Released: April 18, 2020

Where there once were roars
Now there are just echos
The handshakes and the hugs of yore
Are now too dangerous

But I don’t believe in fear
I don’t believe in panic
I don’t believe in all this complexity
This damn virus has any idea what it’s up against:
The American resolve
Steeled by the world
Steadied by faith
Calmed by song
Healed by prayer

Oh, I believe
Damn right, I believe
I believe these halls will roar again
These stadiums will be deafening and the answer to this enemy
The silence of now will cower at the noise of soon
When the answer of who will answer this call is asked
Thousands will raise their fists and say I will
We will
And we damn sure will

Where fear preys, we will feed
Where pestilence stalks, we will hunt
I feel for our enemy
For it has no chance
It has no prayer

And I believe
I believe our best is yet to come
We shall rage
We shall roar
I cannot wait to see you again
Through my ray bans

Eric Church

Eric Church is an American country music singer-songwriter from Granite Falls, North Carolina. After graduating from Appalachian State University with a business degree in 2000, Eric became engaged to a Spanish teacher from Lenior, NC whose father attempted to deter his musical aspirations by offering him a corporate career in Denver. After turning down her father’s offer, Church’s ex-fiance broke the engagement, giving Church motivation to move to Nashville and begin focusing solely on his music. Recollections of this turning point in Church’s life are heard throughout his lyrical portfolio (most prominently in “Those I’ve Loved”).

After a period of being overlooked by record labels and producers, Church was eventually signed to Capitol Records in 2006, making his debut with the album, Sinners Like Me. The album produced four singles on the Billboard Country Chart, “How ‘Bout You,” “Two Pink Lines,” “Guys Like Me,” and the album’s title track.

His second album, 2009’s Carolina, produced three more “Smoke a Little Smoke,” “Love Your Love the Most,” and “Hell on the Heart.”