Songfacts®:

• Smith speaks candidly on this song of his feelings for his wife Debbie as he reflects on his romantic life-pledge. It is one of two songs on the album that he wrote for her, the other one being, "You Belong to Me." The couple wed in 1981 and the singer told Caitlin R King of The Associated Press that their marriage is stronger than ever. "I have this amazing woman... who just so believes that God has got a call on my life. When you have that support from your soul mate, there's nothing better," he said.
• Smith: "I think this is probably the most unique, different song on this album—and maybe of any song that I've done. But I tell you this: Everybody that I play the record for, when this song comes on, at the end of it, they've lost their breath a little bit, like 'Whoa, what was that.' It's not a typical, straight-up love song. It's very artsy - "'Til death comes between us/And the heavens steal you away' - just a great lyric, written by Michael Olsen, my drummer. It was one of the first lyrics written for the record. He wrote it to my melody. I said, 'I'm gonna give you freedom to move a little bit, but try to stick to the melody as much as you can.' I think 95% of the lyric is the first draft that I got. It blew me away." (Source Jesusfreakhideout.com)