That song also emphasizes friendship, loyalty, trust and love. “The Ones That Like Me” paraphrases that idea (“I got a sinner’s mind, but I can fold my hands/I ain’t afraid to pray, and I do know who I am, yeah”). “Rockin’ Chairs” talks of finding forgiveness after a wild night (“These are the Sunday mornings/We talked to the Lord, get right with the Man upstairs”). Album closer “Three Feet of Water” is about leaving guilt and shame behind in the waters of baptism: “As I hear the preacher say/’In the name of the Son and the Father/Who’d have thought I could leave it all/In three feet of water/Washin’ over me.” Next, “We Gonna Ride Again” imagines a deceased friend riding his motorcycle in heaven as Brantley playfully anticipates a future reunion there (“How’s that steel horse on the streets of gold?/ … ‘Cause brother, we gonna ride again”). Later, Brantley adds, “Heaven knows he’s hell-bent on me/ … Thank God that He can break me free.” He paraphrases John 10:10 (“He’ll lie, he’ll kill, he’ll win/Just ask me, I’ve been there”) before prayerfully crying out for God’s deliverance (“All you’ll have left is a desperate prayer/You pray to God He’ll save your soul/Like He has a thousand times before”).

The title track, as mentioned, is about the wily ol’ devil’s wily ways: “Just when you thought you had him beat/He’s in your ear, he’s whisperin’/Lyin’ again and again and again.” But Brantley then veers into honest-to-goodness spiritual warfare territory.

This massive 16-song effort concludes with three surprisingly spiritual songs, unusual even in a genre where shout-outs to Jesus are pretty common.

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