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YOU'RE WATCHING "JONI".
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>> "WHAT I NEED" IS SORT OF THE
MAIN STATEMENT THAT COVERS THE
WHOLE THOUGHT OF THE RECORD IN
THAT THE VERSES ARE KIND OF
THESE HARD --
IT'S ME BEING REALLY HONEST AND
VULNERABLE ABOUT THE STRUGGLE.
THE CHORUS IS REALLY HOPEFUL AND
IT'S KIND OF APPROPRIATE IN
TALKING ABOUT ULTIMATELY GOD
GIVING ME WHAT I NEED NO MATTER
WHAT THAT THING IS.
BECAUSE I WAS JUST SO LIKE, THIS
IS WHO I AM AND I AM MY MUSIC
AND I'M THE PRODUCT THAT I SELL,
WHICH IS SUCH A HARD THING TO
SORT OF SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, FOR
ME AT LEAST.
SO THAT'S BEEN THE NEWEST ONE.
GOD HAS SAID TO ME, DAVE, YOU
GOT TO LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY
WITH ME AND LET THAT BE A
PRODUCT OF WHAT YOU DO.
♪ ♪
♪ I'VE BEEN A WALKING
HEARTACHE ♪
♪ I'VE MADE A MESS OF ME ♪
>> THIS SONG WAS INSPIRED BY MY
WIFE.
ULTIMATELY JUST THROUGHOUT THAT
SEASON OF WHAT I WAS WRITING THE
RECORD ABOUT AND THINKING ABOUT
AND JUST REALLY DEALING WITH
SOME REAL ISSUES WITH MY FAITH
OF LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING I
WANT AND REALLY WRESTLING IT OUT
WITH GOD.
AND HIM SOMETIMES GIVING THOSE
THINGS TO ME AND OTHER TIMES
NOT.
SHE WAS JUST SO PATIENT AND SO
SORT OF KIND AND CARING THROUGH
THAT.
AND I THINK RETROSPECTIVELY,
LOOKING BACKWARDS, I WAS ABLE TO
SEE, MAN, SHE WAS SO GREAT.
SHE WAS NEVER LIKE, YOU'RE
CRAZY, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU,
LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE A
BREAK AND GO PITCH A TENT IN THE
BACKYARD AND WORK IT OUT AND
THEN COME BACK INSIDE WHEN IT'S
ALL FIGURED OUT.
♪ ♪
♪ THERE'S MORE HERE THAN WHAT
WE'RE SEEING ♪
♪ A DIVINE CONSPIRACY ♪
>> EVEN SINGING IT, IT MAKES ME
THINK ABOUT FRIENDSHIPS AND
FAMILY, YOU KNOW, WITH MY FAMILY
AND THEN FRIENDS.
I'VE SAID THIS.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY, WHOEVER
THEY ARE, ARE BOTH SORT OF LIKE
THE GASOLINE AND THE GUARDRAILS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF LIKE THEY
MOTIVATE US AND KEEP US GOING
BUT THEY ALSO KEEP US ON THE
ROAD, FROM FLYING OFF INTO
NOWHERE.
SO IT'S KIND OF ABOUT THAT,
LIKE, REALIZING, LIKE GOD REALLY
DOES SPECIFICALLY PUT PEOPLE IN
OUR LIVES TO DO BOTH THOSE
THINGS.
♪ GOD GAVE ME YOU ♪
♪ IT'S HARD TO FIND THE WORDS TO
SAY ♪
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THE FUNNY
THING ABOUT PLAYING SHOWS IS,
YOU KIND OF WRITE THESE SONGS.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE YOU FORGET
ABOUT THEM BUT FOR ME, YOU KNOW,
YOU JUST WRITE SONGS AND YOU GO
OUT AND PLAY THEM.
EVERY NOW AND THEN I WILL BE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A SONG AND HEAR
WHAT I'M SINGING AND I THINK,
WOW, I REALLY DO FEEL THAT WAY
OR I FORGOT THAT, I FORGOT THAT
SEASON.
LIKE, THERE IS A SONG THAT I
HAVE THAT I RELEASED ON AN E.P.
LAST YEAR CALLED "HOME".
♪ I WILL NEVER BE ALONE ♪
♪ 'CAUSE DEEP INSIDE OF ME ♪
♪ I KNOW THAT ♪
♪ WHATEVER YOU ARE ♪
♪ IS HOME ♪
>> IT'S JUST KIND OF ABOUT, I'VE
THREW MYSELF A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY
PARTY WHICH IS A LONG STORY.
BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY AWESOME.
BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT I WANTED
TO BE THERE WAS.
BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS
IN MY LIFE WHERE I WAS PROBABLY
22 OR 23, JUST KIND OF LOOKING
AROUND.
I WAS SORT OF ABLE TO PAUSE MY
BRAIN LONG ENOUGH TO THINK, WHAT
A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT.
ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT I LOVE AND
THAT LOVE ME ARE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I'LL
GET OF THIS.
WHO KNOWS IF I DIE TOMORROW OR
SOMEBODY DIES, WHICH IS TERRIBLE
TO THINK.
BUT IT'S LIKE YOU JUST DON'T
KNOW.
FOR THAT MOMENT, I WAS ABLE --
I WROTE THE SONG THAT NIGHT JUST
BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A POIGNANT
NIGHT FOR ME.
I'VE BEEN PLAYING THAT SONG LIVE
AND THINKING ABOUT THAT IT'S
SUCH A REMINDER, LIKE, HEY, MAN,
BE COGNIZANT.
THIS IS A SONG BUT REMEMBER WHY
YOU WROTE THIS AND WHAT IT WAS
ABOUT.
IT'S JUST REALLY COOL.
IT'S REALLY COOL THAT I'M SORT
OF LIKE, WHAT I DO IS SORT OF A
CONSTANT REMINDER OF HOW I FEEL,
CAN'T ESCAPE FROM IT.