Mark Langan explore the weight of trying to save someone with latest release “Scars of a Friend”

Mark Lanegan's "Scars of a Friend" is a moving song about seeing a loved one lose a parent and trying to hold them together through it. Mark Langan sings from the complicated position of offering support, while also wrestling with his own mental health issues and the pull of codependency. The repetition of the song is particularly effective, mirroring the desperation to help in a situation with no easy answers. "Scars of a Friend " is vulnerable because it admits that loving deeply can leave its own scars.