Guy survives bullets, bombs and battles only to return home and die by the bottle. Sometimes life is unfair. Sometimes it's poetic. This......this is just pain.

"Life is short but this time it was bigger than the strength he had to get up off his knees" I have never heard a better sentence to explain severe depression.

@markstone1619

Жыл бұрын

You nailed it.

@susieq1565

10 ай бұрын

There are several times that Brad uses a rather unique turn of phrase to get his point across. The first line, for instance. I almost agree with the saddest song but a competitive song/video is "Stay by Sugarland". True story, unique point of view

@toukie

10 ай бұрын

@@susieq1565 Oh, don't get me started on Stay by Sugarland. "It's too much pain to have to bear to love a man you have to share" nearly destroyed me

@susieq1565

10 ай бұрын

@toukie Sorry, but it's incredibly poignant and I know people who need to hear it. I'm definitely with you on that line and her delivery!

“She put him out, like the burning end of a midnight cigarette”, says absolutely everything about this story. Two lives ended from one casual decision. 🤘🏻🤟🏻

@mage1439

Жыл бұрын

It really does. Her stupid mistake broke him, and her guilt and regret over it broke her.

@Jimreb80

Жыл бұрын

Simple words with very powerful meaning to the story. You said it perfectly.

@susieq1565

10 ай бұрын

That's my favorite line. Everyone seems to miss how powerful those words are.

@deannacauley166

10 ай бұрын

❤🎉 yep

my husband was in the army and his ex wife did this to him he came home to find a man living in his house around his kids he got in trouble when he beat the guy up but he moved to the single soldier housing then ended up moving in with his best friend that was in the army too he started drinking to this day he says that me coming into his life saved him and im glad it did. 16 years later and he is still the best husband in the world

The video was directed by Rick Schroeder the actor playing the soldier. He is a former child actor from Silver Spoons in the 80s. The little girl at the end is his daughter.

@usmadgirl3074

2 жыл бұрын

The little boy is also his son!😊

@RemyJackson

Жыл бұрын

He was also on NYPD Blue for one season. The next season Mark-Paul Gosslar replaced him, his character having died between seasond.

@MorrisBranch-jf6dq

Жыл бұрын

He also was in a large number of great made for tv movies & in a great lil movie called "Across The Tracks" with Brad Pitt

@deplorableokie

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t he the one that played on “lonesome dove?” Loved that miniseries

@MorrisBranch-jf6dq

Жыл бұрын

@@deplorableokie Yes. His character was named Newt & he was my fave

I've watched this at least 50 times & my eyes "leaked" every time! Brad & Allison are amazing but Ricky Schroeder is amazing & those are his kids in the video! It's so sad but so beautiful! I absolutely love your reaction & comments! My husband was a Vietnam Marine sniper first then a squad leader & had 3 weeks before he was supposed to rotate back to the states when his mom died. Took 3 days & 3 choppers to get him out for her funeral (1st was shot down, the 2nd fell with him in it with dead Marines)! I'm not going into all the rest on this public forum but he was the picture of health physically but died at 55. Thank you, Tom, for your service!!!😊

@TomTuffnuts

2 жыл бұрын

wow, respect and love to your husband! Thank You

@Aaroncarter95

Жыл бұрын

50 times you had something in your eyes right? Yea yea I heard it a lot as well.

I am not a veteran, but a former 🚑 EMS worker. I self medicated ...I am 43 and dying of liver cancer and cirrhosis. This song is a rough one. Thank you for your service, and God bless you and yours

This one never gets easier. Hats off to Ricky Schroeder. When he was rolling around on the grass after that awful discovery, who among us haven't felt that?

@DreadKyller

Жыл бұрын

Too true, heard this song many times and if anything it hits me harder each time, and I'm not a country person.

@slightlyaboveaverage2235

9 ай бұрын

Wish we hadn't though

Yep, this happens alot. While my neighbor and good friend was in Afghanistan his wife tried hard to get me to come over and sleep with her. Not a chance. She actually told him when he got back that she tried to tempt me, and he thanked me for saying no to her. For me it was never even an option. Strange world.

Thank you for such a real and raw reaction. When we married, my husband was in the navy. He was gone 6, 9...however many months before coming back home. It was hard...on both, and eventually all of us, but we survived, knowing he would eventually be back. We married in 1982. He died in 2014. I will forever be his bride. No one and nothing could ever come between my finger and that ring. He may be gone, but I am still here as Mrs Bruce Barnes.

Thank you for your service and for giving a brutally honest reaction. I'm 2 years sober, myself. Much respect to you, sir.

Allison has one of the purest voices I’ve heard, her cover of When You Say Nothing at All is amazing

@emmarobertson2117

Жыл бұрын

Try her song lucky one ,its amazing

As a Brit, I want to thank you for your service to your country, as I do to all the vets in my country. You're so loved and appreciated brother 💙🇬🇧🇺🇸

You are not human if this song does not make you cry both singers do a fantastic job I love Allison crouse she does some country but mostly she does old school bluegrass her voice is like none other so glad he picked her for this song

For any of us who have watched a loved one destroy there life in a bottle, this was always a hard song to listen to. The veteran returning home angle, added by the video makes it hit even harder.

This video is always hard for to me watch, but I think watching you react to it hits me harder than the actual video. I'm so sorry you went through events that made this video even more emotional. Thank you for serving this country, protecting us and dealing with all of the emotions and mental health issues that can come along with that. And I'm sure seeing one of your demons played out here was tremendously difficult. Good for you in gaining sobriety! So difficult. Also, thank you for not deciding to withhold this video. Your real, honest emotional reactions show your vulnerability, but they also underscore the message of the video with the reality of how one person's actions can have consequences for others. I'm incredibly impressed that as much as you hate what the female character did, you could still find it in you to care what happened to her and even understand her guilt. Sometimes good people make really, really bad decisions. Such complex emotions in this one! Hang in there and keep doing what you're doing to stay emotionally healthy! ❤

@TomTuffnuts

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you and your kind words! Thanks

@barrygraves7533

Жыл бұрын

Those who have never loved deeply and then got broken will not understand how this happens.

@TheDylls

6 ай бұрын

Canadian here: He's a part of the reason that MY daughter gets to grow up in a free and happy country! American vets have done so much for us Canadians!! 🇨🇦❤️🇺🇲

@Melly01

6 ай бұрын

@@TheDylls ❤️❤️❤️

I'm a big Metal and Prog Rock fan. I don't dig Country AT ALL. But this song is simply brilliant. Brilliant. And it still crushes me every damned time. I'm not ashamed to admit that this reduces me to a bawling mess.

@PianoManPaul

11 ай бұрын

It crushes you because it's real. You've been there, maybe repeatedly, as I have. For the first time, explained in words that simply couldn't be better expressed, is the pain that we've felt. Peace, and rock on bro.

Saddest thing I ever saw as a military wife next to friends not coming home was a LCpl standing there after the buses left with flowers in hand and his wife never showed up. PTSD with alcoholism and domestic violence destroyed my family. We had to leave. But I'm so grateful for music that shows the painful. If this song triggers your need to drink, please talk to someone. Much love from East Texas.

My deepest thanks to you for your service to our country. Wishing you every success in life.

The reason the song and video hit so hard. We all know it happens more often we like to admit.

@chilidog3518

2 жыл бұрын

give the little girl a listen by john michael montgomery it think its more sad than this one

@ninjamasterflex

Жыл бұрын

It happened to me. Wasn’t on a deployment but a month long field problem and yeah! Being married and in the military isn’t worth it to me, not anymore!

I have never managed to get through listening to this song without crying, and I've now heard it at least a hundred times ... I loved your reaction. Thank you for your service. I'm glad you managed to beat your addiction 💐

@TomTuffnuts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening

Beautiful vocals laying waste with emotional destruction.

The pain in your heart is so palpable . This song has been destroying me for years ! Thank you for your service , really, Thank you !!

honestly this has more meaning and story than anything we get today I feel.

Thank you for your service. This song is too real but that’s what makes it amazing

She sounds like an angel

God bless you, Sir!! Thank you so much for your service. Have a happy life. Again, thank you so, so much!!

You can't listen to this song without having an experience, you feel the pain and the saddness. Great song, one of my favorites and loved your reaction. Blessings to all.

If you are sincere in your reaction to this song, then it is a truly great song that can have that effect on someone who it was not written for. Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss were absolutely the best combination for this. I was not in the military, however, I was a raised up as a military dependent until I was out of high school. My father was in Viet Nam and all went well for our family during the year he was there. I can clearly see this kind of thing happening and as you said, it did. I can't imagine how anyone could deal with coming home to that knowing that he was thinking of her every minute he was away from her and that was what kept him going while he was away, then come home to that? That would certainly be a death blow mentally to anyone in this situation. Thanks for your service to our country, watch the video and remember what alcohol can do since you indicated you have a problem with it. Hopefully it will help you see that it doesn't fix anything.

as a vet my seft. i always have nothing but the upmost respect for any vet. no matter where they served. they put there life on the line for us. nothing but the upmost respect. this song i can't listen to a lot.

Thank you for your service Sir 🙏 ❤

Tom thank you for your service. This song is so tough and it gets me every time. Your reaction is so wonderful and heartfelt. Thank you.

@arhpartridge2208

Жыл бұрын

Tom, have you ever listened to Home Free’s Brothers In Arms? Please react to it. Thank you.

We cried along with you, brother. Nothing more "Tuff" than that!

Sir thank you for your service. I appreciate your candor and thoughts. Keep the faith

Tom you are a genuine man to cry and being emotional This song hits hard for me also watching someone you care for drink their life away

Thank you for your service.

Brother ptsd, vet sand recovery alcoholic Much love brother

I understand where Toby was when he wrote his song, but I have always believed that Brad and Alison's song even that won everything it could. I still feel it doesn't get the marks it should. It has been damn near 20 years since Whiskey Lullaby came out, and I still think it's one of the best songs ever written in my life on this planet

This is easily one of my favorite country songs of all time.

As a veteran myself this song hits hard! I have lived this song step by step except the final step. I was damn close, because I had nothing left. (the graphic version) I vomited blood for 3 straight days. I drank my breakfast, lunch and dinner. They had to repeatedly pump my stomach which I found out about later, I woke up 3 days afterward on a morphine drip in a hospital 50 miles from home and had no idea how I got there. The doctor told me that if I kept drinking the way I was I might have a month maybe 2. I laughed at him and said good almost there. Now for 20+ years I have had to live with nightmares, cold sweats, PTSD, flashbacks, depression, anxiety, tremors where I can't even write on a piece of paper, 3 herniated discs in my lower back, and I live and pills morning noon and night! yep much better! 😔😔😔😔

Same here I feel the pain

I lost my brother to PTSD after serving in Vietnam and having his wife dump him while over seas. This song always gets to me.

Thank you for your service. It is based on a true story. God bless all of our service men and women.

Thank YOU for your service to our country, and for that of your brothers in arms!❤ Your sensitivity to the circumstances portrayed in this video, and your resulting reaction, touches my heart. I pray for solice for you, and for loved ones to surround and support you. -Guy

The hard part for us also, is a lot of veterans know a fellow vet that took his/her own life. 22 Veterans a day commit suicide on average. This song fucks me up every time bro, but I'm thankful it exists.

Tom: Is this going to be sad, My Brain: You got that right.

First, thank you for your service! Secondly, remember that your sobriety is one day at a time. I just celebrated 8 years (Feb. 25th) and believe me, if He will do it for me, He'll do it for anyone.

Country Music hits something inside you like no other music genre can.

Life is so hard, we look to the one we love as the safe haven to depend on. When we are betrayed in that way, sometimes there's no coming back from that heartbreak. And drinking himself to death, as extreme as that is, if you've ever truly given your heart to someone, I can honestly understand it.

God bless you!

I know my man this song makes me cry so many memories so long ago real men do cry Semper Fi my brother

64 with tears in my eyes, I know what feeling

Thank you for your service sir. God bless you and keep you safe.

7:43 I agree with you. My father was a Vietnam vet, he did two tours in and around Saigon. I never even knew until he was dead. He wouldn't talk to anybody about it not even my mom. He told her that the things that he had to see and do over there he would not want to share with anyone especially the ones you loved. My father also was an alcoholic but he was never abusive to any of us he was just trying to escape the things that he had seen and done

Thank you for your service. As a military veteran myself I know that the situation depicted is all too common. Peace.

I'm an Air Force Brat and I'd like to thank you for your service. I like your perception of this song. Hang in there and take one day at a time. God Bless you! You know have a new follower. Since you seem to like Brad Paisley, listen to "Waiting on a Woman" featuring Andy Griffith.

Nobody with a soul can watch this video without tears.

This song always makes me cry

He also started in a great movie called Too Close To Home. He turned in a great performance.

This song always gets to me. We were stationed at Ft. Stewart when Desert Shield began. All the troops on the base was sent over because they were desert trained. We lived in a really large trailer park with mostly military families. The week after a neighbor's husband was sent over, she had various men staying over. She wasn't the only spouse doing this. I was done trying to "play nice" with them. I stopped going over for cookouts or even their phone calls. I packed up our two toddlers and moved back home to NC until my husband came home. This happens all too often.

Your reaction was heart breaking to see in that you could relate as having been in the military & you knew what war does to a man and coming home to what this video shows. brings home the sadness of what some soldiers come home to. Thank you for enduring such an emotional video.

I always skip through a reaction usually but this was so raw and real and the emotion is incredible. What a story they put together for this song. I’d recommend when you’re in the mood to be moved or cry again to give Martina McBride’s “Concrete Angel” a listen. This song and that song are two of the saddest country songs ever written, and for me when I’m feeling nostalgic, Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me”.

I love watching reaction videos because of the emotions. But yours was the most genuine reaction I’ve ever seen. 1. Thank you for your perspective. 2 Thank you for serving. 3. God Bless you brother. Also give Jamey Johnson IN COLOR a listen. You’ll appreciate it.

Thank you for such an amazing video. Thank you for your service.

This is quite possibly the saddest beautiful song ever made. I sobbed when I first heard it. And I love Alison Krauss. Just a siren talent. Union Station, Robert plank brst album, soggy bottom boys...all stellar

Thank you for your service

As soon as I saw the title I knew it would hit you like a Mack truck and was concerned for you. I never watch this without it bringing a tear. Thanks for sharing your heartfelt thoughts. Blessings from GA.

Such a sad song but sung beautifully.. Sadly this is a true story. Congratulations on your sobriety

I was a military wife. Never cheated on him. Never cross my mind. He was in more then 20 years. I was always there for him

Song is based on a true event.

I forgot, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE !!!!

I’ve watched this song so many times and today it hit me that Brad and Alison are singing as the grown up children. I don’t know how I never got that😳

@32202masterj

2 жыл бұрын

I never got that, but it makes sense. It would have been long enough between her funeral and the time the song came out. Which would lean toward the girl not being an angel like I thought. Unless they can change thier ages. Then they would be the angels singing the wihiskey lullaby.

@kaylahensley1581

Жыл бұрын

They could have been his niece and nephew or even younger siblings. I think both of the characters could have held it together for their children if they had them.

Thank you for your service brother, much respect

Thank you for your service sir.

Thank you for your service. You are awesome.

Reason this song is one people request to react to is cause it is a emotional Rollercoaster an those that know want to see how others will react. Country folk. We (well i) heard the song before the video. Brad has some tunes that would never make country standard now lol. Brad Paisley Alcohol, well I'm gonna miss her, ticks, I'm still a guy. Back when country was that big middle finger to some norms. And it sounded good.

Thanks for your service sir

Thank you for your service 🇺🇲

First of all Thank You For Your Service!!!!! I have watched a lot of reactions to this song and Yours was so Heart Wrenching. You had me crying!!!!!

I don’t normally comment on these. I need to this time. The best country songs will pull you into the story, the great country songs will make you feel. Anyone watching and listening to this and doesn’t feel is lost already.

This happened often to couples when I was in the Navy. The husband or wife would cheat during deployment, they find out from someone else what is happening, and then they have a very messy break up. It is so common in all branches of military. Loyalty is hard to come by. Especially this day and age.

I remember hearing this when it came out, and I couldn't help tearing up

Thank you for your service and sacrifice, sir. God bless you. you are gratefully appreciated and loved. Rock on bro!

Love the honest reaction Tom! I'm in recovery as well stay strong brother ! You should listen to don't take the girl by Tim Mcgraw!

one of the best reactions to this video that I've seen

your face is the reaction. God bless you!

This song is deep n it's painfully beautiful. This happens more than not.

This kind of reality happens all the time. In World War II, it wasn't called PTSD, it was Battle Fatigue. You can "hear" the terrible sounds of war echoing in the minds of the men on that bus. One if them has a shield and protection: the thought of his wife and the future happiness they'd have together kept the demons at bay. As with too many sufferers of PTSD with nothing to hold on to go down that dark spiral What she did was far worse than just an unfaithful wife. That having been said, the stress an insecurity and extreme loneliness that weighs on a fearfully waiting wife does much to mitigate her wrong. One word: Forgiveness.

Right there with you, my fellow vet and ptsd sufferer.

Makes me cry

First, I would like to thank you a billion for your service! While, I have never been in the military, I was a correctional officer for twenty years and we have issues with stress, infidelity, and suicide, also!

Only a month and I'm back. Recovering addict 34 years Clean - hang in there and work your program. I tried to self-medicate when I got back from the Nam. Working the Steps also helped with my ptsd and I am not alone anymore.

This is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. Probably in third place. "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride is by far the saddest song ever. It will have you bawling your eyes out.

I thank you for your service, first of all. I’ve never served, but I support troops 100%. This song makes me eye water almost every time, partly because of the military aspect, and partly because I myself am an alcoholic.

I’m a New Subscriber from Canada 🇨🇦…… this is the Most heartfelt emotional reaction I have ever seen on KZread. Thank you for your Service to your Country. What you must have seen and done is Reflected in your reaction.I actually see the pain you are feeling watching this video 😭😭……. God Bless You and your Family 👏👏👏

Country music has the feels, and this song is one that will tear your heart out (and then stomp on it). Thank you for your service 🙏 for continued recovery

A TRUE REACTION!

Thank you for your service. During my service in the Navy, I was on the USS Samuel B Gompers, about 50-50 men to women. Six month deployments. They called us the love boat. This stuff goes both ways. Nothing is worth drinking yourself to death for, I hope. There but for grace, go I. ❤️‍🩹

I just think about how many soliders we've lost to this kinda thing.

My dad was in the military. My mom waited for him. It was hard for the spouse. My mom waited for my dad. My mom would not let us watch tv because she was afraid we would see our dad’s name scrolling across the screen. I was glad she did that because I would be devastated to see his name on tv. I feel they should send the family members to survival training along with them also.