From a Rock N World interview with Chad Kroeger in 2000:
RNW: I'm curious about one of your songs, "Not Leaving Yet." What was the inspiration behind that song?
Chad: Um, when I heard from my mother that my grandma wasn't going to be with us too much longer, I was just like God, right away, I just felt really hollow. And I just went downstairs and probably in 15 minutes, that one just came right out. When you hear the lines, "Come lie next to me Jesus Christ . . ."
RNW: That was the particular line that I was interested in, yeah.
Chad: "Hands where a cross used to fit just right," that sort of refers to her on her death bed. And "In the hall the family's grieving, I'm the one who stays, I'm not leaving yet," that's sort of me staying by my grandmother's side and wanting to hold on to sort of like, the last of it.
RNW: I've been there, so definitely, when I hear that song again, it will have a lot more special meaning for me there.
From a Rock N World interview with Chad Kroeger in 2000:
RNW: I'm curious about one of your songs, "Not Leaving Yet." What was the inspiration behind that song?
Chad: Um, when I heard from my mother that my grandma wasn't going to be with us too much longer, I was just like God, right away, I just felt really hollow. And I just went downstairs and probably in 15 minutes, that one just came right out. When you hear the lines, "Come lie next to me Jesus Christ . . ."
RNW: That was the particular line that I was interested in, yeah.
Chad: "Hands where a cross used to fit just right," that sort of refers to her on her death bed. And "In the hall the family's grieving, I'm the one who stays, I'm not leaving yet," that's sort of me staying by my grandmother's side and wanting to hold on to sort of like, the last of it.
RNW: I've been there, so definitely, when I hear that song again, it will have a lot more special meaning for me there.
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