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Composed at a time when all three producers had experienced the loss of a loved one within a year and a half of each other, Billy, Danny, and Maynard struggled to make the song a monument to each of their respective losses, which lead to conflict during production. The lyrics were inspired by a meeting attended by Keenan in which a speaker discussed the tendency of others in recovery to be unfairly self-righteous. “He mentioned something about not letting your halo choke you to death when it slips down around your neck.