What really impressed me was that Clapton is an addict and alcoholic, and he maintained his sobriety after Conor died. That is strength.

My late wife clung to this song after our son died, losing your child before you is devastating it killed her. I lost my beloved ten months later. Her heart was truly broken. I miss her everyday five years later

My Dad was at Clapton’s first performance of Tears In Heaven. Said there was tens of thousands of people and you could’ve heard a pin drop.

He wrote the song for himself. To help himself deal with the loss. A few years later, he announced that he would not perform the song anymore because it was written for a purpose and it had served that purpose.

I've always been amazed that Clapton could ever hold it together to perform this song live. Just way too personal.

Even the guitar cries in this song, it's so quietly powerful.

I was pregnant with my son when this song came out. When my son was born, I named him Connor, after Eric Clapton’s son.

I used this song for my own sons funeral, this is only the second time I’ve listened to it in 20 years.

This song still makes me cry today, because I think of all the Ukrainian children who got killed by Putin's army. This one and Zombie get me all the time! RIP to all the young ones who passed. 😭😭😭😭😭🤮😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

Notice how Jamel refers to Clapton as “Brother”. I’ve heard Jamel say this before about other people. Hat’s off to you, Brother Jamel. I feel the exact same way about all the Brothers and Sisters, that I share the planet with.....👏✌️🙏🏻

If Tears in Heaven doesn't hit you right in the feels, you don't have a soul or a heart. So beautiful. So sad.

When our elders die, we lose our connection to the past. When our children die, we lose our connection to the hope of a better future.

Prayers to anyone who has ever lost a child

Eric got an award for the song and thanked his son for giving him the strength to write it!

Your empathy for the pain that Eric Clapton must have felt while creating, and preforming this song, helped me appreciate the song even more after all these years since it first was released. Your a good man with a big heart Jamal.

My son, my only child, was killed by a drunk driver 6 years ago. He was one of the best friends I've ever had. This song breaks my heart and gives me hope all at the same time. Thank you for your heartfelt reaction. You are such a good person. God bless.

Conor accidentally fell to his death from the 53rd-floor residence through a window that had been inadvertently left open following janitorial work in the apartment. Clapton was staying in a hotel nearby and was preparing to pick up Conor for a planned father-son lunch and visit to the Central Park Zoo

Lost my son 4 months to a heroin overdose. He was an addict, which in reality is a disease. He was 34 and had 3 kids, 2 of which live with my wife and I. He had finished 7 months jail time, got released, and then started right back to it with two weeks. We cry over his death still. Three lives lived on thanks to organs he donated.

When your spouse dies you’re a widow or a widower. When your parents die, you’re an orphan. But there is NO word to describe what you’re called when you’re child dies... ponder on this

This song is widely considered one of the saddest songs ever written. 5 seconds into it and I'm already crying.