The Real Meaning Behind 'Hell Of A View' By Eric Church

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Per Taste of Country, "Hell of a View" is one of the singles to appear on Eric Church's 24-track trilogy album, Heart & Soul, which is set to be released April 2021. On the track, Church taps into his inner storyteller to sing of a couple who choose a life of adventure over one of financial stability and security, according to Rolling Stone. The outlaw-ish romance begins when one partner catches the other's eye "when I smoked my Bronco tires outta that town" despite being neither her "daddy's dream" nor "your momma's prayer" (via Genius). To hear Church tell it, that one line hooked his interest. "He [songwriter Monty] had the line 'caught your wings on fire when I smoked my Bronco tires outta that town' and I just thought that was such a great line," he revealed to CMT. "I was smitten with it ...I knew it was pretty special when it went down, because it felt like a big hit but at the same time it has that timeless quality to it."

By the chorus, Church celebrates the couple's lifestyle, singing, "This ain't for everybody ...Ain't always Heaven, baby / This livin' on the edge / You holdin' me, holdin' you / It's a Hell of a view." In other words, the pair faced challenges along the way, but the freedom of their lives and their love for one another made everything worth it in the end.

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