battling with ourselves , you just worship . This is as simple as it gets . It ' s as pure as it gets . But it ’ s also as gritty as it gets . Gratitude is definitely not easy . And so that ' s really where the song comes from . And I love that it ' s very sweet and that it can be in just the best , most celebratory moments in life , but it really was written for the difficult moments in life .
[ WM ] And the song , “ Unexpected Roads ” – Wow ! Psalms 37 says that it is the Lord that directs our steps . This is a beautiful song that addresses this truth . I love the drone footage in the video and the promises that song makes . What can you tell us about it ?
[ Carlos ] Oh , man . We love that song too . We wrote it in Wyoming and I feel like that song musically captures so much of the feeling of Wyoming and of being in the middle of nowhere and finding so many roads that you can literally stand in the middle of , without any cars . There are only horses . But I love that song . And I think one of my favorite lines in the whole album is in that song . When it says , “ When I thought that my biggest dreams were impossible , You proved me wrong , every time .” And I think that is so beautiful . I love that you ' re singing these things to God .
And then when it gets to the chorus , it goes to the prayer basically saying , now lead me into these unexpected roads . Even if I don ' t know where we going , I know that I can rely on Him . I think it is so much of what life actually is about . I think sometimes we try to act like we know exactly where God is taking us , so we try to act like , “ Oh yeah , we know exactly how to get from point A to point Z .” But the human experience is completely different . Many times , we have to step into things that we don ' t know , and
Unexpected Roads we have to step into the unknown . And that ' s where we get to see the most beautiful and the most powerful moments . Where we see God moving in our life and really showing up his power and his provision and his kindness . Yeah , I absolutely love that song . I think something funny about “ Unexpected Roads ” is that we haven ' t been able to play it live . It hasn ' t worked yet .
[ Mariah ] It doesn ’ t work .
[ WM ] Well , it is probably a song that you sing over a congregation , as opposed to with them .
[ Carlos ] Yeah , we love it . And Robbie , who ' s the guy who sings this song has an incredible , very soulful and even country way of singing . I think it makes the song feel even more unique .
[ WM ] And this is your first full , studio recording . What can you tell us about that experience after participating in live recordings over the years ?
[ Carlos ] It was very long . ( laughs )
[ Mariah ] It was very , very long process . I think doing live records has its own set of challenges that take a long time . And there ' s a factor of having to just know that you ' re at
14 May 2022
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