American Idol Top 3 finalist Chayce Beckham showcased his raspy vocals with a cover of Chris Stapleton s Fire Away during the show s three-hour finale on Sunday night (May 23.) Beckham chose Fire Away for his contribution to the Hometown Song segment of the episode.
Originally included on Stapleton s 2015 major-label debut album,
Traveller, Fire Away conjures up imagery of world-weary sadness and the troubled resilience of a narrator who can t resist giving in to a relationship, even though he knows it s doomed to end in pain.
Stapleton s music video for the song puts an even more heartbreaking spin on the song s message, following a man and woman as they fall in love. Soon, the couple s happy early days devolve into hard times, as the woman begins to be overtaken by mental illness and attempts suicide multiple times.