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Who You'd Be Today
Some nights you wonder who they'd be today. That wondering is love. 🕊️
Who it's for
The song voices a very specific grief: wondering who someone who died young would be today.
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Who You'd Be Today" is a country ballad by Kenny Chesney, written by Bill Luther and Aimee Mayo and produced by Buddy Cannon and Chesney, released in September 2005 as the first single from his album The Road and the Radio. The narrator speaks to someone who died young, says how much they miss that person, and wonders who they would have become. The song ends on the hope that the two will meet again someday.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music (widely available); official music video (directed by Shaun Silva) contains tragic imagery.
Before you start
Heads up: Grief; video shows fatal accidents.
Age: Ages 12+
Love! when you come with the burning lamp of pain in your hand, I can see your face and know you as bliss.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 162
