Album Track — This Long Broken Road
Let Go
Dawson McCoy — September 3, 2025
The Story Behind the Song
The line 'To live in the hearts of others is to never die' is my own adaptation of the epitaph on my grandparents' tombstone: 'To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die.' I never met my grandfather, Pete Walker, who drowned years before I was born, but I miss my grandmother, Alice Faye Walker, every single day. Let Go is dedicated to them. It's written as a 'voice from the grave,' a message of comfort from the ones who've gone before us. For me, it's a way of carrying their love forward. For others, I hope it serves as a reminder that the ones we've lost live on inside us, in memory and in heart.
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.
| Edition | Duration | ISRC |
|---|---|---|
| This Long Broken Road | 05:17 | QT65W2535596 |
| This Long Broken Road: R&B Edition | 04:18 | — |
| This Long Broken Road: Hers | 05:35 | — |
Listen
Streaming links below are for the full This Long Broken Road: His edition — individual song previews aren't split out by the catalog.
Lyrics
Dawson 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.