Lyric discussion by imnotfamous 

I think it's great that people have come up with their own personal interpretations and applications of this song, but in case anyone is curious about how this song actually came about... this is what Brandi said about it in an interview:

First of all, Brandi didn't write "Josephine". It was actually written by Tim Hanseroth. Tim wrote it when they were driving through Josephine County, Oregon. She said he was inspired by the landscape to write this song. This doesn't give us much about the true deeper meaning behind the song though, so it's still anyone's guess. :)

I believe it was written about his first marriage. He has a few tattoos on his left arm and one of them looks like initials JCH. It's just a guess. Either way it's a beautiful song.

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