<P> The song chronicles Lovato 's relationship with her estranged birth father , who she rarely saw after her parents divorced when she was two years old . In the song , she pleads with her father to `` put the bottle down '' and questions him : `` How could you push me out of your world , lie to your flesh and your blood , put your hands on the ones that you swore you loved ? '' Indicative in the lyrics `` It 's been five years since we 've spoken last / And you ca n't take back what we never had '' is distance that has added to the strained relationship with her father . An author from Sputnikmusic interpreted it as a song about her relationship with her alcoholic father who did n't seem to see her as a good enough reason to stop drinking and be there for her when she needed him . </P>
<P> The song chronicles Lovato 's relationship with her estranged birth father , who she rarely saw after her parents divorced when she was two years old . In the song , she pleads with her father to `` put the bottle down '' and questions him : `` How could you push me out of your world , lie to your flesh and your blood , put your hands on the ones that you swore you loved ? '' Indicative in the lyrics `` It 's been five years since we 've spoken last / And you ca n't take back what we never had '' is distance that has added to the strained relationship with her father . An author from Sputnikmusic interpreted it as a song about her relationship with her alcoholic father who did n't seem to see her as a good enough reason to stop drinking and be there for her when she needed him . </P>
what is the song for the love of a daughter about
what is the song for the love of a daughter about
Lovato 's relationship with her estranged birth father , who she rarely saw after her parents divorced when she was two years old
Lovato 's relationship with her estranged birth father , who she rarely saw after her parents divorced when she was two years old