1394: Tyler Glenn & Paull Cardall: "I Know it Hurts" Video Premiere on Mormon Stories

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

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🗓️ 6 February 2021

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Please join me as Neon Trees front man Tyler Glenn and award-winning pianist and composer Paul Cardall return to Mormon Stories Podcast to premiere a new music video: "I Know It Hurts", from Paul Cardall's memoir-style album "The Broken Miracle." We would welcome your questions for Tyler and Paul during this live Q&A.

“I Know It Hurts” was co-written by Cardall and Glenn after they met several years ago at the famed LOVELOUD Festival, where they were both performing. Glenn is co-founder of the festival, alongside Imagine Dragon’s Dan Reynolds.

“Before writing this song, Tyler and I discussed at length the challenges we all feel that result from trauma,” Cardall explains. “In my case, though my heart transplant was a beautifully orchestrated miracle, it was still the grand finale to a lot of years of medical trauma. It triggered anxiety and depression. For everyone who is suffering, not necessarily physically, but because they are different or feel like an outsider, I want to say to them, ‘I know it hurts.’ This song acknowledges that you are not alone. This song validates our feelings in a way that says, ‘keep going, keep fighting, we understand.’”

Glenn adds,

“I wanted the lyric and performance of this song to convey a sense of understanding how it feels to get through a trauma or heartache. So much of life for many is the search for a sense of belonging, a sense of self-worth. This song feels more like an acknowledgement of that, and I hope it brings a feeling of being seen and comforted. I hope those in pain from whatever it may be, feel a sense of validation.”

The video, directed by Rob Norbutt, is in stark black and white, the simplicity of which amplifies the power of the message:

You’ve been floating out in space

You just wanted to believe

There were tears upon your face

And your body felt no ease

Dear God is there not more

Cuz it’s cold on the church floor

Cardall’s new album is more than a colorful collection of 19 emotionally-charged songs. The Broken Miracle is a musical memoir, a personal manifesto that celebrates a life filled with nearly unfathomable tragedy and heady triumph. An enthusiastic collaborator, Cardall welcomes an all-star cast of creative partners on The Broken Miracle. The title track was penned with Christian music veteran Matt Hammitt and Carter Forge, and is sung by Hammitt. “Broken Machine” features singer/songwriter Rachael Yamagata’s vocals on the tune Cardall co-wrote with Yamagata and Trevor Price. In addition to Glenn, the project also includes appearances by Ty Herndon, J. Daniel, and Akelee; while pop star David Archuleta sings the power-ballad “My Heart Beats for You.” His collaboration with Thompson Square on “All I See is Snow” was declared “ the Christmas song of the pandemic.”

Cardall’s evolution as an artist continues with the release of The Broken Miracle, a title inspired by his true-to-life story of being born with a congenital heart defect, which nearly took his life numerous times. Cardall received a heart transplant 10 years ago and continues to thrive as a father, husband, and artist. The Broken Miracle will also be released as a biographical fiction novel written by J.D. Netto. The book will be released February 2.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host John
0:04.5	Delin. It's February 5th, 2021 and we have a super cool Mormon Stories episode for you
0:11.9	right now. I am sure these two guests are not strangers to most of you. If any of you,
0:20.4	today we have back on Mormon Stories to incredible humans. Many of you will remember Tyler
0:27.5	Glenn on Mormon Stories, but even if you haven't seen Tyler Glenn on Mormon Stories, you will
0:32.4	know him from his work outside of Mormon Stories. Tyler Glenn is the lead singer of the amazing
0:37.9	group Neon Trees. He is also, you know, a couple years ago, put out a really important and incredible
0:44.4	album called Excommunication. We had Tyler Glenn on Mormon Stories podcast during the time of his
0:51.4	making of the album Excommunication and that was a really important sort of top 10 top 20 episodes
0:58.1	of all time for Mormon Stories podcast and that album is remains one of my slash our favorite albums
1:04.8	as the Mormon Stories podcast community. Tyler Glenn is back with Neon Trees. They've been doing
1:10.0	some cool stuff and COVID has not been helpful, but regardless, Tyler Glenn, it's so cool to have
1:16.5	you back on Mormon Stories podcast. Thanks for having. Thanks. Thank you. Good to see you. Welcome.
1:22.0	Yeah, it's great to have you. In addition, we also have Paul Cardol and many of you will know
1:28.7	Paul Cardol because we recently had him on Mormon Stories podcast. Paul has sold more Mormon
1:35.8	themed music on Spotify than anyone else I know. Maybe even more than the Mormon Tabernacle
1:41.5	Choir, I'm not sure, but Paul was raised Mormon. He, you know, did the fireside circuit, you know,
1:47.7	many of you have, whether you know it or not, have been listening to and or streaming Paul's musical
1:53.9	compositions and specifically his hymns through Spotify and through CDs and through however else you
1:59.6	get your music. Paul recently has talked about his faith journey within Mormonism that has included
2:05.9	him ironically, maybe having, let's just say some distance from Orthodox Mormonism and
2:13.1	rediscovering and even enhancing his own personal journey with Christianity. And Paul Cardol
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