JHart - Father's Son (Lyric Video)

Father son relationships can be complicated. As a gay man, there is a lot of energy around masculinity, shame, expectations, lineage, and understanding and accepting queer love that makes them even more complicated. I feel lucky to have a relationship with my father that is beautiful and evolved. However, it wasn't always that way. There were times growing up when we truly didn't understand each other and fell out, times when it was dark. I think holding these two truths and accepting both is a powerful thing. I wanted to write a song about the nuance there. The idea that you can love someone and not have to edit your history to see it as beautiful. It's also the idea that at times you can feel so at odds with a parent and still know that on some level, at the very least physically, you are turning into them. Just as I have evolved, so too, has my father. Writing this song about him, playing it to him, watching him process it in real time, accept it and even be proud of it has been so powerful to witness. I hope that others can take something healing from this song, both those with similar stories, and those who don't have the same relationship trajectory as my own. For more music, tour dates, and more, visit http://linktr.ee/jhart 💔 LYRICS: Hate to say you were right, But sometimes I see my shadow on the wall at night, Its your shape and height, Mmhmm, and I hear your voice remind me to turn out the light when you’re young, you got time to waste looking away just to not to see eye to eye, Tattoos and hair dye, Mmhmm, like it won’t end up the same gray that I saw the last time we facetimed Look all that I’ve done To cut all the ties, that tie both of us, But that’s the thing about blood, There’s no part of you that I could outrun, One day I’ll wake up with all the same lines, in all the same places, I’ll pass on your perfect imperfect advice, when I didn’t take it How is it that boys become their father’s son? Fathers, father’s son Fathers, fathers, Learn as they go, What to say to a boy dressing up in his mum’s clothes to kick out or hold close, Mmm and sometimes what I got was not what I needed the most, but I’ve grown Look all that I’ve done To cut all the ties, that tie both of us, But that’s the thing about blood, There’s no part of you that I could outrun, One day I’ll wake up with all the same lines, in all the same places, I’ll pass on your perfect imperfect advice, when I didn’t take it How is it that boys become their father’s son? Fathers, father’s son Fathers, father’s son CREDITS: Director: Erik Rojas Executive producers: Galileo Mondol, Lopes Producer: Tali Weizman Production Manager: Natalle Jastrow DP: Dima Shorin AC: Garrett Hoffmann Steadicam: Don Tuner Jib op: Eli Franks Camera PA : Frankie Enriquez Gaffer: Tristan Moffatt BBE: Julian Ross Key Grip: Travis Moffatt BBG: Mark Karecher Production designer: Andrew Caso Art director: Devin Leary Art assistant: Trevor Rittman Production assistant: TJ Gormley Production assistant: Rayoni Matos Production assistant: Fatma Sayeh Production assistant: Eric Yklingas Production company: BT Studios Glam: Jacob Vega Hair: Dustin Baker Nails: Chey Pittard Performance coach:Sienna Lyons Photog: Cameron Driskill Artist PA: Molly Legrant Additional Creative: Se Oh http://vevo.ly/k010nt