The inspiration for Colton Dixon’s newest hit song, Miracles, came during a low moment in his life when he was unsure if he’d continue his music career.
At the time, he wasn’t noticing the everyday miracles that the song spotlights.
Miracles—which has been viewed more than 250,000 times on YouTube—is Dixon’s first new music since his album Identity was released three years ago. Dixon became a household name to music fans in 2012 when he finished seventh on American Idol, but after his 2017 album Identity was released, he was left without a label.
“Music was kind of up in the air for me for a second,” Dixon told Christian Headlines. “It wasn’t looking very hopeful. It looked pretty dark actually. And my wife said something that kind of shifted things for us. She said, ‘I know this looks like a setback, but what if it’s actually a setup for what is ahead for you and what God has for you?’ And I thought, ‘That’s really good. That’ll preach.’ So we stood on that.”
During that time without a record label, Dixon says he was “kind of forced to slow down.”
“But in doing so I saw all of these little things that maybe I had taken for granted before,” he said. “And I saw them for the miracles that they really were.”
Dixon’s new label is Atlantic.
In Miracles, Dixon sings about how skeptics say miracles are due to stars “aligning” yet he believes “it’s more than timing.” God, he says in the song, “came along and found me.”
The opening lyric—“90 miles on the highway, everyday moving so fast”—is allegorical to life, he says.
“I was on autopilot [in life] for a long time—going faster than I even realized,” Dixon said. “Sometimes we do that on the highway, especially if you’re in a nicer vehicle. You’ll look down and say, ‘Wow, I’m going 85 miles an hour, I didn’t even realize it.’ So you back off the gas pedal.
“So for me, tours were coming in, and I was always busy—which is great. But I just felt like I never pulled my head above ground. I was just work, work, work, work, work until it wasn’t there. My identity was wrapped up in that. It’s really funny when you put out an album called Identity and then you actually have to live through it. God definitely has a sense of humor. I’m just thankful that God knew what was next, and opened those doors.
“If we would just stop long enough to see the little things in life for the miracles that they really are, I think we’d not only be more thankful and grateful to be alive, but I think we can live happier lives as well.”
Photo courtesy: © Atlantic Records
Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, The Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
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