Father And Son
Running time	3:24
Appears on	Inferno (2026)
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"Father And Son" is the fifth track on Boards of Canada's fifth studio album, Inferno.

Comments

• The vocal samples were likely processed by reversing the source audio, applying AI voice enhancement, and reversing it back, creating an effect which makes it sound both forwards and backwards at the same time. This is likely also the reason for the other voice samples, which sound like incoherent babbling, which is common of enhancement models when applied to things like sound effects or music instead of voices.

Samples / Lyrics

• From 0:34 onwards, chopped and manipulated vocals from an interaction between a "Teens for Christ" ("The Children of God", later "The Family") cult member and his concerned father sampled from the 1971 BBC documentary "Man Alive: The Jesus Trip".

I love you, but I love the Lord
More than I love any physical being
I think that's wonderful
But then why can't you bring that same feeling home?
I really wish that I could do that
(No one ever knew that that was atypical)
(Ooh, sweetie)
What makes you think you can't do it?
Well, He said, "A man's foes will be they of his own household"
Well, I hardly believe that your own father or mother or brother or sister would be your enemy

You're gonna call Him a liar?
No, I'm not calling Him a liar
Well, I can do all things through the Lord
Think you can't do it
You saw the way we lived and what we did, do you believe?
I really don't think so
(Uh, let's see, I've lost track)

More than I love any physical being
I think that's wonderful
Well, He said—
I love you, but I love the Lord
More than I love any physical being
I think that's wonderful
Well, He said—
More than I love any physical being
I think that's wonderful
Well, He said—