Throughout the video, Bryant is seen playing his guitar on the moving train as the guy in the video is shown reminiscing about an old romance. Directed by Wes Edwards, "Take It On Back" was in a way inspired by Bryant's grandfather. In an interview with PEOPLE, Bryant spoke about the video and his grandfather's love of trains.

"My grandfather was super into trains," Bryant told PEOPLE. "He was fascinated by them and collected them his entire life. In fact, when he got really sick with cancer, for his last Christmas, my family and I made him this elaborate running train set with all the works. There were railroad tracks by my grandfather's house but trains didn't run through there very often. On the day my grandfather died - at the very moment it happened, I kid you not - a huge freight train came barreling down that track."

When he read Edwards' treatment for the video, Bryant said he knew immediately that this was the storyline he had to choose. "In some way, I feel like I get to share this video with my grandfather," Bryant said. His grandfather, musician Jimmy Bryant, passed away from cancer when he was a kid.