redstate.com By Susie Moore
I want to go home, too, Oliver.
That was the thought that came to my mind when I first heard Oliver Anthony’s follow-up to the viral hit “Rich Men North of Richmond.” (To be clear, I’m not certain which tune technically came first, but I heard and saw “I Want to Go Home” second.)
While some quickly latched onto the lyric “We’re on the brink of the next world war” as some sort of battle cry, to me, it was a lament. I said as much to my colleague and friend Brandon Morse as we discussed it, observing that Anthony’s crooning reminds me a bit of “O’ Brother, Where Art Thou” — he’s 2023’s Man of Constant Sorrow.
Indeed, the line immediately following is: “And I don’t think nobody’s prayin’ no more,” a stark reminder, in my view, of the spiritual battles that undergird so many of this world’s woes…
