Further releases in the United States were unsuccessful, but the band has continued to chart in Canada through releases on Open Road Recordings. That says that we all have our moments, even when things look so bleak. After DreamWorks closed, Emerson Drive signed with Midas Records Nashville for the 2006 album Countrified, which produced their only American number-one single in 'Moments'. ![]() A homeless man stopped a young man from jumping off a bridge. Emerson Drive was formed in the mid-90s under the name 12 Gauge, and didn’t start making noise at a national level until 1997 with Until You Walk The Tracks, which spawned a pair of tracks that found their way into the lower regions of Billboard’s Canadian airplay chart (the best-performing of these songs only made it to 36). But one day I listened to the words and found a powerful message. Landon from Winchester, OhAt first, the song sounded a little strange to me.If they really came up with a song like Moments, a homeless man saving a young man from jumping off of a bridge, isn't it more than just a little ironic that one of the band members would end it that way? Lead singer Brad Mates ruled the death as a suicide. The bass drummer, Patrick Bourque, died late in 2007 while the rest of the band was on tour. Landon from Winchester, OhBut I forgot to mention something.Steve from St.petersburg, Flthis song was written for me it is the way I have felt so many times, and everytime I get close to stepping off my bridge something allways pulls me back and slaps me in the face,I just hope that I allways get that slap in the face, a freind turned me on to this song just yesterday and I was seriously considering takeing that final step of my bridge,.So i thought maybe i'm not the only person that feels like this somedays Catherine from Redlands, CaWhen this song came out I was homeless at the time and the part where it talks about would anyone miss me when i die really got to me because that was exactly how i was feeling too.I'd never really paid attention to the lyrics until my brother said something about it. Maddie from Wichita, KsI've been a dancer for years, and this was my ballet song last year.But also hope for the beggar who even though his in a difficult situation can and did do amasing things. I chosse this song because I think it reminds us to never lose hope when we want to jump off a bridge. Lorraine from Grande Prairie, AbI'm doing a project on hope through music.After the song was finished, Berg said "I've always wanted to write a song about redemption and how everyone has the ability to redeem themselves somehow" (Sources: Wikipedia, Country Weekly), ![]() But they decided someone just singing about such might come across as egotistical - so they came up with the idea of centering it around a homeless person, whose moments of the past were becoming distant memories with only a handful of pictures to remind him of such. We all have them - the birth of a child, winning some championship - times when we feel like we were second to none on top of the world, so to speak. Anonymous from Inverness, FlThe song originated when songwriter Annie Tate and her husband, Sam, were working with their friend and songwriting partner Dave Berg to construct a song about people having their moments.
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