“Wait in the Truck” by HARDY (ft. Lainey Wilson)

There are two main characters in “Wait in the Truck”, a male and a female, as respectively represented by the vocalists. The phrase “wait in the truck” is something that HARDY tells to Lainey Wilson. The latter takes on the role of a woman who is the victim of some really-terrible domestic violence. 

Indeed she crosses paths with Hardy while wandering on the road, “scared to death”, bloody and beaten by her seemingly alcoholic partner. So Hardy invites her into his truck and, let’s say instead of, as a concerned citizen, driving Lainey to the nearest police station decides to take the law, in a manner of speaking, into his own hand.

The way he does so is by rolling up to the house of her abuser, kicking in the door and shooting him. And whereas this may seem like extreme justice, he apparently shoots him in response to dude “reaching for” his own 12-gauge. 

And yes, it would appear that Hardy is thoroughly convinced that what he’s doing is right. For instance, after gunning down the abuser, instead of fleeing he grabs one of the dead man’s cigarettes and calmly waits on the porch for the cops to arrive.

The Aftermath of the Shooting

The song concludes, of course, with Hardy’s character being slapped with a lengthy prison sentence, praying for the Lord to ‘have mercy on him’. Lainey’s character, this lady he saved from a life of torment, does come to ‘see him from time to time’. 

In hindsight he doesn’t really regret what he did, as now he is able to easily perceive that she is doing better than when they first met. Also, Hardy finds consolation in the fact that whereas he may be confined to a setting that “ain’t paradise” for the rest of his life, where he is at is still “hell of a lot better” than where he “sent” Lainey’s abuser.

The Takeaway

In her own words, Lainey described this track as one which is meant to shed light on the prevalence of domestic violence and inspire its victims to seek help. But it’s obvious that this song is more of a revenge fantasy than reality. 

The way the system is in real life is that such victims aren’t likely to find justice or relief unless they take the initiative in securing it themselves. But yes, the truth of the matter is that those of us who don’t take pleasure in beating up weaker sex for instance may often find ourselves enraged when faced with such scenarios.

Hardy talks about “Wait in the Truck”

Hardy has referred to this song as being one of his best works. According to him, this song is designed to shed light on the “fragile subject” of domestic abuse.

Hardy has described this track as being one of those songs which ‘spiritually’ wrote itself.

Credits for “Wait in the Truck”

Hardy is one of the writers and producers of “Wait in the Truck”, which was released on 26 August 2022. Jordan Schmidt also served both roles in the creation of this song. 

The other co-producers of this track are Joey Moi and Derek Wells. The song’s other co-writers are Hunter Phelps and Renee Blair. 

Hardy and Lainey Wilson

Hardy is a country musician, a singer and songwriter, whom it would appear, within the industry itself, is more highly regarded in the latter sense.  For instance earlier in 2022 he won an Academy of Country Music Award in the category of Songwriter of the Year. But he also, up until this point, has three of his own studio albums under his belt.

Meanwhile, Lainey won the following ACM Awards herself in 2021:

• New Female Artist of the Year 
• Song of the Year

She took home the latter award for her track titled “Things a Man Oughta Know”. 

Lainey and Hardy are in the same musical circles, such as both being special guests on Jason Aldean’s Back in the Saddle Tour 2021.  And Lainey did reportedly appear on Hardy’s most-recent studio album, 2021’s “Hixtape, Vol. 2.”, on a track titled “Beer Song”.