
      @Mac-ih7rb ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Quantify this. Undoubtedly. You can’t. It’s emotionally charged gibberish. But I’d like to hear what anecdotes you can provide.

    • @cherylsalisbury6022
      @cherylsalisbury6022 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very well said, coming from an abusive relationship...justice system doesn't always work! Learned that!

  • @markgargus4689
    @markgargus4689 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I was in a similar situation once. I would like to tell you about it. Every time I hear this song, I see her face. She wound up getting killed a few months later. I tried to talk to her about her situation but she wouldn't listen. Haunts me every day. Been 15 years now.

    • @TMS-pj7fp
      @TMS-pj7fp ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think that's the most frustrating that you tried 2 help because u knew she needed it but she wasn't ready 4 help and then it was 2 late 4 help. I hope that the next time u see this u do the same thing because hopefully that woman eill be ready 4 help. My husband always says he will go out of his way 2 help a woman if he can because he hopes someone does same 4 me. I've always known I was covered by my husband, my daddy, my brother and my family bur I also never put myself in a situation that they had 2 clean up just because I knew they would...

    • @StephanieGrace19
      @StephanieGrace19 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My husband is law enforcement and he OFTEN shows up to the same domestics that were reported by neighbors. Unfortunately most of the women don't leave or even speak up for the man to be prosecuted. It is disgusting how many of those women are found dead not long afterwards. It is heartbreaking... but you can't force those women to leave. They have to do it themselves. Please know it is NOT your fault and truly a horrible situation.

  • @kcameron819
    @kcameron819 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    The beauty of a song like this is it’s up to the listener to decide how they interpret it. It’s not telling you what to do it’s simply a story. That’s it.

    • @PongoDaMan
      @PongoDaMan ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm 14 and this is deep

    • @jas9574
      @jas9574 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly, how I think many will interpret this song and how I think it was meant to be interpretted is that the first response to domestic violence can be murder. It is telling a story and doesn't directly say "do this", but it paints murderous vigilante justice as a great thing. Does it solve a problem, objectively yes. It also creates an ideological and moral conflict about how a civil society should govern itself. If that's excusable, then what else is?

    • @ZIbroweed
      @ZIbroweed ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jas9574 The fact that the protagonist of the song turns himself in, changes the tone a bit though. If you watch a superhero show like the Green Arrow you'll see a vigilante performing illegal acts "for the good of the people" and then running away to be able to keep doing "good." This song says something different though. It says that vigilantism comes with consequences. He gives up his life to end the life he deems to be evil. Does that make it ok? No. And he struggles with that even asking for forgiveness. The mane point I'm making is that most people aren't going to imitate this song, if for no other reason, because they don't want to give up the rest of their life, and even if you think the song presents the protagonist and his chosen actions as mostly good, it doesn't present them as heroically rewarding, and that's important. It is actually a thinker, and to me it leaves the question open... and only open because he was willing to satisfy justice by paying the penalty for his crime.

    • @kelaEQ2
      @kelaEQ2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Which is very different from some other country songs...Good By Earl by The Chicks, Gun Powder and Lead by Miranda Lambert, and Independence Day
      by Martina McBride

    • @DonJohnson-x3r
      @DonJohnson-x3r ปีที่แล้ว

      i see him as a total simp who threw his life away over the word of a woman he just met

  • @angiew2324
    @angiew2324 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    This brings tears to my eyes, in a way I was this girl many years ago. When I showed up at my aunt & uncle's house, my cousin grabbed a baseball bat & hopped in his car to find my (now ex) husband.
    Thankfully he didn't find him, I would never have wanted him to end up in jail, but that meant so much to me. Of course, stupidly, I went back; we had 2 kids & I was just a kid myself at barely 21 years old. However, 2 years of every kind of counseling you can imagine to try to hold our marriage together later, I left. Now, 18 years as of Feb 5th, I've never once looked back.
    Men like this deserve a medal of honor, not prison time. I agree that vigilante justice isn't always good, and I think everyone should have a chance at salvation through Christ. That said, if more men were like the man that picked her up, there would be a whole lot less of the men that abuse those they're supposed to take care of & love (and probably less women who do the same - women can be just as bad).

    • @katieinhops5163
      @katieinhops5163 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Or a functioning justice system that doesn't require a man like the one who picked her up.
      Beating a spouse/significant other/child should have higher punishment than drug possession.

    • @AllPainNoGains
      @AllPainNoGains ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yeah, I have no problem with people taking out the trash. My only problem with vigilante justice is the possibility of someone who has done nothing wrong getting killed over false allegations. In my early 20s I was with a girl who was an absolute nutcase. Any time we had a disagreement she would find a way to fall and hurt herself. At first I thought she was just clumsy but the more she did it the more I realized it was just something she did to manipulate people around her, to get herself out of trouble or get sympathy from others. Then one day I said something she didn't like and she punched me, and I immediately broke things off for good. Fast forward a few years and now she has taken her abuse and manipulation to a new level, beating on her boyfriends and/or beating herself then calling the cops to punish them for angering her. I never once even thought about threatening her or getting violent because I've been raised all my life to hate wife beaters, but if I hadn't gotten out when I did she would have beaten me, then beaten herself and have me locked up for nothing. She did it to multiple other guys after I left. Some of them made the mistake of hitting her back when she tried to beat them, but some of them did nothing and got thrown in jail anyway. Violent sociopaths like her are my one problem with doing the kind of thing shown in this video, because she easily could have gotten a man killed for nothing in a situation like this. She may have fucked a bunch of guys behind my back and emotionally manipulated me but at least I was lucky enough to get the hell out before she went full psycho. Oh, I almost forgot: when I broke up with her she tried to emotionally blackmail me by threatening to kill herself if I didn't take her back.

    • @angiew2324
      @angiew2324 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@katieinhops5163 They tend to go hand in hand, a lot of abusers become abusive after getting addicted to one substance or another. In my ex-husband's case, it was meth; in my uncle's (a different uncle than the one mentioned above - his older brother), it was alcohol.
      My uncle eventually got help, sobered up & became the husband & father his wife, children, 5 brothers & many many grandchildren & nieces & nephews knew he was in his heart. My ex? He's currently on trial for 2 1st degree felonies 18 years later, one of which is trafficking Fentanyl. Im honestly shocked he's still alive, I've been expecting a phone call from my in-laws that he overdosed for years. He'll probably get out of it again, despite Florida's mandatory sentencing laws for habitual offenders & now, fentanyl, he always does somehow. I don't think drugs should carry a prison sentence unless it's the last resort, though. I think they should send them to involuntary, locked down rehab.
      I know an addict won't get sober if they're not ready but long enough in rehab to force sobriety so they have time to think, I believe it could really help a lot of people, my ex included. He wasn't always a bad man, he was pretty great when I married him, but it didn't take long for meth to change him into a completely different person & over the years he's just got worse & worse. It breaks my heart, my kids deserved better from both their father & the judicial system.
      **Sorry, I didn't mean to write a book. 😊

    • @angiew2324
      @angiew2324 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@AllPainNoGains I definitely agree. I wish it wasn't, but that's a good point I didn't initially consider, especially in today's world. There are way too many women out there now days that won't hesitate to report a man for something he didn't actually do. Unfortunately we see it all the time, especially in universities. The judicial system is far from perfect, but at least they'll try to come up with some kind of evidence.

    • @katieinhops5163
      @katieinhops5163 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@angiew2324 I'm sorry you had to go through all of that. I'm glad you and your kids got out.

  • @TwinsFan22
    @TwinsFan22 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Hardy is a great example of a country artist who is not just sappy songs about girls and beer. His new album has angst and a unique quality to it.

    • @noASML8ing
      @noASML8ing ปีที่แล้ว +7

      As a Metalhead and Progger . . . I was really impressed by this. Its like the "Country" my Father enjoyed, not just "Pop" with a Southern twang.

    • @carolmorgan6734
      @carolmorgan6734 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know, I stopped listening to country music 10 years ago. If I want a sermon I go to church.

    • @MastemaJack
      @MastemaJack ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check out Upchurch if you like this.

    • @crissd8283
      @crissd8283 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, modern country is simple and pathetic. Most don't have any deep means.

  • @SpiritualBabydoll
    @SpiritualBabydoll ปีที่แล้ว +41

    As somebody who works actively as dv advocate you can call the cops all you want, but in general, especially in Washington state people are not held as long as they used to be people get off easier than they should. There’s not enough resources to help victims and I’m really happy that this is bringing awareness. Anybody that reads this if you were going through this right now reach out to your local DV agency and know that there are shelters specifically for you to go to get out of your situation. It doesn’t fix everything but it gives you somewhere safe to go.❤

    • @wtfserpico
      @wtfserpico ปีที่แล้ว

      Yet another reason that I'm glad I got myself and my family out of WA.

    • @adamwhite9524
      @adamwhite9524 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can't wait to get out of WA

  • @horseygirl645
    @horseygirl645 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A big reason why I like country music is that a lot of the songs do tell stories and those stories can be powerful and thought-provoking. Also, to my knowledge there is no other genre of music that produces songs that support our military and our country.

    • @patriottroll1764
      @patriottroll1764 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes!!! That's what I love about the culture of the American south!

  • @plemcam
    @plemcam ปีที่แล้ว +83

    What I love about this song in particular is Hardy's songwriting. "I never thought my day of justice would come from a Judge under a seat." Love that line.

    • @michaelblaes9847
      @michaelblaes9847 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A Judge is a model of pistol.

    • @pantarkan7
      @pantarkan7 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelblaes9847 ... revolver

    • @adambyrd3012
      @adambyrd3012 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm sure he's aware of that...

    • @blairerwin8061
      @blairerwin8061 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Taurus Judge

    • @TryMyMartini
      @TryMyMartini ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adambyrd3012 Most of us probably are, but I have definitely seen people ask in the comments on reviews of this song, because they aren't familiar. It's not hurting anybody to have the answer sitting there so somebody doesn't have to ask I guess.

  • @canadiangirl5159
    @canadiangirl5159 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I love the storytelling that's in Country music. This song is played on the radio up here in Alberta.

    • @pyrosorus9880
      @pyrosorus9880 ปีที่แล้ว

      really? i live in calgary and havent heard it yet

    • @ShomoGoldburgler
      @ShomoGoldburgler ปีที่แล้ว

      Never heard it up here in GP.

    • @brookegauthier5175
      @brookegauthier5175 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Plays in fort mac all the time.

    • @HesstonandTandem
      @HesstonandTandem ปีที่แล้ว

      It plays in red deer a lot on the station

  • @jenniferknowlton2928
    @jenniferknowlton2928 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    As a former victim of DV this song hit me hard. Justice never came, I had to stop it all by leaving after so many years of being financially, mentally and physically trapped by abuse. I forget a lot of the things that happened, I've had ppl tell me they remember things I have no clue about. CPTSD can be merciful but also pops up still almost a decade later. Putting myself in her shoes, she is forever grateful to someone who helped, but racked by guilt bc that's what victims will always do. Guilt like this is hard to escape. I think Hardy and Lainey are amazing in their music but this one is personally my favorite bc he helped someone like I was and wish I had...

    • @colonizer875
      @colonizer875 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If I were where my arms/hands could have helped you in that time, I swear I would have. If I'm ever in the position to do so in the future, I swear I will.

    • @melindawingate4397
      @melindawingate4397 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      💜

    • @Tommy1977777
      @Tommy1977777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just wait in the truck, sweetheart.

    • @vsand9798
      @vsand9798 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’m glad you got out. I hope you found or will find peace and happiness. My neighbors listened to my screams and never came to help. My getting out came after he poured hot pasta sauce all over me I saw my reflection in the mirror. Like really saw me and what I had become. Four hours of being held there I finally got the car key and ran for the door. Almost hit him pulling out of the driveway. The police never charged him. He had friends on the force. I’m remarried to a strong and gentle man. He wakes me when I have my nightmares and scream in my sleep. The only justice I want anymore is to forget. To be able to actually sleep without seeing his face. I’d take that.

    • @thankyougreen
      @thankyougreen ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was a bouncer after I got out of the Army. I personally “escorted” anyone that laid their hand on a woman out of the bar. Sometimes they “fell” down the stairs or ended up having to visit a doctor.. not tough and have taken my licks but it’s up to men to step and stop these boys from hitting women.

  • @johnene
    @johnene ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I have goosebumps. This is a beautiful song. 💜 💕

  • @kennethgambill4751
    @kennethgambill4751 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    I love the song "Wait in the truck" It's a song is about stopping abuse. There was a time when men who abused women were handled in similar fashion by the men of the community. The least you could have expected was being beaten black and blue by a woman's father, brothers, and a few friends of theirs.
    A few songs similar to this, or at least in a similar vein of dealing with abusive people/partners/spouses is "Independence day" by Martina McBride, "Blown away" By Carrie Underwood among others.
    It's also a song about protecting the vulnerable and the innocent, and standing up for what's right even if it costs you. So in the end, he gave up his freedom so she could have hers "it's been 60 months and she comes to see me from time to time. Yeah this place isn't heaven, but it's a lot better than the place I sent him".

    • @mikewilliams7218
      @mikewilliams7218 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly

    • @thecosplaynoobj3872
      @thecosplaynoobj3872 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never lived in any “hills” so I don’t know a hillbilly, but I’m from the country, and we call it country justice.

    • @douglasrandall3002
      @douglasrandall3002 ปีที่แล้ว

      You like this song because you're dumb. And it's exactly how the government/media cabal wants you to think so, that it has a reason to imprison you for something stupid you did because of an unrealistic idiotic heehaw country song.

    • @somethingcleverrrr
      @somethingcleverrrr ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Isn't it sad that nowadays that's considered "toxic masculinity"?

    • @froglaps40
      @froglaps40 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol... don't forget about the Dixie chick's (puke) Earl song.

  • @braydenpresley1437
    @braydenpresley1437 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    HARDY is an incredible musician, lyricist, and human being. Really inspiring song.

  • @generalshaagi4832
    @generalshaagi4832 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I lost my Uncle in a motorcycle accident a few months ago and Hardy's "Give Heaven Some Hell" really helped me get through the grief and it's great seeing his name on Michael's channel.

    • @jenn2894
      @jenn2894 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yea, that one reminds me of all the men in my family.
      they all live, work, play and die hard.

    • @BIGJAKE-sq4ds
      @BIGJAKE-sq4ds ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm sorry for your loss. I hope you and your family are doing well.

    • @nathanwilliams4005
      @nathanwilliams4005 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That song specifically got me into HARDY. 2nd favorite country artist after Morgan Wallen. Saw them live together last year and it was worth every single penny.

    • @generalshaagi4832
      @generalshaagi4832 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BIGJAKE-sq4ds Thank you, but I'm lucky compared to my mom. She lost her grandpa, little brother, and now her own uncle within the span of a year. I'm praying they can make it through this because losing that many people that quickly is more than I could imagine going through.

  • @Lydia-cc1wp
    @Lydia-cc1wp ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This song has more meaning to many. It’s not so much as killing a man for the atrocities committed for doing such a thing. It was more than a beating and she was just a little girl. I sent this to my granddaughter who has been awaiting a “just trial” through our legal system for 3 yrs. My note sent with this video/song was… “you’ve been waitin in the truck for a long time. Trial coming up, justice will prevail” her note back “Oh grandma you don’t t know how much I needed to hear this today”. Yes he’s in jail. Bc of virus delay~ backlog on courts he still sits. So you see…. For some of us this song has deeper meaning. It means justice not killing. May he spend the rest of his days in prison

  • @CoolPapaJMagik
    @CoolPapaJMagik ปีที่แล้ว +93

    “The justice system has failures, especially today since we let criminals off the hook so often.”
    Still nothing compared to what they are doing to good men in family courts every day, all over the country

    • @MamaKalash
      @MamaKalash ปีที่แล้ว

      Only two deadbeat dads.

    • @lindabell5534
      @lindabell5534 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not just being done to men. They have moved from men and assault to women and False claims of Munchausing by Proxy.
      God like mental health people acting like no harm can be future harm. Wail parents just get new spouses.

    • @CoolPapaJMagik
      @CoolPapaJMagik ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MamaKalash that’s a lie. “Deadbeat dads” is one of the biggest lies of the last few generations. Women just have way too much power in the court systems and they use it to abuse the men they’ve come to resent, using his children as a weapon

    • @savsmiles3042
      @savsmiles3042 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You think that rapists, child molesters and murderers not being prosecuted, getting light sentences or being released early from prison is worse than men having to pay child and spousal support? I agree that the current family court system in most counties and states that punishes the husband/father is wrong and bad, but to say that it’s worse than being a victim of rape and murder is ridiculous.

    • @justmepraying
      @justmepraying ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like you like to cry a LOT

  • @x9606
    @x9606 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Well my husband didn’t shoot anyone or go to jail but this songs just hits my soul. I met my husband while breaking away from a violent and abusive relationship and the scene of her just standing there battered and lost just brought out everything that I went through. My husband absolutely saved me but the confrontation was my ex and him fighting mano a mano while I sat off to the side bruised and bleeding. Good tale but also speaks to victims of abuse in a special way. I love this song now.

    • @libertybell8852
      @libertybell8852 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know many folks who have been through something similar. My son even got suspended for fighting when he watched a boy shove a girl. 🤷‍♀️ I can't say he was wrong. He wasn't in trouble with me.

  • @LeahHults
    @LeahHults ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This song is real and gritty, in the best way possible. I’m a domestic abuse survivor and what this women experienced resonates with me. The song is well written and the music video is for the first time in a long time, successful for the country music industry.

  • @trutumyman8853
    @trutumyman8853 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    ONE BADASS SONG!!!!! I was beat half to death when I was 23 years old by a bad guy who tried to take my son's monthly support check from me to buy himself more alcohol! So when I said no he beat me and left me for dead in a car parked at a car wash!!!!! I would have been blessed to have someone that stuck up for me like that!!!!!😢

  • @mandiehague3569
    @mandiehague3569 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I had stopped listening to modern country a couple yrs ago. I still follow my faves. I'd been a fan since I was 10 (1990).
    However I heard this song at the laundry mat and was shocked at how much this sounded like some of the old stuff. Had to look it up on TH-cam and Spotify as soon as I got home.

    • @stickofbutter4043
      @stickofbutter4043 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There’s drilling plenty of great country. Its just usually not played on the radio. You have to know where to find it, and its more accessible than ever with streaming. Check out Charley Crockett, Colter Wall, or Joshua Ray Walker

    • @SymphonicEllen
      @SymphonicEllen ปีที่แล้ว +3

      this is really similar to the old school stuff I grew up with as far as not a lot of instrumentation and counts a lot on the vocals. Country and some crossover like The Oak Ridge Boys, The Forester Sisters, Kenny Rogers, Johnny and Roseanne Cash. In fact, Kenny's song Coward of the County, I would consider to be kind of the grandpa of this one as far as subject matter.

    • @thefreeman8791
      @thefreeman8791 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah. I’m a fan of old country. Last week, Alabama came on the radio and my two and a half year old goes “Daddy’s song”. Lol.
      But yeah. George Jones once asked who’s gonna fill their shoes? It certainly isn’t Florida Georgia Line or Kane Brown.

    • @SymphonicEllen
      @SymphonicEllen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thefreeman8791 Aaaaawwww. too cute. Can't go wrong with Alabama. I think, like was said above you, the artists that will carry us on are out there, they're just mostly independent and don't give a crap who Hollywood says is cool. You see it with rock and metal, too. We have some over here that's alright and overall fun for what it is. Rock and metal over in Europe is masterpiece after masterpiece and frikken deep.

  • @Mila-gx1dg
    @Mila-gx1dg ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Ive heard this song and I like it. As a woman who was in a violent relationship all they did was give me a peace order which he broke whenever he damn well pleased. I'd call again he would get arrested then released and back again. Im lucky he didnt kill me. He even hid in my car trunk he was a special kind of stupid. But he scared me none the less. I even wrote goodbye letters to each of my kids just incase he succeeded

    • @airraider2004
      @airraider2004 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is why females need to rise up in support of the 2nd amendment. It makes us equal, women and men, cause it can stop men from doing this bullsh!t.

  • @AbruptandOffensive
    @AbruptandOffensive ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I love hearing city people’s opinions on country justice. It proves the absolute disconnect between urban America and rural America.

    • @TheNancypoo
      @TheNancypoo ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I live in the New York area and I love country music, so do most of my friends. It's the storytelling that I love.

    • @thoughtsfromaidiot5928
      @thoughtsfromaidiot5928 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I grew up in a ks town of 10k, my wife grew up in a very small rkensaw town and than later spent her teen years in a ghetto area of a large city. The difference in how we see things are staggering. For me unless someone is immediate danger I call the cops, her she lights their car on fire.

    • @TruckstopHick
      @TruckstopHick ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's Biblical, not urban. Urban type justice is what caused this character to take the law into his own hands.

    • @AbruptandOffensive
      @AbruptandOffensive ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TruckstopHick it doesn’t matter if it’s biblical, wanna know why? The Bible is a work of fiction written hundreds of years after the death of the historic Jesus of Nazareth. And idk if you know this but Jesus was crucified by ppl taking the law into their own hands.

    • @TruckstopHick
      @TruckstopHick ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AbruptandOffensive 🙄👍👌 Have fun with that idea.

  • @theRealJBdeal
    @theRealJBdeal ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The most dangerous time for a woman in a domestic violence situation is when she tries to leave.
    I was in an abusive marriage, but we had a son together so I tried to make it work. (He wasn’t abusive to our son.) I remember showing my doctor a bruise on my arm the size of a softball and asking her if I should leave. She didn’t really respond. I remember later taking the 9 mm we had in our headboard & sitting in the bathroom in the middle of the night debating whether to put it to my head or his. At that point, I realized I had to leave, even though he had told me he would put a bullet in me and anyone who tried to help me leave. The neighbor tipped him off that I was going to try and leave. He took our son from me at gunpoint, then disappeared for several hours. The police criticized me for not stopping him (even though he had a gun) and not leaving him earlier. I had a good job, was educated and taught to be independent. But he had isolated me from friends and had eroded my self esteem to the point that I didn’t feel I was worthy of anything better. I was let down by my family, the medical system, law enforcement and the “justice” system that was supposed to protect me.
    I am not advocating that anyone take justice into their own hands. The National Domestic Violence Hotline # is 800-799-7233. If you know someone in this situation, please encourage them to call. If you are in a similar situation, I want you to know that you are worthy and that you do have the strength to ask for help. It can mean the difference between being a domestic violence victim or a domestic violence survivor. 💕

    • @carolw24
      @carolw24 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did you finally get yourself and your son away from him?

  • @adamwarren5654
    @adamwarren5654 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    This is true country music! The well told stories that trigger emotions and draw you in. That’s why I love Morgan Wallen and Hardy. They are the story tellers of this generation of country music.

  • @kraven8864
    @kraven8864 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    As a woman who’s familiar with a situation like hers, (though not as bad as portrayed) I’m also very familiar with a fantasy where a “knight in shining armor” rides in and saves the girl.
    To me this is a song written by a woman who’s dreaming to be saved.

    • @rovers141
      @rovers141 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I know get you're saying, but it was written by men, 2 different men to be exact. Sometimes men also fantasize about what they would do in that situation or similar situations because it makes our blood boil just thinking about it, and we're hard wired to protect. Well, I shouldn't speak for ALL men. Some are hard wired to be a coward, as I'm sure you've noticed.

  • @ellysetaylor5908
    @ellysetaylor5908 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The fact that songs like this are being made and issues like this are being discussed shows how long we have felt that our justice system is failing us. The cries for justice from the system for victims of abuse have gone on so long that we have gone hoarse from it.
    Now we are starting to ask ourselves when and if we should take justice into our own hands. Not saying that we should, just saying it's a powerful testament to how people who need justice aren't getting it and how tired everyone is of being powerless to change that.

  • @HarmsWay500
    @HarmsWay500 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is my first time watching you…..very well done! Being a father my heart breaks watching this video, even after watching and hearing this song several times. Well said and may we ALL seek first the kingdom of God. In doing so, our mistakes, like these, may be avoided. Great analysis.

  • @SoulDeathCheated
    @SoulDeathCheated ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I have been twice moved emotionally by music his week. First was Chris Stapleton‘s rendition of the national anthem. Now this. I’m glad there are real artists still making good music.

    • @BudderInYoMudder
      @BudderInYoMudder ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ryan upchurch, Struggle Jennings, Adam Calhoun. There are a few they just happen to be silenced by the mainstream because a lot refuse to play by big music’s games.

    • @SoulDeathCheated
      @SoulDeathCheated ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BudderInYoMudder I’ll check them out. Thanks. Oh, if you haven’t heard Colter Wall, start with “Kate McCannon” and “The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie.”

  • @tonyemmanuel6659
    @tonyemmanuel6659 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is so much better than most "country" music on the radio these days. Definitely a bittersweet tale that moves the heart and soul to places they may not want to go, but probably need to from time to time.

  • @shanechaisson9383
    @shanechaisson9383 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Michael almost tearing up is the same reaction I had to this song first time I listened to it.

  • @lisaldeene
    @lisaldeene ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love your breakdown of the failure of "the system" to invoke true justice. So many violent criminals blatantly flaunt the weaknesses in the system, and some who are truly invested in justice are considered far worse criminals for not trying to hide behind the nooks and crannies of the legal system. The hero in this scenario chose to sacrifice his freedom for hers.

  • @yellowroses8736
    @yellowroses8736 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Not sure if I like it, but I think your analysis is spot on... It's probably one of the most interesting country songs I've heard in a while.

    • @Pikawarps
      @Pikawarps ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I heard the songs randomly on a prime playlist and i was hooked

  • @zacharystranahan9087
    @zacharystranahan9087 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I never heard of Hardy until a couple of weeks ago. The more I listen to him, the more of a fan I become.

  • @robindew9072
    @robindew9072 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Michael's explanation of this song is just amazing. Well done Michael.

  • @badencraig7778
    @badencraig7778 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This song really explains what a good man is and what he will do to a bad man

    • @PaulGraham-qy9xh
      @PaulGraham-qy9xh ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How did the "good man" know that he was killing the "bad man"? He had no idea what he looked like. Maybe the girl made it all up and self harmed to get back at an ex for cheating on her.

    • @artsyfartsynerdywordy
      @artsyfartsynerdywordy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PaulGraham-qy9xh thank youuu. Nobody ever talks about that or the fact that there are thousands of women’s shelters all across the country, she could’ve gone to one of those and told that man “please take me to a shelter, I will absolutely not give you directions back to my place to kill him, that’s crazy talk”.
      I’ve lived rural all my life and love country music and this song just irks me. Why would you portray this as something romantic like this? You know how many men I’ve heard say “ya that’s what a man should do if he finds a woman like that! Go kill that f’er!” These are men who have wives and children, like do they really think they would go sacrifice all that to help a woman they don’t know? I can almost guarantee they wouldn’t. More than likely they’d just take her to the police station or something.
      I can enjoy the beautiful writing of the song but do I think it’s one of the best country songs of our time? Absolutely not.

    • @DonJohnson-x3r
      @DonJohnson-x3r ปีที่แล้ว +1

      a "good man"" who is also a sucker

    • @daniell5740
      @daniell5740 ปีที่แล้ว

      A good man doesn't commit murder

  • @robinpigeon2070
    @robinpigeon2070 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Great voices and song, and I’m not really a country fan but I want to hear more from the both of them.

  • @johnnybgoodbeesandbarbecue5788
    @johnnybgoodbeesandbarbecue5788 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "Ya I might be here forever, it ain't paradise that's true. But its a whole hell of a lot better than the place I sent him to"
    That line gave me chills when I heard it back when it first came out.

  • @glampreda3803
    @glampreda3803 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow. The song gave me chills and made me cry all at once. It's such a moving song. And another great analysis Knowles

  • @jeffd3660
    @jeffd3660 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    This was my first time hearing this song ... Very powerful , very thought provoking .

  • @hopeanna9201
    @hopeanna9201 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best reaction to this song ever. Finally someone gets it, he did trade places with her.

  • @paulbisson897
    @paulbisson897 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Both Hardy and Lainey killed it. Love the song.

  • @susanherbert3014
    @susanherbert3014 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    First time I heard of this song. Pretty powerful. He could have just put her in the truck and drove away, but then what? The abuser finds another victim. He ended the cycle.
    The details in the video are amazing, I got that same feeling of how they “switched prisons” watching the shot of his shackled feet and hers walking outside. The darkness of the first view of her versus her walking outside into the bright sunny day. And her getting into his truck and driving away…. Wow

  • @christineg3381
    @christineg3381 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Hardy is phenomenal story teller and knows how to enact emotion. This song is absolutely incredible as is pretty much every song he has ever written - he gets better and better with each song.

  • @buddycoalhoney
    @buddycoalhoney ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great song! You don't even need the video, you can see everything when he sings it. That's talent! ❤️

  • @drowningpooralice5505
    @drowningpooralice5505 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The first time I saw this video I cried, I held it back and nobody saw, but it moved me deeply.

  • @anteteloquicogitare5002
    @anteteloquicogitare5002 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Hi Michael, so I've watched numerous other "reaction" videos to this song, and I have to say that yours is, so far, the most balanced and well thought-out. You perfectly point out the Christian perspective to this song and the actions of its protagonist. He, the protagonist, accepts the consequences of his actions and accepts the just punishment that he will receive. Had it not been for being subscribed to your channel I might never have come across this song so, thanks for that. Oh, please do more Tom MacDonald reaction videos, this is another artist that you have introduced me to. So, you see, even though you are tongue in cheek about your "street cred" when it comes to contemporary music you have actually helped these artists by introducing them to a much wider audience. Thank you for that. Man, I hope that you actually read these comments. I'd love to know that this has reached you, so that you know the impact you have had on not just me but on the many with your excellent take on the modern world. By the way I am an expat from the UK living and working in China for the last 20 years, should you be interested in any insights I might have vis-a-vis - Uch French - the "real life in China" feel free to DM (is that the modern parlance for getting in touch?).

  • @Hmm_Ace_Attorney_Channel
    @Hmm_Ace_Attorney_Channel ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This is country at its best, and what was great about country singers like Marty Robbins. Story over commercial appeal. The music is still good of course, but the story behind it takes precedence. Fantastic. I wish all modern country was like this.

    • @angiew2324
      @angiew2324 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm dating myself but it's very very similar to Reba's song _Fancy._ Somewhat different storyline, but it's a heart-wrenching, relatable story, not just a song.

    • @desertboi2972
      @desertboi2972 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I absolutely agree, most modern country music has no soul or story. But songs like this are definitely an exception, we need more storytellers like Cash and Robbins but with a modern twist!!

    • @alyssasullivan7432
      @alyssasullivan7432 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@angiew2324 It's more reminiscent of "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"

  • @WesBowker
    @WesBowker ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Showed up for the Hardy lyrics, stayed around for the history lesson.

  • @dorianshadesofgray
    @dorianshadesofgray ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Powerful song that tugs at what masculinity used to be all about

    • @diversityandcomicsbear2625
      @diversityandcomicsbear2625 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Believe all women. Hope she tells the truth. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @dorianshadesofgray
      @dorianshadesofgray ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@diversityandcomicsbear2625 blood stained, bruised, walking in pouring rain in the middle of the night. I call it believing the evidence.

    • @jimluebke3869
      @jimluebke3869 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dorianshadesofgray Pointing to whom?

    • @deusdex1186
      @deusdex1186 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dorianshadesofgray Enjoy prison for a woman's manipulative story.

    • @gramajan4
      @gramajan4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jimluebke3869 Ponting the the perp

  • @deckum23
    @deckum23 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    First time hearing this myself, and that first "wait in the truck" gave me chills.

  • @louiselane7745
    @louiselane7745 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This song is absolute top notch artistry. The song writing is superb. The story is relatable to so many woman who have lived this scenario. I myself was physically and mentally abused in my first marriage for 6 years. Hardy and Lainey Wilson do a fantastic job with the vocals and the music and the way it was all put together makes this an unforgettable top of the charts, all time great, country music, story telling, award winning piece of a Country Music work of art. Can't listen to it enough. Stays in your head song.
    Forget about finding fault with it, just listen and appreciate it for what it is.. a Great Country song. I don't understand some people. Do they tear apart every movie ever released that has a killing or murder in it. Lighten up all you folks that have to pick everything apart.

    • @Temulon
      @Temulon ปีที่แล้ว

      The song tells a story, I'm just not convinced, like some in the comment section, that's it's a great story or that the protagonist is a hero.

    • @louiselane3529
      @louiselane3529 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Temulon pro·tag·o·nist
      /prəˈtaɡənəst/

      noun
      the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
      * Keyword by your own definition, "fictional"!!!

    • @Temulon
      @Temulon ปีที่แล้ว

      @@louiselane3529 I'm confused, were you somehow led to believe that I thought the man in the video, who shot the abusive husband, was an actual human being?
      I knew he was fictional. The point of my comment wasn't whether or not he existed, but how people reacted to his actions. And most thought his actions were heroic.
      You know that a character doesn't have to exist for people to express a desire to emulate his/her actions right?

  • @itsmb8
    @itsmb8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Michael Hardy is easily one of the best songwriters we have had in A LONG TIME. Its really easy to see why he kept it for himself instead of selling it to someone else, he knew he struck gold with this one.

  • @laurend4482
    @laurend4482 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wow I have a new respect for country music. Totally bawled at the end of that 😭

    • @mcsmoothie7052
      @mcsmoothie7052 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I bawled too. Poor ignorant simp is in prison for life while the random chick he threw his life away for without even vetting her story, drives his truck to new boyfriend’s house. Sad story. All men should watch this as an object lesson of what not to do.

  • @lucky9er567
    @lucky9er567 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    THIS IS WHAT COUNTRY MUSIC IS SUPPOSED TO BE. EPIC STORYTELLING THAT SPEAKS TO YOU. FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS SONG I CRIED. I REMEMBER EVERY TIME MY FATHER HIT MY MOTHER AND SHE FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, BIG PART OF THE REASON I BECAME A COP. I ALSO REMEMBER THE NIGHT MY OLDEST COUSIN FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. HE CAME INSIDE, TOOK US OUTSIDE AND SAID "WAIT HERE, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK AND WE WILL GO TO MOMMAS". THAT TRAILER ROCKED FOR A GOOD 3-5 MINUTES UNTIL ONE MAN CAME OUT...
    MY COUSIN, BLOODIED AND BRUISED BUT MY FATHER WAS OUT COLD ON THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR. THEN WENT TO MY AUNTS HOUSE AND NEVER HAD TO GO BACK. EVEN AS A COP, THAT NIGHT JUSTICE WAS SERVED AND MY MOMS LIFE WAS SAVED. SOMETIMES, SITUATION DEPENDENT, THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS.

    • @Temulon
      @Temulon ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vigilantism is never justified, or why bother with a system of laws? But being a cop, I understand why you feel anyone should be able to do anything they please, after all, cops do whatever they want all the time. Also, typing using only capital letters is a douche bag move reserved for uneducated people, but again, being a cop I can understand why you use them.

    • @44pilot
      @44pilot ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Temulon lol the irony of you saying vigilantism is never justified, which naturally assumes law enforcement deal with all situation, while you rag on cops 😂
      And for the record, I think most cops are scum. But you can’t have it both ways little guy

    • @Temulon
      @Temulon ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@44pilot "the irony of you saying vigilantism is never justified, which naturally assumes law enforcement deal with all situation, while you rag on cops"
      I don't see the irony in what I wrote. I'm not sure you're using the word correctly. What I said was that cops are corrupt and possess a low level of intelligence, at least the patrol variety, and that vigilantism is never justified, so any complaints of wrong doing should be handled by people in law enforcement, even though they're corrupt and dim, instead of Joe Average Citizen.
      Use the video for an example, you come across a woman who's been beaten and you decide to deal with the situation yourself instead of involving the law. But what if she was framing the man just to have him shot?, after all, all you have is her word as to what occurred. You don't believe that could ever happen?
      If you think I'm wrong then give an example of a situation in which taking the law into your own hands is perfectly justified. If it's justified, why was the guy in the video in prison?
      You make a decision to deal with a situation yourself instead of letting the law handle it, then you also deal with the consequences. I would have never done what the guy in the video did, I'm not going to prison for twenty+ years for a stranger, especially just on her story alone. I'd have driven her to a hospital where she could press charges and I'd be on my way. But you go right ahead and bust in that door cowboy, throw your freedom away on some strangers story. Yee-Haw.
      You don't like the way the law handled the situation? You're upset over the outcome? You think the person wasn't punished enough? What gives you the right to decide that more punishment is required and By God you're just the person to deliver it? No system is perfect, deal with it. Vigilantism is never justified.

    • @Csawllc
      @Csawllc ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Temulon You are blaming every officer for the actions of a few. That’s very close minded, which is odd because you bring up “she could be setting the guy up” so you seem to understand and promote that there are two sides to every story that should be heard. Maybe try to apply that same mindset to officers as well. You then insult someone whom the only interaction you’ve had is them just sharing a life experience. That’s being judgmental and a bully. That could explain why you hate and fear all cops, because part of their job is to stand up to bully’s. So they are a threat to you. The guilty run.

    • @Temulon
      @Temulon ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Csawllc - I'm blaming every cop because, even if they aren't simpleminded and corrupt, they allow the simpleminded and corrupt cops to continue to operate. If you see a blatant act of lawbreaking or abuse of power or an extreme use of force and ignore it, you're as bad as the offending officer. Cops always cover for other cops.
      And vigilantism is never justified.

  • @TheTexasViking
    @TheTexasViking ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I have lived in Texas all my life and became a country music fan at the age of 12. It was about the time that Garth Brooks, George Strait, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt and the like came on the scene. I now sing country and rock music and I am always drawn to songs that have a story like this. I don't mind anthem songs, but the songs that talk about the real life of the real country that we live in, those are the songs that move my soul.

    • @1retiredknight
      @1retiredknight ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you really want your mind blown, try some of the stuff that never got airplay on the "pop with a drawl" stations that played the guys you mentioned. I'd suggest starting with Guy Clarke, Steve Earl, Townes Van Zandt, and Steve Fromholz. Then, if you want to branch out into something a little more folk than country but still with amazing storytelling, try some John Prine.

    • @TheTexasViking
      @TheTexasViking ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@1retiredknight absolutely! I like to listen to a lot of non-air play music like Hayes Carll, Matt King, definitely Steve Earle, Ryan Bingham, Robert Earl King and Sturgill Simpson. Love that kind of eclectic music!

  • @AndiSchneider
    @AndiSchneider ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a survivor of a very abusive marriage, this song is amazing. People want to call it controversial or wrong because it depicts a man willing to give up everything to protect a woman from a monster. Let me tell you, most of you that say that are the ones that turn your tv up when you hear your neighbor getting beaten down physically and mentally. I once ran barefoot with two yr old wrapped in a blanket in the rain, and the only thing I could do was hold him tight and warm until I knew his daddy passed out from whiskey. Leaving isn’t as simple as everyone thinks it is. Do you know what you get when you go to the police…a piece of paper. He put me in the hospital before he got six years. The judge handed down the max sentence and said out loud in court that he had a dozen charges, and 10 of them were domestic violence of some sort. Leaving a violent situation is when the mortality rate spikes the highest. I wish people would stop passing judgment on situations you’ve never been in. People cry if you hurt their feelings, most of them have never felt the fear of gasping for air with hands around your throat. Don’t judge me until you have.

  • @christinaharris2552
    @christinaharris2552 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is the age old story of “the Hero”, not a killer, not a vigilante, just a man doing what’s right, protecting the weak. She wasn’t weak because she’s a woman, but because she felt compelled to stay with the abusive husband. This is actually a beautiful tale, one every abused woman probably dreams of.

  • @heydadchannel
    @heydadchannel ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "That's how tragedy works". Now that's a value-added reaction! Great reaction. Great job to your editor for the clips.

  • @debrabolton7748
    @debrabolton7748 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    First time I have seen this video or the song. You don't know how this song hits after you have lost a sister to a murder/suicide when you didn't know she was trying to get away from a guy. I would have done it to save her. 33 years ago and I still cry.

  • @deeturner4557
    @deeturner4557 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The civil authority is failing us tremendously. Love this song and the message behind it.