It broke my soul into a zillion pieces writing this, he wrote ofPrisonerinan Instagram post.
This record mattered more to me than any record before it and my life depended on making it.
I would have died inside if I hadnt.

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I dont know what it is.
Its all I know how to do.
Its a map for anybody who got lost like I get lost, he added.
Its hope for anybody whos forgotten what that is.
These songs are part of me but theyre now part of anyone who needs them.
They do when people need them most.
This was my way through total fking darkness and things nobody can plan for.
Ill never come as close as this to that place.
I wont have to.
See his full message below.
Adams recently swore off cover albums, after covering Taylor Swifts1989in 2015.
(Its certainly onewere anxious to hear in full.)
So its like exercise.
It sucks in the beginning.
But then you get into it.
Listen to To Be Without You in the video above.