NOVEMBER 14, 2025

About “The Way Back”

“The Way Back” is more than a song to Chris – it’s a turning point. Over the past few years, he’s been grappling with substance abuse and the many ways it has hurt him, those around him, and his dreams. Instead of letting it define him, Chris turned to music as a lifeline. In “The Way Back”, the chorus serves as an anthem — affirming passion, renewal, sobriety — while the verses tell vivid, sometimes painful stories: nights of drinking and driving, moments of crash and realization, memories that haunt and fuel resolve.

The songwriting borrows from country’s rich tradition of storytelling. In each verse, Chris does not shy away from his mistakes; instead, he leans into them, using those raw experiences as both cautionary tales and beacons of hope.