After serving as the frontman of bluegrass group The SteelDrivers from 2008 to 2010, Stapleton released his debut studio album Traveller in 2015, which reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Among several accolades, he won the Country Music Association Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards for Album of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, and the Grammy Award for Best Country Album and Best Country Solo Performance at the 58th annual ceremony. His second studio album, From A Room: Volume 1 was released on May 5, 2017, reached number two on the US Billboard 200, and to date has surpassed 500,000 units sold. Six months later, Stapleton released follow-up album, From A Room: Volume 2, which, like its predecessor, debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200.
Stapleton was born in a Lexington, Kentucky hospital. His mother worked at the local health department and his father was a coal miner. He comes from a family of coal miners.[12][13] He has an older brother and younger sister.[14][15]
Stapleton grew up in the small town of Staffordsville, Kentucky, which is located just outside of Paintsville, located between the city and the Paintsville lake. He graduated from Johnson Central High School where he was his class valedictorian and attended Vanderbilt University where he studied engineering, but dropped out after a year.
Stapleton is married to singer-songwriter Morgane Hayes, who co-wrote Carrie Underwood's 2006 single "Don't Forget to Remember Me". She had a recording deal with Arista Nashville. The couple met when they were working at adjacent publishing houses. They have two children and live in Nashville.
Either Way
Chris Stapleton Lyrics
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The only time we ever talk is when the monthly bills are due
We go to work, we go to church
We fake the perfect life
I'm passed the point of giving a damn
And all my tears are cried
We can just go on like this
Baby, you can go or you can stay
But I won't love you either way
It's been so long since I've felt
Anything inside these walls
You can't hate and you can't hurt
When you don't feel at all
I used to cry and stay up nights
And wonder what went wrong
And it's been hard
But hearts can only do that for so long
We can just go on like this
Say the word, we'll call it quits
Baby, you can go or you can stay
But I won't love you either way
We can just go on like this
Say the word, we'll call it quits
Baby, you can go or you can stay
But I won't love you either way
Chris Stapleton's "Either Way" is a heartfelt, emotional ballad about a couple who have fallen out of love and are living life together, but leading separate lives. The lyrics begin with the couple passing in a hall going to separate rooms, with the only conversation piece being the monthly bills that are due. They go to work, go to church, and put on a façade of leading the perfect life, but everything is a lie. The singer declares that they have reached a point where they no longer care and have cried all their tears.
The song's chorus, "We can just go on like this, say the word, we'll call it quits, baby, you can go or you can stay, but I won't love you either way," speaks volumes as it shows that the love they had for each other had faded away. They are going through the motions of a relationship, yet both are secretly miserable, knowing that their love had evaporated into nothing.
Towards the end of the song, the singer realizes that, although it has been hard, their hearts can only take so much. They are at a crossroads where it's time to make a decision to separate for good or try to find a way to rediscover the love they once shared. The song's melancholic tune and honest lyrics truly capture the pain and sorrow of this situation.
Line by Line Meaning
We pass in the hall on our way to separate rooms
We are no longer close and do not interact as we once did, living separate lives under the same roof.
The only time we ever talk is when the monthly bills are due
Our communication is limited to mundane tasks, and we don't have significant conversations anymore.
We go to work, we go to church
We adhere to social expectations of what a good life is supposed to look like, but it's not fulfilling.
We fake the perfect life
We pretend that everything is fine, that we're happy and content, but it's a facade.
I'm passed the point of giving a damn
I've stopped caring about trying to fix things or going through the motions of pretending everything is okay.
And all my tears are cried
I've reached a point where I can no longer cry or express my emotions because it's all been exhausted.
It's been so long since I've felt anything inside these walls
Our relationship is dead, and I no longer feel any emotions towards my partner, only numbness.
You can't hate and you can't hurt / When you don't feel at all
The lack of emotions has made it impossible to have negative ones, either towards my partner or myself.
I used to cry and stay up nights / And wonder what went wrong
I used to feel pain and sadness about the decline of our relationship, trying to figure out where things went wrong.
And it's been hard / But hearts can only do that for so long
It's been a difficult journey to get to where we are, but eventually, a heart can only take so much before it becomes numb.
We can just go on like this / Say the word, we'll call it quits / Baby, you can go or you can stay / But I won't love you either way
We can continue living life as we are, but there's no love between us anymore, and it would be better to end things.
Lyrics © Ultra Tunes, BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Kendell Wayne Marvel, Timothy A. James, Christopher Alvin Stapleton
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@madmike_9343
We pass in the hall on our way to separate rooms
The only time we'll ever talk is when the monthly bills are due
We go to work, we go to church
We fake the perfect life
I passed the point of giving a damn
All my tears are cried
We can just go on like this
Say the word, we'll call it quits
Baby, you can go or you can stay
But I won't love you either way
It's been so long since I've felt
Anything inside these walls
You can't hate, you can't hurt
When you don't feel at all
I used to cry and stay up nights
And wonder what went wrong
And it's been hard
But hearts can only do that for so long
We can just go on like this
Say the word, we'll call it quits
Baby, you can go or you can stay
But I won't love you either way
We can just go on like this
Say the word, we'll call it quits
Baby, you can go or you can stay
But I won't love you either way
@angelas.g.9848
Sums up the last, 11 yrs of my life. In a loveless marriage. Abused. Lonely, in a room full of people. Found my way out. Thank God.
@jennde5896
Same was married 11 years left him 5 years ago I'm glad you got out we are survivors 💜💜💜
@markprivate_67
No marriage is perfect, it takes work any successful marriage takes work if you're not willing to put in the work it won't survive "Why take the vow if you're just going to bow?" ....
Wow I just came up with
that maybe I'll hear it in a Chris Stapleton song in a couple of months...
The grass always looks greener on the other side. However, when you get over to the other side you look back and notice that the reason it look greener is because you were blocking the sun on your own patch of grass.
~R.J.M.
@butterflikissies
16 years for me... been suffering. I'm still yet to find my way out.
@annemariehunter1
@@butterflikissies I hope you find your joy
@Middlenamejane
@@markprivate_67suffering abuse isn't work, that's abuse. There's a line in sorry but that's life
@cjkilla3420
25 years of marriage...and I remember hearing this for the 1st time and sitting quietly...somber...thinking how every single word was speaking directly to me.
@johnk4934
15 years.
2 years after she moved out.
2 years after that, the same.
I've met someone new, and I wonder if in ten years, it'll be like it is now, or I'll be doing the same, solo dance, again.
I'm not ready yet.
When will I ever be, again?
@vallynn78
23 years here... and yes, I felt like this was my life....
@bobbyperryjr5285
I hurt someone that I love more than I could ever have told her in words. I was selfish, short and arrogant. I would love to go back and do everything again but I can't.these songs by chris reaches down and grabs my heart and let's me know I can still feel. I want to thank this lyrical guinus for all the songs that it's like he's singing just for me