Dedicated To My Father Who Passed Away on Sunday May 24th 2026
I’m going to dedicate this song to my dad. He died about 4 days ago.
I’ve spent these past 4 days wrestling for my own happiness, and I will continue to do so, because that is my way: I’m a person willing to fight for his own joy.
I loved my dad.
No, he was not a perfect father. He could be very—difficult. He was capable of causing a lot of pain. He was also full of redeeming qualities—as we all are. Every single one of us.
None of us are perfect. We make mistakes. We accidentally hurt others. We purposely hurt others. We also help people, and support people, and change the course of another individual’s life.
We are capable of so much beauty. So very much.
We all get hurt by someone else at some point in time. Hurt people—they hurt other people.
Hopefully, we learn Grace as well. I did. I continue to. We learn to forgive others. We learn to forgive ourselves, hopefully.
… and that’s why I would like to dedicate this song to my dad. Because, “I have a reason to believe, that we all will be received in Graceland”.
Thanks to my friend Rory Cloud for playing on this song with me. Music is so much fun to play with our friends.
Thank you for being in the constellation with me. My deepest gratitude to everyone who has taken the time to provide condolence.
This is what it is. A song. A cover. But, it’s available to listen to on the streaming services and it is a token of my gratitude. May we all be in pursuit of grace.
WHO IS MIKE VITALE?
I am a storyteller, songwriter, singer, music producer, traveling musician, Jungian dream analyst, all-around curious fellow (Spiritual, Mathematical Historical, Scientific), Taoist, and much much more, based out of Los Angeles, California. I’m constantly releasing new music, in all sorts of different genres. You can listen to me below, on Spotify: