Morgan Wallen Seeks Salvation With New Tune, ‘Do not Suppose Jesus’

Morgan Wallen‘s new track “Do not Suppose Jesus” tells the story of a younger singer who’s searching for salvation after residing too wild. The nation waltz ends with a flex.

Launched on Good Friday, “Do not Suppose Jesus” is an acoustic vocal that showcases the Sneedville, Tenn., native’s energy and management in methods hardly ever seen. It is a robust efficiency.

Lyrically, the rugged, blue-collar gospel track displays on Jesus’ love and knowledge, with every verse placing a twist on “I do not assume Jesus performed it that manner.” Shoutout to writers Chase McGill, Jessi Alexander and Mark Holman for repurposing a basic Waylon Jennings lyric (“I do not assume Hank performed it that manner“).

Simply in case you missed it, Wallen did not write “Do not Suppose Jesus,” so the diploma to which that diminishes any perceived private connection might be as much as listeners to determine. Some will name the track a biography of his final three years, and the way might it not be, proper?

“A boy will get a guitar and begins writing songs / About whiskey and ladies and getting too stoned / He acquired all three on the first present he performed / Hometown mentioned, ‘I do not assume Jesus performed it that manner,’” he sings to start. 

A second verse finds him on his knees, praying throughout his lowest second. The refrain finds the once-banished nation singer questioning why Jesus would save a person like him. “I would blame me / I would make me pay for my errors / Oh, however I do not assume Jesus does it that manner,” sings. 

In introducing the track, Wallen solely referred to as the track “actual” and “particular,” mentioning the way it tells a narrative so many have lived. Nonetheless, after his chest-thumping acceptance speech on the 2022 ACM Awards, this verse positive sounds on model:

“World likes to rear again and throw just a few stones / So boy desires to throw just a few stones of his personal / However Lord is aware of I ain’t good, and it ain’t my place / And I do not assume Jesus performed it that manner / Are y’all positive that Jesus performed it that manner.”