
The irony would be that the child did everything they could just to make the father happy, yet regardless how hard they try to please the father, they are forsaken. Craig from UsaMaybe a child with a good heart was brutally murdered by an abusive father, but the father got away with it because the death of the child was considered a suicide.So thanks you systems of the down for this gem. An over all even reading more about at an older age I understand even more so why I’ve loved this song all these years. All in all this song helped me feel seen. It’s like describing how I would kill myself on the inside to please others and I’d cry to god asking him to save me.


AnonymousOk, so he wasn't ever singing "Father Deer Hands?".“Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ which is translated, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ ” (Mark 15:34 Matthew 27:46) it is is a direct quotation (by Jesus) from Psalm 22:1. Mike Geo from Ny“Why have you forsaken me”, like “father into your hands I commend my spirit”, is also a Jesus quote, separate from Isaiah.
