<P> The song is inspired by the fact that Clapton never met his father , who died in 1985 . Describing how Clapton wishes he knew his father , `` My Father 's Eyes '' also refers to Clapton 's son Conor , who died at age four after falling from an apartment window . `` In it I tried to describe the parallel between looking in the eyes of my son , and the eyes of the father that I never met , through the chain of our blood '' , said Clapton in his autobiography . </P>
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inspired by the fact that Clapton never met his father