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You didn't seem to care

from Heads of the family by I'dawn

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That was not an easy one to write. After my dad passed away, I looked back on our relationship and he has always been a good father and a good man, clever and charismatic. But at some point, I really felt he was not genuinely interested in what was happening to me in general. We were disconnected. And I found that even at 37 years old, you're still that little boy, facing your dad. And you want his attention, you want him to care. Not that he completely didn't but not as i wished he had. It's not easy to write about him as he is not here anymore, I don't hold a grudge against him, parents are not perfect, i know that now that I am one myself. But this feeling had to get out my chest. The first sentence of the song explains it pretty well I think.

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Dad, please forgive those words I sing
They're out of love, you know

We lived our lives at a distance
For so long

When mother died you were already down
Living on your own

I needed a father but I had a dad
That I didn't know

You didn't seem to care much about my things
I would speak so low

But there's that silly question that still remains
Even though you're gone
Did you care ?

You would take me to the shopping mall
And we'd share a meal
Was it all that I would ever get
To rebuild my drenched, dried heart ?

Daddy did I understand, when I called last night ?
Your words were drunk

Remember I came to your house and I brought my daughter
We took a shot

Today I stare at the picture and I want to cry
Where were you ?

You didn't seem to care
That's what I feel, that's what I grieve

You would take me to the shopping mall
And we'd share a meal
Was it all that I would ever get
To rebuild my drenched, dried heart ?

To rebuild my heart

Dad, please forgive those words I sing
they're out of love, you know

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from Heads of the family, released February 22, 2022

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I'dawn Bordeaux, France

Renaud Ehrengardt is the main composer of I'dawn. He has lived on four continents, playing music with many different people along the way. I'dawn was his first solo project and the more personal. Now living in Morocco, Renaud eats tajine in Marrakech.

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