Lost Soul's Prayer - Commentary

If you've been listening from the beginning of the Fire and Brimstone

Album release special, you've already heard a wide variety of songs

Off Brantley Gilbert's brand new album. He's showing all sides of

Himself, and this next song, it is powerful. It's called "Lost Soul's

Prayer," and, Brantley, I wonder, this is such a personal song that

Shares so many intimate thoughts. I mean, it's almost like we are

Listening to your conversation with God. You also

Own up to your imperfections and your shortcomings

Was this song something that was on your heart to share

Or what inspired you to write "Lost Soul's Prayer"?

This record, we talked about it being this chapter but also being

Reminiscent, talking about things that got us here, and this one

Kinda goes from there to Fire and Brimstone. We see kinda growth in

My spiritual life as well, and this was kinda picked up in a hectic

Time in my faith. I guess the chapter of my life I'm talking about

When I was singing this song and when I wrote this song was, you

Know, I wasn't even praying right. I was doing everything wrong

And this song kinda spells it out. It's not language that you would

Normally hear in a prayer. It's not a prayer I would pray now, but

That was kinda setting the stage for how my faith has grown, and I

Feel like my wife has a lot to do with that, and my son has a lot

To do with that. But just taking steps forward, it's about the

Journey, and it's about the story, and that's the beginning place

I guess. You know, it's a repetitive theme in my life. It had been

For a long time. You know, it was like the further I got away from

That, the worse my decisions were, and the song kinda captures that

Moment. It was like, you know, being frustrated with faith and being

Frustrated, you know, with life, and it was kind of a looking-over-

Your-shoulder type time in my life. So it's an aggressive thing

There's a little angst there, and I

Feel like we captured it really well

You really did. It is a gorgeous song. I did wanna ask, I mean, not

That you ever claim to be the poster child for anything when it comes

To faith and religion, but, I mean, it seems to me that you're a

Perfect example of God's grace is limitless, and even as far away as

You get from Him, He'll always be there, always have your back, and

You know, always take you back when you decide to find your way back

To Him. So I almost have to imagine that maybe you have been

Instrumental in helping other people rediscover their

Relationship with God, and I, I just can't imagine what

That must feel like to know that you have helped

Somebody in that way. I mean, it must be truly humbling

What I've found is that songs that, you know, are closer to the heart

For me, when you write a song that's more than skin-deep, you tend

To get under the skin of people that could somewhat relate to it

And people are drawn. When it comes to my songs, anyway, I feel like

People are drawn more to songs that are closer to my heart, and no

Matter how imperfect they are, the realness of it is, you know

I feel like the majority of the folks that come to these shows and

And listen to my stuff, they're as imperfect as I am and, and lost

I guess, so to speak, and a lot of 'em may be in a place where

They're not close with their faith. And I don't know, I, I grew up

In some churches where it was a pretty strict idea of by the book

You gotta do this, you gotta be this. And for me, I don't know

I feel like I have my relationship with God, and I understand it

And I feel like living a conscious-based life, kinda asking Him to

Be the steering wheel but just trying to, man, be the best person

You know how to be, treat people the best way you know how unless

They give you a reason not to. If I go to bed at night, I'm the best

Husband and the best dad I know how to be, and I've at least tried

And I've tried to treat people the best way I know how

I feel like if I go to bed that way, that's a win. And I

Think, you know, that song's, the idea is to encourage people

To just have a relationship with God in my case, but you

See, you know, a lot of people are just completely turned

Off of that idea. Just believe in something bigger than you

I could not agree more. Well, it is, like I said, a very deeply

Personal song, and I feel like we're just getting an inside

Perspective of Brantley at that point in his life

Talking to God. This is "Lost Soul's Prayer." You'll

Find it on his brand new album Fire and Brimstone

Which we are celebrating with this album release special