You lift me up when I am weak
Your arms wrap around me
Your love catches me so I’m letting go
You lift me up when I can’t see
Your heart is all that I need
Your love carries me so I’m letting go.
– “Lift Me Up”
The Afters wrote their latest album, “Light Up The Sky,” from personal experience. Lead singer Josh Havens candidly shared the inspiration behind the current radio single, “Lift Me Up.”
A clean slate. A fresh start. A renewed perspective. These are all things The Afters are thankful for.
After losing their longtime friend and manager to a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, two band members deciding to part ways, a nearly life-threatening car wreck and a new member losing a close friend one week after joining the band, The Afters have never been more grateful for new seasons. And this season’s a good one…
“The story behind Light Up the Sky is a part of the story of all of us,” says [Matt] Fuqua. “[It’s] a picture of what it looks like when you make it through [a] really challenging time, and you look back and see how God was using all of those things for good and that you were never alone.”
“When we started writing this record, we sat down and talked through all that we’d been through and started looking for God’s fingerprints in all of it,” explains [Josh] Havens. “It was amazing to see how constant He was in everything. We had so many signs along the way that He was with us.”
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