When I’m With You

WHEN I’M WITH YOU is the third track in Citizen Way’s 2.0 album, written after vocalist Josh Calhoun and his wife suffered the miscarriage of their son.

“I wrote that after we lost Jeremiah,” Calhoun recalls. “So many things are wrapped up in this song. How death brought me closer to life. How losing a son made me love my little girls more when I didn’t know I could.” The lyrics, Anytime, Anywhere, Any heartache/ I’m there/There’s never too much/There’s only grace, describe the singer’s unwavering sense of faith in spite of his family’s incredible loss. “That’s how I feel about God’s word because that’s how it’s always been for me. It feels like I’m not alone in the foxhole. I’m getting shot at, but at least we’re together.” The song is already striking a chord with the band’s fans.

“It does that thing that people connect with,” Calhoun says. “It grabs the heart, and it grabs the ear.”

It speaks to the rest of us who are hurting and going through trials of our own, to those who are searching for love and grace. Take heart, because God is with us.

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