In the north of Sweden lives a songwriter named Anton. His home is small, but it’s a little crowded with what matters most: his daughter and their dog are right there beside him. Almost everything he writes is, in one way or another, about his daughter: for her, about her, or drawn from stories that happened to him. His new song, “My Story, My Strength,” is no exception. It’s a warm, sincere piece that sits where Swedish mainstream, country, and holiday music meet.
His daughter is only 12, and the meaning of most of these songs still slips past her. But Anton writes with the years ahead in mind. He hopes that one day she will grow up, and by then he won’t be around anymore. She’ll put on his songs and find in them what he never got to say out loud: advice, support, plain fatherly words. As if Dad were speaking to her from another time.
