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Originally Posted by Emsanders
Death Cab For Cutie - Styrofoam Plates
My father is an alcoholic, didn't pay child support to a mother raising my sister and I after she got laid off from her long-time job. Even though my dad isn't around, his memory stings like saltwater in my eye.
Such a powerful experience every time I listen to this song.
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"You're a disgrace to the concept of family. A bastard in life, thus a bastard in death"--I'm sorry your dad fits this song so well, Emsanders. It must have been hard on all of you to be disappointed so greatly by this person.
I like the song very much, by the way: it is very direct and kind of minimalist at the beginning, then becomes agitated as the song progresses. So the song shows well the mixture of feelings of sadness, regret, abandonment, anger, and disgust.