I love how she’s speaking to her child but you can also view it as a conversation with your inner child. Beautiful.

HER INTERACTIONS WITH HER SON, MELTS MY HEART

Just a young 28 year old single mother sitting here crying folding clothes. This song really got into my soul. It’s hard and I struggle. Sending all my love to whoever may see this. 🙏

I am the oldest of 4 and I saw my mother struggle as a single parent. I always appreciated everything she’s ever done for us. This year I turned 30 and my daughter was born yesterday (9/2/23). Hearing this song and being a father now has made me appreciate my mother so much more. Mom if you ever read this comment know I love you very much. To my daughter you are everything to me. And to my partner, you’re an amazing mother. ❤

Admit it. We all cried.

These lyrics, and how she talks to her son, just, WOW, has Adele ever released an album this real and raw? Sho, respect to her!

I don't have children, never had a painful breakup and this song still make me cry. Such a talent to make someone feel words that they haven't personally experienced.

This song is so personal for me. Losing my Parents, Grand Parents as a child and raised in a home were I was not wanted, hurt my heart. Never got to feel what love felt like to have a mother and father. Till this day, at age 44... it still hurts. But, through it all, GOD has loved me unconditionally and told me not to cry because He is with me.

As a mother of young children who walked away from an unhealthy marriage, this is exposing exactly what so many of us have gone through. But perfectly displayed and articulated in only a way that Adele can. Thank you, Adele ❤

I think this is my favourite song from the album.

Even as a father this song makes me cry.

This song expresses the love a mother has for their children while still trying to love herself again. Being an individual alone is hard and to have a dependent that’s looks up to you see you go through all this pain. All you to do is be the best parent to them while still going through your battles. I love this for any dedicated parent!!! Mother or father ❤️‍🩹

“You know mummy doesn’t like anyone else like I like you right?” “When you lay on me, can you hear the way my heart breaks” “I love your dad because he gave you to me” “I feel like today is the first day since I left him that I feel lonely…and I never feel lonely, I always prefer being on my own” Ugh the recordings are so amazing 😭💔

THIS SONG IS NOT LONG ENOUGH!!!!

21 year old single mom here…in a hotel room with my 8 month old son…. I’ve never been so low … so depressed…. This mama still has a lot to learn

I literally never cry but this song got me shitting tears, it’s so personal and I love it

Hearing her cry at the end about being lonely is shattering my heart to pieces. What a vulnerable, breathtaking masterpiece.

My thirteen year old daughter was playing this song in her room and the beat caught my attention...when I made it to work later on I took time to find this song....man this song got me crying it's so beautiful and it deeply touched my heart.

My mom is going through super intensive cancer treatments. She broke down today to me and everyone in the family on how she can’t take it anymore and how she wants to go… this song is how I think she feels and it allows me to understand her on a level I didn’t know I could. Thank you Adele for making such a beautiful song about the confusing facts of motherhood.

This song is pure, honest & as raw as ever. She’s literally pouring her heart out to her child for her mishaps & taking full responsibility for it while working to regain the love & respect of her child as well as herself. It takes courage to be aware of your mishaps & admit them to the person or people who deserve to hear them. As a man, this applies & being a parent is a 24/7 job that is eternal. Adele is sharing her personal truth with the world. This song is a masterpiece…make it right while you have time…

Honestly the best song off the album Its so raw, so vulnerable. We see this side of Adele as a mom going through a divorce, but showing her love to her son and speaking to him so years from now when he listens to this, he can understand Its beautiful, i cried and i can't even have kids

"I love you a million percent" had my heart:))

The outro got me crying

I’m not a mother but wow, I have never felt this much emotion in a song quite like this before! I know so many mothers out there are trying their best too and feels like giving up- you are more resilient that it may seem inside💛 you are appreciated💛

As a child of divorced parents and a fully grown adult nowadays, I ONLY NOW realise the struggles my mother went through when she divorced my dad. She explained everything, every single nuance of sad, guilty, self-conscious, the whole spectrum of what it feels like to be going through a divorce and having to explain that to a child.... And tears just kept rolling down, because I ONLY NOW understood everything through her song, nearly 20 years later. Thank you for this revelation, and thank you for such an amazing and touching song, it takes a lot of courage to expose your deepest and sometimes darkest emotions to the world...

This song hit me in the gut. From a person who is struggling in today's standards of society and struggling with depression and guilt for years, this song made me cry because it reminded me of my inner child and how they were so full of life.

I'm going through a divorce, and my kids are teens now, but this is touching a deep part of my soul tonight.

I’m 17... I’m not a mom but this song somehow made me understand my own mother and I cried, I cried an ugly cry and I’m shaking and I’m so grateful that Adele was brave enough to share such a deep, raw and personal piece of art with us.

My daughter texted me this song. I had to replay it several times to grasp the depth of it. It captivated me. For days, I listened to the words until I had cried all I could. My daughter sat with me watching me cry. I wanted to cry harder but didn't want to upset her. I married too young to a man incapable of being a husband and father, it turns out. The profound guilt I carry for making a poor choice that has impacted my child is super heavy. And this song captured all of that pain within three minutes.

🤍 The fact she cried on a record

This giving gospel..Lord I’m holding on🙌🏽 her voice is angelic!❤️

"I wanted to give you everything I never had" refers to Adele's lack of a father figure growing up :( she feels guilty as though she took that away from her son, and that breaks my heart. This song is her most deeply personal

She had me in tears. I don't know what it's like to go through a divorce while caring for a child, but I do know what it feels like to be uncertain, scared and lonely. Thanks for sharing such an authentic part of your life Adele. ❤

I have never in my life heard my thoughts, word for word, in a song before. What a masterpiece.

I’ve adored and admired Adele since I was 12/13 years old. From the moment I heard her music to now, she amazes me. Going through her music again reignites something within me and I reflect on my life over these past few years. She’s the reason why music is so important to me and now, as a new mother, I hope I can pass that onto my little love 🥹

My mom passed away a month ago today. She struggled with addiction for the past couple of years. But before she passed she was one month sober. She always told me that I was her greatest achievement. She got clean for her kids and started to live to her fullest potential. She always felt guilty for the things she did. This song feels like she’s speaking to me through song. Thank you Adele for this work of art. I’m crying tears because I know she wanted more. Also just realized this came out nine days after she died ToT

I find it so adorable that her child still has the English accent even though they live in LA now. Shows you how much time they spend together ❤️

This song is not only for single mothers who deal with the bad part of motherhood, but for the children of these women as well. Mine was a single mother, and she always considered me guilty for never having worked out in another relationship. It's really hard to try to have a life with someone when you already have a child. This song makes me understand a little on her side, but it hurts me in a very specific place, because other people around me love me more. Nothing is more precious to a child than the love and dedication of a mother. A demonstration of affection and that cares, is more important than a complaint about such behavior.

I have listened to this emotional masterpiece a hundred times and I still always cry, when I listen to it again and again... This conversation between Adele and her son is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. I wish all the best to them and everyone who sees this, hold on!

“Mamas got a lot to learn” I think of my mom when she sings this lyric. She wasn’t perfect and went through dark times while still being strong for us. She still loved us and raised all four of us BY HERSELF without knowing everything. She sacrificed for us and was so strong doing it.. I always get emotional with this song. 🥰😭😭💕

"I love your Dad cus he gave you me. You are half me and half Daddy"🥺✨✨✨my heart is breaking. This is so real😭😭

My mom got me and my brother out of a dysfunctional household after years of living with a monster. Even though she’s not the best mother in the world, I admire her strength and perseverance. I love her even with all of her flaws

This is my favourite song so far from Adele. It’s so emotional and I can feel the pain she went through. This is a healing process for Adele and many of us across the globe. I really miss my mother.

This is one of her BEST EVER songs...and she has a bunch of BEST songs. Its on repeat...its addictive...

This song is very personal. I mean I can feel every single word that she says here. I can feel her pain and confusion. I'm so mesmerize by her honesty and vulnerability. 👏👏👏👏

I have never felt a song as strong as this. My baby boy is 7, and I have been through so much. He is my everything, this woman seriously can reach the souls of people. Raw, real, true.

Birthing my first child at 26, turning 27 three weeks later two days before Christmas and now coming into a new year a mom. This song hits home ❤

Omg 😭 as a mum of 2 whose just walked away from a marriage that was slowly breaking me down, to find a song that articulates my heartbreak for my children is overwhelming. This is a gift. Thank you

This has to be her most personal song yet. I felt every word, every tear, every breath. She hit the heartstrings with this one. Despite the raw emotion portrayed there is something so uplifting and powerful about her vulnerability here. Her sons voice shows so much innocence but is so sweet and encouraging. I could not help but cry but did not want to fight the tears. This is what I needed today

Being a Mother a single Mother at that can make a mom feel overwhelmed, isolated, like no one else “understands”. The woes of motherhood. Mothers have to bare it all . Be it a good day or stressful day . Everything is on our shoulders. To all the moms out there just remember whatever your circumstances, it’s temporary. YOU ARE the greatest gift to your child/children. Don’t forget to Love on yourself while in the process of taking care of others. Be strong Mothers ! You got this 💝

Adele, you have my heart in the palm of your hands 😭😭😭😭😭😭

wow man… this hits home so hard. When I separated with my kid’s father … I was so lost . Depressed and sad. I felt so bad because I felt like I wasn’t being the best mother at that moment…My 2 kids were what made me stronger . They are who got me out of my dark deep hole. … Ugh my heart. 🙏🏽♥️

Adele's documentation of her own anxiety and paranoia and her conversation with her son made this a different approach in the world of music . For the first time I can feel that there's more than melody and lyrics there's a background for every one of us and we need to listen to this background. It's really astonishing how can a song touch u emotionally this far . Listening to this song was like pushing a button inside of me and all my bottled up emotions, fears, traumas and sorrows are all out . Everything I kept inside is just out . Love u Adele ❤

David Ruffin would've be proud of how she perfect his cadence 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

So soulful. Only a parent regardless of gender can feel the pain she's expressing. Dope jam

The beat has a strong 2000s R&B / Jazz vibe... 😍 Something I can imagine Erykah Badu singing to

I’m a recovering opioid addict and a single mom. I got clean so I could give my son the life he deserves. This song takes me back to that first month clean, feeling like I was a terrible mother and I had ruined everything. One of the counselors in my outpatient group said to me, “You’re not a bad mother. You just made some really bad choices. But, it’s not too late to fix it.” I’ll be 2 years clean in March, 4 days before my sons 3rd birthday. I’m studying to become a substance use counselor and me and my son are thriving in our own home. ❤️ thank you Adele, for this song, the rawness and emotion. For reminding me of where I came from and how grateful I am that I’m at where I’m at. I love you my little one, Edan William. ❤️

At the beginning of this beautiful song she sounds like the late great Aretha Franklin 💙

Mom my self know the struggle keep your heads up ladies!!!

You can hear the pain and heartache on your voice. Not many people are able to be so vulnerable. Thank you for let us into your life through your music. I appreciate it!

I want to hug Adele so bad and tell her that everything will be ok :'(

Losing my mom recently this song hits home for me. I feel like it's a letter from her to me. Just explaining her mishaps and mistakes taking responsibility. Telling me she loves me more than anything. Love you mom❤

I'm convinced Adele was listening to a lot of Marvin Gaye when she wrote this!! LOVE

Is it illegal to have this song on repeat like this? I feel this song from inside out. The melody of the harmonies are out of this world. Nothing but art made by a beautiful soul ❤️

Oh it breaks my heart to hear her cry. Feels so wrong. She should be happy, she deserves every joy in this world.

Adele often captures what we are all often thinking and what we sometimes see in ourselves. This song shows us it's ok to be vulnerable and scared of life sometimes. It's one of my favourites of hers. ❤️

That last deep breathe of stress and anxiety concluded this masterful raw and emotional song. it literally will make a grown man cry

I was weeping and weeping and weeping more and more just listening to it. I can't imagine the courage it must have taken for Adele to put herself out in this way. Adele, my dear woman, I don't know you personally but hearing you like that shattered my heart. You are truly courageous.

Song is literally on repeat , although my baby boy is in heaven..

It's been five months since this song was released, and I still cry as she cries at the end with that last breath. And yes, it was also my first time since I left my boyfriend that I felt lonely, and still feel like that. Definitely, the best song ever.

out of all the songs in this album THIS is my favorite, it’s very painful but her honesty and this tiny bits of audio commentary or confessionals is just adding so much depth into this album. it’s like she’s speaking to us about her struggles, those struggles that were just kept inside. and just to give credit to the concept of putting sprinkles of lo-fi music in some parts of her song made this album, ambience-like. KUDOS to Adele and her entire team, this album is another one for the books!!!

I don’t have children but let me tell you something THIS SONG IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. Had me crying. Thank you Adele for such an AMAZING ALBUM 🙏

This song comforts me as a mom on a NICU grad. Any other parents of NICU babies understand what I mean?

always helps me keep strong when I listen to it and reminds me why everything is worth sacrificing even it means sacrificing yourself for them at times. so pure so innocent

As someone whose parents are going through a divorce it hurts me a lot to see my mom be heartbroken and I hope that her and I can get through this together, and knows she can count on me too. This song really describes what my mom is going through and having to now be a single mom with all those emotions and still caring for me. I love my mom so much, thank you Adele for writing this

This song hit me so hard. Not only personally but emotionally and mentally. I was diagnosed with autism when I was twelve years old, as soon as my father found out that I was in-fact autistic he immediately wanted to put me into foster care. I never really had the father and son relationship that I thought I would with him. He used to go fishing a lot and even before I was diagnosed with autism he always seemed like he never really wanted me around, he made it seem like I was the mistake that he wish would have never happened. Unfortunately, he continues to not talk to me, not acknowledge that I'm around, his lack of "being a father" to me has hurt me so bad, that now it's at the point where I think maybe I would've been better off in a foster home. Even if I had someone that would have fostered me and made me feel like I belong, made me feel worthy of myself. Just to have that father figure in my life that my own father can't give to me, whether he's scared, mad, sad. I feel like he could care less about the fact that this is reality, this is life and no matter how much he tries to get rid of me, at the end of the day he is still my biological father. I doubt anyone will see this post but if you do, I thank you for taking the time to read this as I have been holding in how I truly feel for years now. I don't feel safe around my dad, I don't feel loved by my dad, I don't feel wanted by my own dad and it hurts, it really and truly does hurt. I just don't know what to do anymore other than hide my emotions from him and just carry on with my life whether or not he will be there for me in the future. I can't do this on my own much longer, I feel like I am stranded in the ocean and there's no way to get to the shore without getting trapped in another hurricane. It takes a lot for me to actually be able to sit here and type out how I really feel, but I am glad I did because I don't want others to have to go through what I've been through, and if you are going through the same or have been through the same type of situation as myself, then I congratulate you on how far you have come.

This song makes me appreciate my mother 100x more 😢 single parent, did it all on her own raising 3 children & I can only imagine how many moments she had like this where she felt like she didn’t know what she was doing & felt alone/lonely 🥺♥️

DAMN IT ADELE! YOU DID THIS SONG! SO PURE AND FULL OF EMOTIONS. AN ABSOLUTELY MASTERPIECE 💯

[Verse 1] My little love I see your eyes widen like an ocean When you look at me so full of my emotions I'm findin' it hard to be here sincerely I know you feel lost, it's my fault completely [Bridge: Adele & Angelo Adkins] _Tell me you love me_ _I love you a million percent_ [Verse 2] I don't recognise myself in the coldness of the daylight So I ain't surprised you can read through all of my lies I feel so bad to be here when I'm so guilty I'm so far gone and you're the only one who can save mе [Bridge: Angelo Adkins & Adele] _Oi, I feel like you don't love me_ _Why do you feel likе that?_ _Do you like me?_ _You know mummy doesn't like anyone else like I like you, right?_ [Chorus] I'm holdin' on (Barely) Mama's got a lot to learn (It's heavy) I'm holdin' on (Catch me) Mama's got a lot to learn (Teach me) [Bridge: Adele & Angelo Adkins] _Mummy's been having a lot of big feelings recently_ _Like how?_ _Just, like, hang on, my fingers are trapped_ _Like, um, I feel a bit confused_ _Why?_ _I don't know_ _And I feel like I don't really know what I'm doing_ _Oh, at all?_ _At all_ _And that would make me go..._ [Verse 3] My little love Tell me, do you feel the way my past aches? When you lay on me, can you hear the way my heart breaks? I wanted you to have everything I never had I'm so sorry if what I've done makes you feel sad [Bridge: Adele & Angelo Adkins] _I love your dad 'cause he gave you to me_ _You're half me and you're half daddy_ _Oh_ [Chorus] I'm holdin' on (Barely) Mama's got a lot to learn (It's heavy) I'm holdin' on (Catch me) Mama's got a lot to learn (Teach me) [Outro] *I'm having a bad day, I'm having a very anxious day* *I feel very paranoid, I feel very stressed* *Um, I have a hangover, which never helps, but* *I feel like today is the first day since I left him that I feel lonely* *And I never feel lonely, I love being on my own* *I always preferred being on my own than being with people* *And I feel like maybe I've been, like, overcompensating* *And being out and stuff like that to keep my mind off of him* *And I feel like today, I'm home and I wanna be at home* *I just wanna watch TV and curl up in a ball and* *Be in my sweats and stuff like that, but I just feel really lonely* *I feel a bit frightened that I might feel like this a lot*

"When you lay on me can you hear the way my heart breaks?" 🥺😭 thats when this song hits me hard!

So powerful. The way her voice affects our feelings she’s so talented

The best gift you can give to any child is unconditional love and pure sincerity.

As a young man dealing with depression, going through the worst heartbreak, and about to turn 20, this song really helped me feel like actually reaching out to my inner child that's felt trapped behind all the things that come with being an adult. Addiction, heartbreak, isolation. Lost the person that I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with. It feels like I completely abandoned the kid who loved people and life like I don't even recognize who I've become, but this song reminds me I'm still there somewhere in the chaos

Hearing this while i’m pregnant and alone is the best thing ever….. My poor choices are what got me here, but I still have a lot to learn from this is….. I love you and you aren’t a mistake!!!😭❤️‍🩹👣

This album is a fvcking masterpiece, wow

Came here just to cry ❤️

I've lost my mother to cancer a couple of weeks ago (I'm18) and this really made my whole body tremble. Sending lots of love to all of you reading this, never forget you will always be loved♡ Love you Mom~ Thanks for all the warm words in the comments, stay strong yall~

As a man with no mother and no father ! I just cry my eyes out as this song speaks to the huge void that I have in my life , I just recently split with my boyfriend and Adele has completely captured my Loneliness and my inner child in one song Thank you Adele for the feeling I’m not alone when I play this song

I have 3 children. They’re older now. This song speaks volumes.❤️Adele is timeless

I miss my mom so much 😔

Trying to raise my son while working through my own healing is the hardest thing I could have ever imagined. He’s two and we have a long road ahead. My own self-work is only just beginning. Thank you for sharing your heart for those of us who are also struggling, to know we aren’t alone in this deeply difficult, but incredibly heartfelt effort.

This song is reminder of how much a mother loves their chlid . This is so heart breaking that so many mothers are going through pain and struggles of their own mentalhealth and personal life but never neglect their children. This is truest relationship on earth between a mother and a child . Shoutout to all the mother's goin' through pain and struggles and heartache you will get better . You are not alone . This brought me into tears.

53 and still got a lot to learn! Thank you Adele for being just you! And expressing feelings a lot of people have. Holding on

been mom for 8 years and still trying to figure the shit out but im holding on !!!

How can a song be heart touching to the point that it speaks directly to the soul!!!! Keeping in mind that I ain't a father nor a mother, but this song is touching a part of me that's even deeper. Something beyond what the eyes can see and the ears can hear... Our Humanity. Thanks Adele for such a master piece.

Thank you Adele, for being this vulnerable with your art and most importantly, to your child. I'm sure he's very proud to have you here. He's a one lucky guy and you are a one great mom. As a child, when a parent would admit their wrongs, and being vulnerable with their emotions to their child with a communication this healthy.. that would mean the world. I mean, at least to me, but, I'm sure he would appreciate it. Adele, I'm truly thankful. You have once again done it.

This modernized, electrified, techno, audialspace sound is DEFINITELY a GREAT choice -- and she doesn't even sing!

This song gets me through my day. As a mother of 5. This definitely hit home. Adele I love you!! 🤍

This women has soul & a voice that reaches every corner of earth. God's gift to us

She’s not only just speaking to mothers, she’s speaking to children and I felt this because some parents never ever talk about what they’re going through, pain they’re feeling and the burden they’re carrying. Sometimes what they do is verbally, physically, and emotionally take it out on their children, then became emotionally unavailable and we have to live with that💔 but I understand and pray for healing for our broken parents. 🙏🏽