Just one day after the unfathomable assassination of conservative hero Charlie Kirk, country superstar Lee Brice (“I Drive Your Truck,” “Hard to Love,” “I Don’t Dance”) took to the stage in Clearwater, Florida. With nine #1 radio singles, seven ACM wins amongst so many other awards and nominations, and songs that have been streamed billions of times, Brice’s repertoire of hits goes on and on. But on this night, he made a decision to alter his set to include a rarely performed song — and that song “When Kingdom Comes,” he dedicated to Charlie Kirk.
Brice told Breitbart News, “Charlie’s passing deeply affected me and the whole band, and we knew we wanted to honor him. It was the best way to honor what Charlie held closest to his heart — his faith and his relationship with Jesus Christ.”
In this exclusive video, Brice explains to the packed house, “Usually we do a couple of other songs but tonight I’d like to play a song and dedicate it to Charlie Kirk and what he so adamantly stood for. I don’t want to see a picture of this country without God in it.”
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Brice explained that he wrote “When Kingdom Comes” with his wife and though he hadn’t performed it often, he would try to get through it. It was that important. And then he let his voice and his guitar say the rest…. both spoke so loudly and so emotionally to a captivated audience. This is a goosebump song from an incredible artist with a voice that gives you chills because you know he means every word he’s singing.
At the end of the song before the crowd erupts, you hear one voice from the crowd shout “Thank you, brother.”
Charlie Kirk is seen in the Fiserv Forum on the third night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on Wednesday July 17, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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“When The Kingdom Comes” was written by Lee Brice, Sara Brice, Billy Montana, and Jon Stone. Brice shared more background with Breitbart News: “The story behind this song is what my momma would call a true “Lord story. My good friend Jon Stone first shared this title with my wife and me, but life got busy, and it sat on the shelf for a while. Looking back, I’m grateful we waited. Sometimes God’s timing is better than ours. One night we just had that unmistakable feeling every songwriter knows — that nudge that says, ‘It’s time to write this one.’
“I’d like to say we sat down and wrote it, but the truth is, it felt like it wrote itself. Like it came from somewhere far above us. The subject matter felt urgent, as if it spoke directly to where we are right now and what the world needs to hear.”
WHEN THE KINGDOM COMES – LYRICS
A hungry kid
On a dirty floor
A lonely man
In his silver Porsche
A single mom
On her second shift
A teenage girl
With scars on her wrist
When the kingdom comes
When we all know why
When we see the sun
Rollin’ back the sky
There’ll be nothin’ left
Nothin’ left but love
When the kingdom comes
When the kingdom comes
Every shattered soul
Every shade of skin
All the broken hearts
Are gonna beat again
Gonna find their way
Gonna feel the cost
Some iron nails
And a wooden cross
When the kingdom comes
When we all know why
When we see the sun
Rollin’ back the sky
There’ll be nothin’ left
Nothin’ left but love
When the kingdom comes
When the kingdom comes
When the first are last
And the last are first
Won’t be no hunger
Won’t be no thirst
When the kingdom comes
When we all know why
When we see the sun
Rollin’ back the sky
There’ll be nothin’ left
Nothin’ left but love
When the kingdom comes
We’re gonna all know why
We’re gonna see the sun
Rollin back the sky
There’ll be nothin’ left
Nothin’ left but love
When the kingdom comes
When the kingdom comes
When the kingdom comes
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