Written by Highwomen's Brandi Carlile and Natalie Hemby with Lori McKenna, "Crowded Table" is a call for a more inclusive world: I want a house with a crowded table And a place by the fire for everyone Let us take on the world while we're young and able And bring us back together when the day is done The tender tune is about acceptance, working together and making room for everybody to fit in.
The song was the fruit of an idea that Carlile had been mulling over for a long time. She explained to EW its concept is, "going out into the world and being an activist and furthering agendas that I think will make the world a better place, but still being able to come home at the end of the day and be in my family and be with people that do not agree with me so that we can all move a little bit closer to the middle of the road."
"Crowded Table" features the Highwomen quartet weaving in and out of unison. Carlile was taken aback that the vocal arrangements mirrored the song's concept. "Because even within our band, we do not all believe the same things," she said. "But to snap those voices back into unison like that is really what the concept of women learning to work together and community is."
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