Songfacts®:

• A rocker from the ninth Everclear album, this song is about a guy who has ended a difficult relationship and can see it from the other side of the fence:
  
  I know deep down you really want to punish me for the way I used to be
  I don't blame you for being angry, I treated you bad
  You wasted time trying too hard, fell for the man who broke his own heart
  
  Alexakis wrote the song in 2004 when he was dealing with a divorce from his second wife, Stephanie Greig. "I felt like making reparations, but reparations on my terms," he told us. "I was just exploring that a little bit from a personal point of view, but it's not autobiographical - there's a lot of things I've taken from other relationships I've seen."
• Everclear tried to record this song for their 2006 album Welcome to the Drama Club, which used more acoustic instruments than the band's previous albums. They couldn't get a suitable recording, but it went over well when they played it live - fans dubbed it the "Almost Instant Karma" song.
  
  When it came time to record the Black Is The New Black album, Art Alexakis revived the song, putting it to a rock arrangement that suited the track. By this time, Everclear was a five-piece band, with Davey French on guitar, Freddy Herrera on bass, Josh Crawley on keyboards and Sean Winchester on drums.