Extremely ENTHUSIASTIC PASTOR gives it his all and WON! | Road to The Voice Finals

I know it's late I know you're using I know you're playing Don't include me This is so bad Didn't we have it? Why do not you stay? I know it is late. I know you're still tired. Here we are, who needs to borrow, we got tonight, baby, why don't you stay? We have tonight, baby, why don't you stay? What is your name? Todd Tillman. I am 41 years old and from Meridian Mississippi. I need to know about. you, most importantly, I have been married for 21 years, we have eight children, two of them are adopted, dear sir, I need you so much that you don't even know, if you don't mind, can I just take a second of my life?

It's not like that, I haven't been like this in a long time, my life is super chaotic, so if I could like this, the biggest joke in our family is that my wife said she wanted three children and I wanted two, so got engaged. at eight, okay, put your things in your lockers, you live in total chaos all the time, but it's worth every minute. He's always been very good at singing, but something like this is crazy, I want everyone to do it. I came back to look for him after I had the three children. I really started to feel the pull of adoption.

In 2010, that's when we flew to Korea to look for Judah. ​​You know, when I saw her it was like this instant connection, like this was our son and then we got a phone call from the adoption agency and they told us that Judah had a little sister born to the same biological mother, we just said yes and then we had three more. You know, they've been great, it's an emotional rollercoaster. you know we're like we're completing each other as a family that's how love works it's crazy that he's here like it feels like a dream he's always been the giver so I feel like it's his turn to take an opportunity for him and us to back it up, I'm sorry, I love you, I'm not in a position where I can start over, but the

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could literally catapult you right into that career.

Meridian offers very little musically for me if I could dress myself and feed my children singing, it's like a dream come true. I was the last to convert, but once I did, I saw the joy and spirit you have. I love it. I have literally never acted. I only sing in church. I am a

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of a church. you're a

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my grandfather was our pastor my mother was the choir director i was at church sunday morning sunday night wednesday night sometimes friday night todd i'm a pk actually i'm the son of a pastor my fondest memories were with my dad at the piano singing songs of praise and worship, do you know Phillips Craig and Dean?

I know who Mercy is, she came running, yeah we could talk about music of life. I don't have children yet, but you can give me some advice. Oh, I can tell you how. I can say this is my first day on the job and having a

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like yours it was so fun to see your enthusiasm thank you for giving me that experience because it was really special thank you I love that you brought out phillips craig and Dean that's also from the old school, I know, but I'm a decade older than you, but anyway, I love it, I'd do it, I'd be 37 wouldn't I, you're 27, maybe a decade, okay, who's counting 37 my wife?

She's fine, yes. Nick, it's okay, and I have a lot of kids too, we have four and it's a lot to endure being a parent and trying to achieve this kind of dream. I also grew up singing in church. I love that you have that. chris Stapleton Kenny Rogers just that grip like you're 110 I love your voice I love the passion I love the range I love how soft it is it

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you something to hold on to and you have a big jump I go to a Pentecostal church, like that that I have been working on the jump, which is a holy jump, yeah man, you are so excited, ampeda and it reminds me why I still want to be a coach in this program, it is to work with people like you, thank you all.

I love you, but no one more than me, Todd, so who do you choose as your coach? Because I feel like I have a personality that I can relate to. That's why I'll choose Blake. I don't choose the man alone. I don't maintain this place. I'm just a shell of the man I was. I am living proof of the damage. I'm just a whisper. I'm just a ghost in this house. I'm just a shadow on these runaway walls. I'm just a ghost. in this I can't hide the way my tears no longer wait my resistance isn't as strong and my mind keeps recreating a life with you alone and I'm tired of pretending that I don't love you anymore if ah and I alone I can't keep pretending that I don't love you anymore tonight it's very clear as we're both lying here there's so much going on sometimes I just forget to say things I might regret it breaks my heart to see you cry I don't want to lose I'll be the hero together just in time I'll make it until Now I'll be the hero you're dreaming of We'll live forever Hey 1923 He put it in his coat and showed it to me one time He said boy, could you I don't understand it, but a long, long time ago, your grandmother's dad didn't like me very much, but I loved your grandmother's soul.

We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together, get married in the first town we came to live in forever, but nailed to the tree. where we were supposed to meet I found this letter and this is what it said if you get there sooner I won't give up I'll see you and my chores will be over I don't know how much longer I will be but I won't let you down baby wait and see and come in now and then, until I see you again, I will love you, don't give up, I will see you when my tasks are done.

I don't know how long I'll be around, but I won't let you down and between now and then, until I see you again, I will love you. How are you, good friend, literally, talking to you is like I know you. All my life, your journey is pretty amazing because you've been kind of a well-kept secret there in the Meridian Mississippi. No one knew that this incredible superstar was lurking in a church there. You know, I stood in line in Atlanta, Georgia, because my wife basically made me do it and I kept waiting to know every step and since here we are now, that's crazy.

I think about the blind auditions and we all turn out for you. I love your voice. I love the passion. And you had a big jump. I go to a Pentecostal church, so I've been working on the jump, which is a holy jump. Everyone keeps telling me to check Holy Hot, but I say that's Blake's, it's not mine, that's my gift to you, I'll take it, we already have it. bumper stickers so then we made the playoffs the moment I heard the song driving down the highway I thought oh my god Todd has to do this song it's too perfect for your relationship with your wife and your family that's it the moment America voted You're right, there are hundreds of different ways that Blake's training has helped me, but with bullet number one it's just confidence, man, he just makes you feel like you're a phenomenal singer, the The fact that you're standing in your church, I can only imagine.

Like a great song for you to sing in this ending, I can only imagine when that day comes, this psalm takes me to the core of who I am, although I'm not very good at it, luckily I married the woman I did. I want to take risks because I have faith. I'm very grateful that she believed in me at a time in my life when I didn't even realize that she had stopped believing in myself, so I don't know if there is a way. I can tell how much I love it, you are a man who teaches the word of God to the people you meet, so I know you connect with these lyrics, so get lost in what this song is saying, right, you always will. be a guy who is in a position to help people, oh yeah, whether it's through music or your church, and I'm excited for you, all of this has excited me, you know, even though we're in all this mess we're in.

I'm in but I have to say this way has made it seem a lot more intimate, for me it is too honestly it's like I'm in your church with you right now Todd is really what this show is about I've never had before sung outside the church. he lives in a small town he has eight kids and the world should know about these artists and whether or not he wins the show the way forward is a bright future in music for Todd I can only imagine what it will be like when he walks . at your side I can only imagine when all I can see is your face there in front of me I can only imagine yes I can only imagine surrounded by your glory what my heart will feel I will dance for you Jesus or I will ignore you stay still I will be in your presence or I will kneel .

Will I fall or sing a hallelujah? Will I be able to speak? I can only imagine it, yes, I can only imagine it, I only imagine that the day comes and I find myself standing in the sun. Just imagine it's Jesus, hallelujah, imagine, I can only imagine when you're always right to put yourself in a compromising position, they like to take you there and smile at you, they put it in your face, but I think it's a total shame, well I've been doing it . Since I was a little boy and I told him my complaint, he said you don't need strength, authority, authority always wins, yes, I fight authority, authority always wins, authority always, yes, Shane Esther, this is Todd Tillman, how are you doing?

Hello Tom. They are two successful songwriters on a kit TV show and now they will be working with you on their original song which was co-written by Esther. I'm excited to be able to do this with all of you who have worked with, like Casey Musgraves. the way you like rihanna tells you something so incredibly cool about this song is that ryan ennis who brought the song to songland was actually on vocals it's meant to be man it hits me in so many different ways because you The guys have heard things like Cam West, they've heard a storm, it was super intimidating for me just to be around.

It took me a long time to stop looking back and live in that, you know, sometimes the heart takes the long way home. I have been married for 21 years, have eight children and these problems arise from time to time. You know, I've paid my debts my way. You have a real story and we should definitely put that out there and massage yourself. It's such a good note even when I'm slow, the lyric that always catches my attention is that part that says um, even when it's slow, that really touched me because there's no speed in this and I think we could write. a little verse about that could be something like spending all my time looking over my shoulder i mean i've wanted your voice my whole life well god make me famous well blake i think you've got a winner here with todd i think That this song already sounds like it's part of their catalog.

I can't decide which one is my favorite. Her talent or simply the heart inside the boy. Sometimes dreams are lost. Sometimes love takes time, but the greatest things are worth waiting in line for. and it's never a race as long as you get where you're going sometimes the heart takes the long way home sometimes you get lost chasing clouds mistakes there's no way to know sometimes the heart takes the long way home life is a melody of hope that we All sing every day. I'm learning more about what things are like when the days get tough.

When you lose the fire. When you're begging for mercy just to make things right. Remember the greatest gift. It's worth waiting in line. sometimes the heart takes the long way home sometimes dreams come true sometimes you can't lose all your money oh but don't lose hope as the years go by you know you'll be okay sometimes the heart takes the long way home long The Road Home is a melody of hope that we all sing every day. I'm learning more. It's just a long way home. It's just a long way home.