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Tried to video record the audio recording of this piece. Sorry for the crappy video quality, I'm still fairly new to video editing. :) Shoutouts to Mathilde who recorded the guitar for me!!! http://mathildesound.de/

Written in 2017, this wasn't intended to be part of Campfire Story at first because of its short length, simple structure and sparse instrumentation. I just needed to get a deep feeling of regrets into music, but I later realized that this fits very well into the storyline of Campfire Story. This was when I put the four note theme into the melody and realized it fit quite well.
As I was feeling very regretful in the past few weeks, I revisited this piece and decided to record it. The imperfections in playing, recording and other things can be considered features and not issues in this piece as it is about embracing that you are not perfect. :)

The piece is about the things you regret in life, which you just can't get rid of. Maybe you cannot apologize to the person anymore for various reasons. Maybe it's your fault even. However, often it is that you have to forgive yourself about the things you've done and embrace how life is going on and try to be your best possible person, learning from what you've done.

In Campfire Story, this is after the protagonist has realized that he has made himself responsible for the death of his sister and needs to find redemption from himself to rediscover his will to live during his near death experience. It is a fitting contrast to the rather wild and complex music before and after, justifying it to stay as a part of this concept album!