 He also said that McGraw gave an "uninspired" vocal performance.Allmusic critic Thom Jurek described the song favorably in his review of the album, calling it "the real shock" of the album and saying that it "offer[s] a message of threadbare hope in the face of adversity.In the grain of his voice, you can hear the determination to talk and walk from the place of redemption rather than the terrain of suffering.