I always interpreted it to be about addiction. Vowing to move on and behave but always being enslaved by it. And given the chance to go back knowing what you know now, would you take that same wayward path again? Having read other people's thoughts though, I agree it can relate to many other personal battles with past demons and regrets. I think this is my interpretation because addiction is my personal demon. Definitely my favourite song from the album by miles, so emotional the way it builds and then at the end returning to a simple acoustic guitar like the calm after the storm, a perfect metaphor for the song's meaning.
I always interpreted it to be about addiction. Vowing to move on and behave but always being enslaved by it. And given the chance to go back knowing what you know now, would you take that same wayward path again? Having read other people's thoughts though, I agree it can relate to many other personal battles with past demons and regrets. I think this is my interpretation because addiction is my personal demon. Definitely my favourite song from the album by miles, so emotional the way it builds and then at the end returning to a simple acoustic guitar like the calm after the storm, a perfect metaphor for the song's meaning.