War Inside

The Story Behind the Song

This was a song I needed to write — but more importantly, I needed to produce it, because it has a chance to save lives. Depression isn't talked about enough, and my goal wasn't to say, 'Oh, you're gonna be all right. Everybody gets a little sad.' I wanted it to feel like I walked right up to someone in that hole, told them what was happening inside me, and let them know they weren't alone. Sometimes, when I was very deep in the darkest places, knowing that there were other people suffering alongside me gave me a glimmer of hope. Even though we were all hurting and doing our best to hide it from the world in isolation, it meant that we weren't completely alone. Those of us who suffer from depression all know that 'voice within that tells us the truth.' It's not the truth — but in those moments of deep despair and anguish, when we're alone in the dark with that voice, we'll believe anything it says and take it as the truth.

Also Performed By

This Long Broken Road is released in multiple performer editions, each with its own real performance — durations differ by artist, not just persona.

Lyrics

Sadie McCoy's own lyric delivery can vary slightly from Brian Kittrell's original — a dedicated transcript for this edition isn't published yet. See the Brian Kittrell performance for his published lyrics.