gaga wrote this song for her dad when he was in the hospital due to heart complications (cause by his heavy drinking, which explains the references to alcohol/bars in the lyrics.) at first he refused to have the open heart surgery he got just last month and gaga told him that if he died because of his health she'd quit making music and spend the rest of her life taking care of her sister and mom. this is the song she wrote to convince him to go through with the operation. i'm not exactly sure but i think the song is written from her mom's perspective.
that being said this is my favorite song on the album! i wish it was only her and the orchestra though, no guitars/drums/etc. it would have been so much more powerful
gaga wrote this song for her dad when he was in the hospital due to heart complications (cause by his heavy drinking, which explains the references to alcohol/bars in the lyrics.) at first he refused to have the open heart surgery he got just last month and gaga told him that if he died because of his health she'd quit making music and spend the rest of her life taking care of her sister and mom. this is the song she wrote to convince him to go through with the operation. i'm not exactly sure but i think the song is written from her mom's perspective.
that being said this is my favorite song on the album! i wish it was only her and the orchestra though, no guitars/drums/etc. it would have been so much more powerful