This Zach Crowell, Brett James and Hillary Lindsey murder ballad tells the tale of Jenny, who quietly gets rid of her abusive husband by slipping, "something in his Tennessee whiskey."
The story of Jenny is one of a number of tales that Underwood tells on her Storyteller album. "I feel like one of the things that sets country music apart from other types of music is the storytelling aspect," she said. "I want three-and-a-half-minute movies on the radio. I love that there's a beginning, middle, and an end, and it all makes sense." "You can follow the characters, and you can see it all playing out in your head. That's what I'm drawn to, so that's what I write, what I pick, and what I want to sing."
Underwood explained how the titular bells evolve throughout the song to represent different things to Jenny: "In the beginning they represent a wedding. In the middle, they represent her needing some help after he abuses her... so then at the end, of course, the church bells represent the ones the ring out at his funeral, and she's free."
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