How You Learn To Live Alone - Jonathan Jackson on Nashville

Written by Mary Guathier with Gretchen Peters, this hauntingly beautiful interpretation by Jonathan Jackson speaks eloquently and painfully from the deepest, darkest hollow of a broken soul. The anguished loneliness is as real as anything ever gets. Thank you Mary, Gretchen, and Jonathan for giving voice to the indescribable.
And yet... despite the depths of pain we may descend, somehow hope springs eternal. Please... view the video (below) by Clare Bowen, also from Nashville. She is a preternaturally enchanting angel who effortlessly reaches into your heart and plants a seed of hope with "When The Right One Comes Along". • Video
( alternate link - • Clare Bowen - When The... )
Yes... Angels do walk among us.

[@ginnysmith8624]

His voice is angelic. Definitely the right voice for the song. I knew he could play the guitar but never heard him play the piano which sounds awesome as well. I don't usually like piano music unless it's Elton John, Stevie Wonder, etc. I have seen him act on a lot of different things. He's a man of many talents. I've heard a lot of his music from his band Enation but this song just speaks to me. I live alone in chronic pain. It's not an easy life to be isolated but I strongly feel if we are still on this planet, God has given us a purpose. I hope someday all of us who feel so alone and live alone will someday feel loved. My fiancee died in my arms over 2 years ago and my son is grown and married and now trying to figure out where life is supposed to take me next. My interpertation of the song. Prayers for all who feel this way and bless you Jonathan Jackson for always excelling at what you do.

[@joellaogilvie2744]

His voice reaches into your soul and makes you connect. It is an experience that makes you think deeply. He is touched by Angels.what a blessing!

[@tammibui4674]

This. Just...this. Truly nobody else could sing this song and make it be felt like Jonathan. I'm shook....

[@taroman7100]

Heard him sing this on Nashville and my husband had been gone for about three years. It really moved me.It was as if he wrote it just for me.

[@cynthiagoodyear5158]

I think this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written...and Jonathan Jackson is the perfect man to sing it. He's wonderful. I saw him recently at the Opry, and have loved him since he was a little boy playing Lucky on GH. He's sure grew up to be a gorgeous man!

[@mayratcliffe8345]

I really needed to hear this. Lost so many loved ones heart feels so empty. Listening to this with eyes full of tears. His voice reaches right into my soul ❤

[@lorasheppard139]

love this song

[@lillian7419]

There are no words to say how this song touched me so deeply. Jonathan's haunting vocal just blew me away.

[@micd2314]

He sings this so beautifully.

[@cynthiabolllinger204]

I wish I could get him to write a song for the son I lost back in 1977!!! His name was Jonathan too! Thank you Jonathan Jackson, love you on Nashville to, God Bless!

[@terrimiller2472]

It's 2021 and no body likes this at all? Just take a listen.

[@9frani]

Jonathon Jackson is awesome at everything he does. I loved him on a General Hospital since he was a little boy, and I love him on Nashville. His voice is magic! I would love yo meet him!!!!🎸🎸😊

[@brianreaume7060]

I 100% TOTALLY AGREE HE IS GREAT

[@Kevin-ns4zl]

The lyrics to this song truly covers every inch of my life. I hope to find the strength to get out from underneath the rubble and start to heal my mind and body.

[@Rowsy91]

Keep grinding brother

[@barbarascoggins5239]

Beautiful exactly what loss feels like😢Beautifully sung! Bravo Jonathan ❤

[@BigLstyle33]

I never get tired of this song. Amazing

[@lisaanders5374]

He moves me in so many ways What a voice. What a hauntingly beautiful song

[@24HRdreamerMusicFan]

Well written, well sung. Never tire of this song.

[@TheKatinKy]

I love this song, so much. Having been single a while.....it really resonates. Gorgeous.

[@tinalovell7989]

I only started watching Nashville this past winter. So when I heard this on the special, it was my first time hearing it. I cried like a baby. The lyrics and music are beautiful and Jonathan really drives it home with the way he sings it. Beautiful song that really spoke to me and it affects me every time I hear it.

[@carolyndickerson5946]

tina lovell Its on cmt on thursdays NITE

[@terrimiller7054]

This is REALY BEAUTIFUL!! and the RIGHT PERSON to sing it!!Great work for all!

[@cynthiabolllinger204]

This man touches my very soul, and deep inside my heart with his songs, and voice!

[@laurie-lexington7040]

This song is without a doubt my favorite song ever. I went through the most brutal last 2 years ending in a much needed divorce. "And you sit there in the rubble til the rubble feels like home" - boy that sums it all up. Now I'm enjoying the calm after the storm. So beautifully written - and equally well performed.

[@frankdawe5156]

Four years later I'm reading your comment, Laurie. I hope with all my heart you are now happy and the pain is a distant memory.

[@gailclowser4620]

Such a soul touching song.. ❤️

[@MsLadyCatherine]

I'm crying now ! His voice, the music sound, the lyrics...This song touch me so much ! I've no words to say what I'm feeling. It's like if this song was written for me ! Thanks for sharing. :)

[@donnabona6863]

This song touches home for me.

[@sherrymckee6265]

This is the most beautiful song. Vocals are impeccable...

[@gloriacorpuz3773]

i love this song ! touched my heart n soul

[@jacquelineeisnor814]

BEAUTIFUL LOVE THIS GUY SINGING

[@lsd2772]

I have been traveling this journey as well. What a beautiful song. I love Jonathan but had not seen this clip or heard this song before. His voice destroys and heals at the same time. Magical.

[@GeneMichaelActor]

In my opinion, the highlight of Nashville's On The Record 2 episode. Played countless times and it still brings tears. Thought it helpful to get an HD version out there. Hope it touches your heart as it did mine.

[@NancyBB2222]

Gene Michael I cry every time I hear it. I feel like it was written about my life. Thanks for posting

[@JeanBrewer]

+Gene Michael YES! Thank you so much... God he is amazing. I could listen to him all day. He is so talented and I truly believe he is a child of God. He just radiates love. Ya know..

[@mariannecrabb8834]

+Gene Michael many tears....

[@johnhughson5980]

Jean. That is such a perceptive comment. I believe you are certainly right.

[@jeanieisbell-northcutt8100]

Gene Michael beautiful voice

[@stevenrobertson2408]

Beautiful, lovely.

[@heidiwerner5477]

I watched this performance when it aired and it was at a time when I'd been living alone, completely on my own for the first time in my life and I'm 43. I burst into tears and cried through the whole thing, feeling like someone had put into words exactly how I was feeling. it's easier now, but thank you for posting this. it was great to hear it again.

[@ColinHS48]

As someone who has struggled with depression for all of my adult life, this song sounds like a description of my life, particularly the last 7 years on my own .

[@johnwhite8263]

Nashville and the artists that make up amazing show. I can't think of any other TV show like it that takes the best of so many worlds our hearts our love music and harmony I am grateful to have and lucky enough to learn a bunch from a tuck TV show. It's much more than a TV show it's a musical blessing.

[@jazmin.Frances]

I got goosebumps listening to this

[@rachrodriguez1996]

Priceless voice... job well done JJ!

[@BigLstyle33]

Always amazing! Loved this song since I first heard it.

[@jeanblakeney8264]

I have a fatal disease, and I live alone. I love this song so much. As I sit here crying,, it just gives me hope. Jonathan, thank you for that so much!

[@genemichael9278]

So deeply sorry for your situation. Prayers on the way.

[@chrisbaskett808]

Great, great song and performance!!

[@youjustgottrolledhacked6748]

great song played at my pop pops funeral such and emotional song 😢

[@karen33099]

Priceless. I have been on this journey for many years. This song sums it up beautifully. I never thought that some day, I would have to learn to live alone. I am here but I am still there.

[@vernacohen6988]

+Karen Loeffler I feel the very same way you do. I love that line I am here but I'm still there. I also like the one "the sun goes up and the sun goes down and you're not sure you care."

[@carol153011]

this is so beautiful I feel like he's singing for me, brings to eye's

[@wurzpet]

Just a wonderful song

[@terrimiller7054]

WOW! No one has left a comment for this long??? Don't you know what this song meaning is?? And it it done so beautifully by Jonathan Jackson! Listen to it again!

[@Bob-mn5of]

This first time I heard this song I cried. The words didn’t speak to me, they spoke “of me”. It’s not as painful hearing it now. Still true, just not as painful.

[@cheriebailey3305]

Just beautiful.....

[@sharonstonts]

Beautiful song and beautiful performance

[@georgiannkite7638]

Just Beautiful…

[@terrimiller7054]

Beautiful! Such great meaning on what is written and you delivered it just like it was you.

[@bb0503]

Love this song and everything it says. It describes the last four years of my life to a tee -- listen to it countless times each day. Thank you for posting!

[@lavinakinch5324]

Amazing,love his voice and the song, touched my heart.

[@sweetpatience54]

Yes it touches my heart and i am crying ,i suffer from depression daily and songs like this give me hope....Thank you for posting ...God Bless You

[@elegantlywastedco]

I suffer from depression daily as well, and today is particularly difficult. For this moment in time, I'm weeping, but it's not for the same reasons that I've wept this entire day.

[@35daphni]

dnvrsangel1 I understand exactly what you are saying. There are tears, and there are healing tears.

[@johnwhite8263]

Karen Mckenzie you are loved no matter what no matter when no matter why your love and we all are if we pause 2 equal does emotions yes.

[@Besta_Lisa]

This is such an amazing song.... touches the deepest places.

[@HSBrown]

Wow! Such an awesome song and voice. He has a group if you were not aware: Jonathan Jackson + Enation.

[@24HRdreamerMusicFan]

love this...beautifully written, and performed

[@Rowsy91]

Absolute magic

[@claudineriduet1390]

Il me touche en plein coeur !!!!!!!!!!!

[@lifewithgreyson8498]

wow! soo beautiful!

[@alycecurtis4706]

love this so much

[@ericmelindadalke8068]

absolutely breathtaking - amazing artist :)

[@rolandi9638]

I am going through the most trying time/trial/part/what ever it may be, of my so called Life.& I saw this on Axstv tonight.., with whom might soon be my ex-wife of 23 years whose illnesshas changed who we used to be to each other. & that is only a fraction of what's going on.. Anywho,this song hit EVERY metaphor that I've been Thinking/Feeling/Dreaming.

[@terrimiller2472]

Your still beautiful in all of your fulfilments.

[@davidonka]

wow.. goose bumps..

[@carolyndickerson5946]

THE GREATEST SINGER EVER

[@terrymayo7869]

I have been going through the worst time I thought I'd ever have to live through, I lost my husband 15 months ago after 42 yrs of marriage. I pray I'll see him again on the other side. Love and miss him dearly.

[@genemichael9278]

I'm so sorry for your loss. 42 years together is such a blessing so many people never reach. And yet, losing that gift of decades cuts so deeply, because your loss is so apparent. Relationships are a gift given to us by God. They enrich our lives beyond measure. Yet, these beautiful Spirits were never ours to keep. They're ours to cherish - but on borrowed time. And knowing they're a gift of extraordinary price means the greater the gift, the greater the pain of separation. But death isn't an ending. Your husband is only further along the same path we all take. He is only temporarily hidden from your view beyond the horizon. You will see him again.

[@angeliquenomade4353]

Day by day, I slip away...... Never will I love this way again....that is why I learned to be alone

[@debbielott1956]

WowsA!

[@sandradavis6851]

Jon boy😚I miss you .....Your Aunt Sandra...❤❤❤

[@cindyhavard5900]

What really got me I NEVER missed Nashville and now they moved to CMT they took it off as one of our lost channel.I was so mad Now I can't see it.

[@genemichael9278]

Cindy, You'll be happy to know Nashville is available on Hulu - It has all this season's CMT episodes (new ones show up within a day or so of appearing on CMT); and all previous episodes & seasons from ABC. You can subscribe for about $8 per month and also get a LOT of other programs. If you're not familiar with it, Hulu can be streamed to a variety of devices such as a PC, Smartphone, or a TV box like Roku. Check it out & good luck!

[@melaniegray7320]

❤❤❤

[@beverlys6796]

wow

[@youjustgottrolledhacked6748]

props thought great song overall

[@cindyhavard5900]

I THINK the best 2 singers on Nashville is Clare Bowen and Jonathan Jackson....I would rather hear them together and separate..

[@deefolpp813]

Love this song its me

[@privateprivate5008]

Johnathan how you're not the biggest super star on the planet??? I will never understand

[@MarnieMelton-y5q]

The music in his band is quite different than this. These kind of songs definitely fit his voice. 2 voices get this insomniac to sleep. His and Billy Graham. I'm Baptist and I believe we all have a purpose from God to be here to make 🙏 the world 🌎 a better place.

[@callalilly111]

It is the ultimate break up song.

[@MsLock3]

Or when you've lost someone .....

[@esmeralda430]

I think this describes how I feel right now.

[@frankdawe5156]

I hope you are much better now, Esmerelda. Emotional pain can be worse than physical pain sometimes, but it gets better, little by little, day by day. God Bless.

[@josephmarsocci2171]

Wow. I know. Every hair on my sheeps head.

[@christinaendsley7087]

😊😊😊

[@christinaendsley1364]

Like your song how you learn to live alone is good my favorite song your. On KZbin and my name Christina endsley

[@mymymymy6]

The audio hurts but nice cover

[@christianaendsley8927]

Jonathan Jackson like listen your music on KZbin and my name Christina endsley

[@MsLadyCatherine]

This song is from the season 2 or 3 ?

[@GeneMichaelActor]

Catherine Rouquine It's from Nashville Season 3, the special "On the Record 2"

[@caralaviola3471]

Is he lip-syncing? Just noticed he isn't wearing in-ear monitors like he does at his other concerts. Maybe he doesn't need them since it's just the piano accompanying him?

[@genemichael9278]

I doubt he's lip-syncing. Ear monitors are used to compensate in concerts with many instruments & loud crowd noises so the artist can stay in-sync with the music. He's playing piano softly & there's the guitarist in the background, but it's essentially an "unplugged live style" performance. There would be no need for ear-monitors nor to lip-sync. I think this is all Jonathan, pure & natural. Probably why the performance comes across as so genuine.

[@24HRdreamerMusicFan]

It says on the video title...on Nashville (the show) so my guess...this is more a staged performance specifically for the show. I noticed some other comments saying it was their favorite episode. He could however been singing live at the moment, but my guess they made sure they had a good recorded version for the show. Love the song.

[@gorjessalsa]

He's not lip-syncing. He's just THAT good :) Like Gene Michael said, doubt he'd need monitors when it's a simple & unplugged as this. Although the audio sounds a bit distorted and tinny on this vid but that's probably just youtube. It's a lovely song & gorgeous delivery by Jonathan. I don't know anyone who manages to put so much feeling into anything he sings.

[@marcminermusic]

Hey, I just came along your video. Seems you're into Americana, so please have a look on my channel too. I'm sure you will like it. Have a great day! Best, Marc