Miranda Lambert’s Dad Inspired the Title of Her New Album

"...he mentioned the line to me one time at a show and it just stuck with me," Lambert explained recently.

Written by Lauren Laffer
Miranda Lambert’s Dad Inspired the Title of Her New Album
MIranda Lambert, Photo by Daniela Federici

When fans anticipated new music from Miranda Lambert, they likely had no idea that she’d double up on the material and release 2-discs full of new music. With The Weight Of These Wings, she did just that and released 24 emotion-filled tracks, 20 of which she had a hand in writing.

While the words flowed for those 20 songs, there was one that was more difficult, a song that would’ve been the title track had she been able to find the words to pen “The Weight Of These Wings.” After many attempts, she decided the entire project fit under that one saying given to her by her father.

“’The Weight of These Wings’ was a line my dad said to me… He’s a songwriter, he’s not written a song in probably 9 years now…but he mentioned the line to me one time at a show and it just stuck with me,” Lambert explained recently. “It just felt really big and someways heavy and someways light, you know, it sort of makes you think about a lot of things just that one sentence. And so, we tried to write the song a few times and nothing really came of it and it just sort of going through this record process felt like it would tie everything together, being 24 songs I needed a title that would sort of round out the edges I guess, and ‘The Weight Of These Wings’ felt right.”

The title couldn’t fit more perfectly for the discs titled The Nerve and The Heart, each of which details heartbreak, mistakes and happiness in the most moving ways possible.

Fans will get a taste of the chart-topping record when Lambert hits the road next year for her Highway Vagabond Tour, with special guests Old Dominion and Aubrie Sellers.

Miranda Lambert’s The Weight Of These Wings landed in the No.1 spot on Sounds Like Nashville’s 16 Best Country Albums of 2016. Check out the full list HERE.