Michael presented me with two proposals for a collaboration. I was interested in both, but only got to work on this one, which had lyrics ready to go at a time when I was getting a bit fed up with writing lyrics. The story invites the reader to fill its gaps with the reader's own imagination, and I did, settling on an interpretation before recording the song. I'm not telling you what it is though. That would foreclose on your own reading of the lyrics.

I did make some unrelated changes, mostly to make it easier to sing, but also to make the protagonist's memories more 'baseball and apple pie' in contrast to his actual feelings as he experienced these events. The words in the Lyrics section are as Michael wrote them. Michael also directed the arrangement through good feedback on my various versions, did the final tweak on the vocal balance.

@michael_010 says: "I got the idea to write a 'revenge-song'. First version of the lyrics consisted of verses and chorus. The epilogue was added later. It adds a surprising and mysterious end to the song that leaves you wondering. Reinder wrote and recorded the music and sang the vocals."