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The inspiration behind the song came from a small, profoundly human moment. Songwriters Joe and Audrey Allison reportedly conceived the opening line after Joe overheard a man speaking quietly on a phone in a bar, desperately trying to reach someone who mattered deeply to him. The raw vulnerability of that interaction—its mixture of hope, fear, and longing—struck Joe so powerfully that he could not forget it. Together with Audrey, he shaped the lyrics into a narrative brimming with emotional depth: a story of yearning, reflection, and the delicate hope of reconnecting with a lost or distant loved one. Every word was infused with the honesty of that fleeting moment.
