Support group for those personally victimized by Mah’s Joint

HanTan

Both of my grandmothers suffered with dementia before they passed (2019 and 2020), so this song HIT DIFFERENT for me. Especially watching my parents go through the painful journey not being recognized by their own mothers. I normally love to share Jon’s music with my parents but I told them they probably shouldn’t listen to this one until they’re ready to face that pain. This song has been the source of many cathartic ugly cries through the years. Thanks Jon for being so vulnerable with us and making art that helps us to process and heal!

JaneDoe00

So relatable. I was taking care of a dementia client at that time. This song set me overrrrr.

budlyx

currently experiencing this as I watch my mom take care of my grandma while she battles severe alzheimer's, this song is such a beautiful and heart wrenching metaphor for loving someone with dementia. So thankful to have a song to cry to that truly relates to the situation at hand. Sending you love, watching your grandparent fade away is so hard.

Zeonder

Yesss man, this song hits, hope yall the best through hard times, always look to God

OverwhelmMe

This song kills me, I can only listen to it every few months.
I didn't witness my mom take care of her parents as they both passed either before I was born or when I was an infant.

But in 2019, my mom passed away from liver disease and she was in a natural coma while in ICU. My sister, dad, and I each took on different roles in caring for her during those days and I (the youngest, at 30) took on the role of caregiver- brushing her hair, washing her face, singing to her, making her comfortable. And the line "and when she meets God, he'll tell her all about it, when my mother was a mother to her mom" just gets me. And I hope that now she's able to see the house I take care of (I moved back home to care for my dad).

Whooo, even typing that killed me. Jon's music really pulls us through some tough times.

nmeed

Yes, that one hit hard for me. I've had 2 grandparents with dementia in my family so it was a topic that was close to home. This was my comment on the video when it first came out: "I originally thought that it would have been better if the song had cut after the first act, but I think the next section where it switches from somber to joyful is supposed to represent the entry into Heaven as his grandma passes into glory. That links in with the line elsewhere in the album (adult swim?) where it says "welcome to glory sound prep", and hearing it for the first time, I thought that the line was going to just end as "welcome to glory" aka Heaven. If that is the idea for the middle part of this song, then it makes sense for the triumphant horns to be present, as he imagines his grandma in Heaven where she has overcome her struggles and she is restored. Still trying to figure out the last part, but it may be focusing again back on Earth with those left behind after her death. They are dealing with the pain of her loss, but are glad that she has been released from her illness; they are working through their grief, and are hopeful for the future. The conclusion is wistful and poignant, like someone who has gone through a trial and is still tender but is moving forward."