Listen to this when
Gone Away
For when grief comes out as rage 🖤
Who it's for
The Offspring's song channels the rage and sorrow of losing someone you love.
Angry grief→Cathartic release
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Gone Away" is a song by the Offspring, written by singer Dexter Holland and released in 1997 as the second single from their fourth album, Ixnay on the Hombre. It is a grief-stricken rock song about losing someone and struggling with their absence. The band re-recorded it as a stripped-down piano ballad for their 2021 album Let the Bad Times Roll.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: References to death.
Age: Suggested 13+
Silence will carry your voice like the nest that holds the sleeping birds.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 155
