Solid

Album: Desperate Man (2018)
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  • Church wrote this gritty declaration of the solid family roots that keep him strong and stable with New Orleans mainstay Anders Osborne.

    You may think I'm way too chill
    But I'll get it done, got my daddy's will
    And I'll always, I'll always keep a promise
    In a great big world, spinning around
    People walking around on shaky ground
    And my foundation's solid


    Church explained that the song is a testament to the power of inner strength. "It's just saying, this is where I'm at and who I am," he said. "I love the simplicity - 'I'm good, I'm OK, just keep heading down that path.' And it helped my confidence in the studio, because when you don't know where you're headed, you can get pretty insecure."

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