Album '4', interview with Slash and Miles Kennedy: 'That point where you wave the white flag'

SLASH: It’s the oldest piece of music on the record. We must have started playing that riff at some point during World on Fire – at least, I was playing it. The chord progression is really three chords that are transposed differently, but it allows for a certain kind of melody even though it's the same three chords repeating over and over again. I had that part forever and I wouldn't let it go, but I never really got past those three chords. Finally at some point during the last Conspirators tour we developed the verses, and then during the pandemic, sitting around at home, I started to put together a real arrangement. I made a demo, sent it to Myles, and we got the song done. 

KENNEDY: I really like that riff, and the melody in the verses is elevated by the harmony vocal. It's one of those songs where Todd's vocal comes in and takes it to another level. And the lyric is something that has been touched on in the past in a lot of our songs, the idea of, follow your heart, but be forewarned. If you want to get in – and this could apply to any artist, whether you're wanting to be an actor or a musician or a painter or whatever – and follow your bliss and take the road less traveled, or the path less followed, be prepared. It's a difficult, long journey that’s paved with heartbreak. But in the end, you’ll know you did what you needed to do, and that's a beautiful thing.