BRANDI CARLILE - THAT WASN'T ME

THAT WASN’T ME

BRANDI CARLILE

SONGWRITERS: BRANDI M. CARLILE; PHILLIP JOHN HANSEROTH & TIMOTHY JAY HANSEROTH

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BEAR CREEK

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK ROCK

YEAR: 2012

 

         Brandi Marie Carlile (born June 1, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and producer whose music spans many genres. As of 2021, Carlile has released seven studio albums and earned 18 Grammy Award nominations, including one for The Firewatcher's Daughter(2015), six for By the Way, I Forgive You(2018), three for her work as producer and songwriter on Tanya Tucker's album While I’m Livin’(2019), and three for "Right on Time" from In These Silent Days(2021). She was the most nominated woman at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, with six, including nominations for Album of the Year(By the Way, I Forgive You), Record of the Year and Song of the Year("The Joke"). In 2019, Carlile formed an all-female quartet with Amanda Shires, Maren Morris, and Natalie Hemby called the Highwomen. They released their debut album, The Highwomen, in 2019 to critical and commercial acclaim, and won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song for the track "Crowded Table" in 2021.

        Born in Ravensdale, Washington, a rural town southeast of Seattle, Carlile dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music, teaching herself piano and guitar. Her debut major label album, Brandi Carlile(2005), was released to critical acclaim yet achieved limited commercial success. Carlile garnered wider recognition with her 2007 single "The Story", from her album of the same name. In 2017, The Story was awarded Gold status by the RIAA for selling 500,000 copies. That same year, Carlile released Cover Stories, featuring 14 artists covering tracks from the original The Story album, including Adele, Pearl Jam, and Dolly Parton, it debuted at Nº 30 on the Billboard 200. All proceeds benefited War Child UK, a charity organization to benefit children whose lives have been directly affected by war. Her fifth album, The Firewatcher's Daughter, earned Carlile her first Grammy nomination, for Best Americana Album in 2016, and peaked at Nº 9 on the Billboard 200. Her sixth album, By the Way, I Forgive You, was released in February 2018 to critical and commercial acclaim. It debuted at Nº 5 on the Billboard 200, her highest charted position to date, and also reached Nº 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums. Her seventh album, In These Silent Days, was met with further critical and commercial success, debuting at Nº 11 on the Billboard 200, and Nº. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums and Folk Albums charts.

        Carlile's music through the years has been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, alternative country, and folk. She said of her style, "I've gone through all sorts of vocal phases, from pop to blues to R&B, but no matter what I do, I just can't get the country and western out of my voice."

      Bear Creek is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile. The album was released June 5, 2012, through Columbia Records. The album was produced by Grammy Award winner Trina Shoemaker. The title of the album refers to the Bear Creek Studio at which the majority of the album was recorded.

Hang on, just hang on for a minute

I've got something to say

I'm not asking you to move on or forget it

But these are better days

To be wrong all along and admit is not amazing grace

But to be loved like a song you remember

Even when you've changed

 

Tell me did I go on a tangent?

Did I lie through my teeth?

Did I cause you to stumble on your feet?

Did I bring shame on my family?

Did it show when I was weak?

Whatever you see, that wasn't me

That wasn't me, that wasn't me

 

When you're lost you will toss every lucky coin you'll ever trust

And you'll hide from your god like he never turns his back on us

And you'll fall all the way to the bottom and land on your own knife

And you'll learn who you are even if it doesn't take your life

 

Tell me did I go on a tangent?

Did I lie through my teeth?

Did I cause you to stumble on your feet?

Did I bring shame on my family?

Did it show when I was weak?

Whatever you see, that wasn't me

That wasn't me, that wasn't me

 

But I want you to know that you'll never be alone

I wanna believe do I make myself a blessing to everyone I meet

When you fall I will get you on your feet

Do I spend time with my family?

Did it show when I was weak?

When that's what you see, that will be me

That will be me, that will be me

That will be me.