. ▁The ▁du o ▁jud ged ▁its ▁creation ▁as ▁a ▁" re ally ▁spiritual ▁thing , ▁because ▁it ▁came ▁strong . ▁Me ▁and ▁Tim ' s ▁instinct s ▁and ▁intu itions ▁just ▁kept ▁leading ▁us ." ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁demo ed ▁within ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁of ▁its ▁writing ▁by ▁Wis eman , ▁and ▁was ▁chosen ▁by ▁McG raw ▁to ▁be ▁his ▁next ▁lead ▁single . ▁Wis eman ▁remembered ▁the ▁song ▁had ▁personal ▁significance ▁for ▁McG raw , ▁who ▁commented ▁that ▁he ▁himself ▁had ▁gone ▁fish ing ▁with ▁his ▁father ▁prior ▁to ▁a ▁quad ru ple ▁by pass ▁surg ery . ▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁performance ▁" Live ▁Like ▁You ▁W ere ▁D ying " ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁ 3 6 ▁on ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁Country ▁Singles ▁& ▁Tra cks ▁for ▁the ▁chart ▁week ▁of ▁June ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁It ▁reached ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁on ▁the ▁chart ▁dated ▁July ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁cert ified ▁Pl atin um ▁by ▁the ▁R I AA ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁and ▁it ▁has ▁sold ▁ 2 , 3 1 3 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁as ▁of ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁Music ▁video ▁The ▁music ▁video ▁features ▁Tim ▁McG raw ▁singing ▁in ▁an ▁infinity ▁c ove ▁with ▁video ▁cli ps ▁added ▁by ▁CG I . ▁The ▁alternate ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁video