Лидер The National Мэтт Бернингер после рождения дочки написал одну из своих лучших песен - и, пожалуй, свою самую жуткую вещь:
With my kid on my shoulders I try
Not to hurt anybody out
But I don't have the drugs to sort
I don't have the drugs to sort it out
"So a song like 'Afraid Of Everyone', where I do mention my kid on my shoulders, is about realizing that you can't just turn off the world and pretend it's all fine to do whatever you want to do. You've got this responsibility that you have to try to change the world as it's the world that your kids are going to live in."
Так что отцовство - это не обязательно уклон в сторону милых и позитивных песен.