Hunter Hayes Reveals His Struggles with Self-Doubt in "Dear God"

Country music hearthrob Hunter Hayes just released his brand new single. "Dear God" is off of his upcoming new project and it's one of the best songs we've heard in a long while. Co-written with pop singer Andy Grammer and songwriter Dave Spencer, the lyrics are about struggling with self-doubt.

"I had just gotten back from a TV performance in New York and was exhausted, but excited to have an evening hang/write booked with Andy Grammar," said Hayes. "We started by talking for an hour for his podcast. We covered a lot of topics, but one of the big things I took away from it was the human condition of never feeling 'good enough.' I had written a letter on the plane that was at first 'Dear World' before I realized I was actually writing to God."

"Andy has such a great way of digging through feelings and bringing them to the surface, and Dave brought some awesome new ideas to it that gave it a real three-dimensional approach. When Andy took the series of questions we were making for the chorus and turned the last one into 'are you sure that you don't mess up,' it hit me really hard. I ask that all the time, and I don't think I'm not the only one. It's a valid question and one I truly believe you don't ask unless you already know that answer because the opposite would be entirely too scary to live with. The song's description of the nights when I question my world couldn't be more vulnerable. We all face the question of being good enough for the world around us and sometimes we just need a reminder that we are."

Here I go again

Three glasses in, counting my sins
Home alone again
Three in the morning, just me and my demons at war again
So I'm calling
Are You listening?

[Pre-Chorus]
You made a man this fragile
You made a heart that can break
You showed me the road less traveled
But when I'm gonna run away
You made me love so hard
When everything I love just leaves
Are You sure there's nothing wrong with me?

[Chorus]
And why does my life have to hurt so much?
Why can't I find any piece of love?
And why do I feel like I'm not enough?
Dear God, are You sure that You don't mess up?

[Verse 2]
You still call it praying
All that I do is sitting here cursing
Cursing Your name again
The truth is it's not even You
It's just me that I'm up against
But You made me this
Can we share the blame for this? Mmm

'Cause after all You made a man this fragile
You made a heart that can break
I know You showed me the road less traveled
But when I'm gonna run away
You made me love so hard
When everything I love just leaves
Are You sure there's nothing wrong with me?

[Chorus]
'Cause why does my life have to hurt so much?
Why can't I find any piece of love?
And why do I feel like I'm not enough?
Dear God, are you sure that You don't, that You don't mess up?
You don't mess up
I know You don't mess up
I know that You don't mess up

[Bridge]
I know this ain't for nothing
There's nothing You don't make
I know You got Your reasons
This shit's just hard to take
I don't mean to criticise
I know I'm hard to teach
I know You tell me there's nothing wrong with me

[Chorus]
Yeah, but why does my life have to hurt so much?
And why can't I find any piece of love?
And why do I feel like I'm not enough?
Dear God, are You sure that You don't, that You don't mess up?
You don't mess up
I know You don't mess up, yeah
Dear God, just remind me You don't mess up 

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