“I fully assumed they’re never going to ask me.

“I believe these halls will roar again.

These stadiums will be deafening in the answer to this enemy.

Eric Church wearing Ray-Bans onstage

The silence of now will cower at the noise of soon …

I cannot wait to see you again, through my Ray-Bans.”

But what does Eric Church’s song, “Through My Ray-Bans,” really mean?

Eric Church performing “Through My Ray-Bans”

Churchsings, describing his audience.

Wish you could stay the way I see you / Through my Ray-Bans.”