"Alone and Forsaken" is a country song written and demoed (though never officially released at the time) by American musician Hank Williams.
Williams' recording of the song was taken from one of his performances on the Shreveport radio station KWKH between August 1948 and May 1949.
It explores themes of loneliness and desolation, which he had written about on previous ballads like "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"; unlike this song, "Alone and Forsaken" is set in A minor and features a sparse quality that gives it a darker feel.
The darkening imagery gives way to a desperate plea during the chorus: During a cutscene in the 2013 video game The Last of Us, the song is on a cassette tape given to Joel by Ellie while the two are driving.
[4] It was later used in the first full trailer and in the fourth episode for the television adaptation of The Last of Us in September 2022.