 Tom Smith has revealed that he was inspired to write the song after reading Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Road" and the song has soon become established as part of Editors' live shows and a fan favourite.The song was released as a single in 2010.The single version of the song was a live performance from the Belgian festival Rock Werchter and it managed to climb to number 1 in Belgium, making it Editors' second chart-topping hit in Belgium (the first being "Papillon").