In 2004, Clapton stopped performing "Tears in Heaven" live for many years, stating that he "no longer felt the loss" in the same way and didn't want to force the performance of such a painful memory.
On , Clapton’s four-year-old son, Conor , tragically fell from a 53rd-floor window of a New York City apartment. Devastated, Clapton withdrew from the public eye and turned to music as a form of therapy to process his loss. Tears in Heaven
Clapton initially wrote the song for the soundtrack of the film Rush , but it gained its greatest fame through his MTV Unplugged performance in 1992. In 2004, Clapton stopped performing "Tears in Heaven"
Some listeners find solace in the song's parallels to Revelation 21:4 , which speaks of a place where God will "wipe away every tear" and there will be "no more death or sorrow". Clapton initially wrote the song for the soundtrack