Listen to this when
Father of Mine
Still asking dad why 🎸
Who it's for
Art Alexakis wrote this autobiographical song about his father leaving the family when he was a boy.
Abandoned and angry→Heard and steadier
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Father of Mine" is a rock song by Everclear from the album So Much for the Afterglow, released as a single in 1998. Frontman Art Alexakis wrote it about his own childhood, when his father left the family while Alexakis was a young boy. It is one of the few openly autobiographical songs Alexakis has written, and he later described writing it as a kind of catharsis.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: Suggested 13+
Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house.Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Part 1, Chapter 1 (tr. Constance Garnett)
