I can’t help but laugh now listening back to this, especially when I sing bass guitar lines or guitar solos, but that’s how my writing process works! I use my voice to sing out loud what I foresee (forehear? lol) all the instruments playing.

Interesting enough, this song started with Part 3 which actually was originally supposed to be a tag-on rock-out section at the end of the song “Wildfire, Our Love” and was recorded back in 2017 with that song for our “Visionaries” album.

Next came part 1 which was originally supposed to be a full song on its own with an additional second verse, bridge, and 3 choruses total (like a normal song), BUT I fought the urge to repeat sections and decided to make it its own movement which led right into part 2 which I wrote last.

At the end of writing part 2 though I wasn’t sure where to take it for part 3, but then I realized I already had part 3 recorded from that tag-on ending from Wildfire, Our Love from several years prior. That rock-out section didn’t feel quite like it fit on the Visionaries album just due to how rock-driven it was, and that album was more synth rock than driving alt rock. BUT I realized how perfectly fit with the driving rock vibes on the “Beautiful, Terrible” album so it was a no-brainer to include it as the finale and part 3 of the trilogy (and final track on the new album).

ANYWAY, there you have it! After sketching everything out on acoustic, I brought Sam into the studio to record drums for part 1 and 2 (part 3 was already recorded), and then came the guitar parts and vocals. My favorite part of the whole trilogy though is the beautifully haunting vocal section that Sarah sings with the piano softly playing behind her.