Song was written by Doyle Bramhall for SRV. I'm not sure it's as deep as people imagine. Once he gets clean, he does however look back with regret on the part of his life that he spent in an alcohol drug induced hazed. It's over and done. And now they just look ahead taking it a day at the time. Bramhall also struggled with addiction. It's basically a song of sadness from the past. In the end he will roll with life as it unfolds, and look back on with happiness and his sobriety.