About Cover Me Up

"Cover Me Up" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Jason Isbell. It is the first track on his 2013 studio album Southeastern. Six years later, country music singer Morgan Wallen covered the song, and it was included on his 2021 album Dangerous: The Double Album.

Isbell told NPR in 2013 that he wrote the song about his wife, Amanda Shires. He described the song as "a hard one for me to even get through without breaking down the first time" because of how personally he felt that it expressed his love for Shires. The corresponding album came after Isbell had ended alcohol rehabilitation. The Bluegrass Situation describes the song as " Solemn, stripped-down, and slow, it floors listeners with its stark vulnerability and the strength of its romance as Isbell unfolds his love for Amanda Shires". The song is composed in the key of E-flat major. It uses a 6/8 time signature with an approximate tempo of 44 beats per minute.