Prelude To The Shadow Of A Black Crow (Live From Topeka Correctional Facility)

Alright, y'all alright now? We're still good? Okay, look

Oh, man

You just got beautiful faces, it's so good to see y'all

It's so good

Alright, so

I thought I would

Bring to you actually one of my lesser known songs

But this song means a lot to me because it was, uh

I wrote it about my son

I had a son

That, uh, unfortunately passed away of an opioid overdose at twenty-one

And I'll tell you what right now

If you all, uh, have been anywhere near that

Well, you know how it is, and I knew that he was, uh

He was either gonna find his way out or, or not

And he did not

But, uh, aw yeah, I love you too, you know, you know, yeehaw

I'll tell ya, you know, I don't know your personal situation but, uh

I can tell you now that even though they might not tell ya

Your family members are glad that you'rе here and not dead, okay? 'Causе I would've

I would really love it if my son was in prison and not here, you know?

So thank you, thank you very much

But this song, I could tell that he was headed down a road and

The way I deal with my issues and feelings is to write songs

So this song is, uh, is just about someone who is on that road

That scary road when you don't know what's happening, you know?

When you've had that trauma

And when you're reaching for that substance to try to make it better and it never ever will

And you don't know quite where you're going and you feel like something's following ya

Kinda like a shadow of a black crow