The main topic in Eric Church’s song “Those I’ve Loved”, is that family and friends are the ones who help shape you as a person and who help make you the person you are today. By saying “I wouldn't be who I am today if not for those I’ve loved along the way”, Eric Church explains that he wouldn't have turned out the way he did without the people closest to him in life who were pushing him to be the best version of himself. “Where would we all be without those fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, the friends I’ve made, the long lost lovers.”- Eric Church. By using these words, Eric Church is saying that if we didn't have those closest to us in our lives who shaped us into what we are now, we could’ve turned out to be completely different
