![]() ![]() And as much as the pics may taunt her, she admits, "I'll never erase 'em." She reaches a place of appreciation for those photos by the song's end, thanking her ex for the good memories they documented throughout their relationship. "Chronological order and nothing but torture/ Scroll too far back, that's what you get," Musgraves sings on the chorus of the melancholy track. ![]() Inspired by scrolling through images on her phone, the lyrics caution against believing that the photos we save tell the true story of our lives - when in fact, they give a distorted view that obscures the weight hiding behind them. And "Camera Roll" is the song where the tidal wave of conflicting emotions finally crashes. While Kacey Musgraves' 2018 album Golden Hour - which won Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the 2019 GRAMMY Awards - chronicled the happier times of her marriage to singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly, her latest release, star-crossed, catalogs the unraveling that led to their 2020 divorce. Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian, songwriters Read More: Meet This Year's Song Of The Year Nominees | 2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show "Camera Roll" - Kacey Musgraves The outspoken GRAMMY-winner was unabashed in her lyrical questioning ("When thе wolf's at the door all covered in bluе/ Shouldn't we try somethin' new?/ We're over a barrel, and at the end of one too," she offers in the song's second verse), which comes to a head during the poignant bridge: "America, America/ Divided we fall/ America, America/ God save us all." ![]() "Will we sit on our hands, do nothin' about it?/ Or will we leave this world better than we found it?," Morris poses in the song's chorus. Released in October 2020, "Better Than We Found It" ponders how Morris' generation can overcome the political division plaguing America and set a positive example for their children. Maren Morris co-wrote this protest song during the summer of 2020, when cities across America and around the world erupted in protests following the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. ![]()
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