Listen to this when
Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
For the things we never said to Dad 🎸
Who it's for
Bono wrote this about his relationship with his father, who died of cancer in 2001.
Aching and unresolved→Tender and reconciled
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" is a U2 song from their 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, released as a single in 2005. It is about Bono's relationship with his father, Bob Hewson, who died of cancer in 2001; it began years earlier as a song called "Tough," and Bono sang a version of it at his father's funeral. It won the 2006 Grammy for Song of the Year.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Themes of a parent's death.
Age: All ages
The world has kissed my soul with its pain, asking for its return in songs.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 167
