In this song, Layne Staley addresses fair-weather friends who try to "wish away the lies." He wouldn't say who he had in mind, but in an interview with radio program Rockline in July 1999, Staley said the inspiration for the song was "religious hypocrisy."
The song was the first single from the 1999 box set Nothing Safe: Best of the Box. The single spent 19 weeks on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at #4 on the tally. The song was one of the last Layne Staley for Alice in Chains.
The video, directed by Paul Fedor, takes place in a lab where a strange scientist creates Borg-like versions of the band members. Fedor also did Marilyn Manson's video for "The Nobodies."
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