The song closed the televised broadcast of Alice in Chains' MTV Unplugged performance, and that version was released as a single in 1996.

[2] It was performed again 23 years later at Jerry Cantrell's solo concert at the Pico Union Project in Los Angeles on December 6, 2019.

[2] Similar to "Heaven Beside You", it features mostly vocal work from guitarist Jerry Cantrell, with lead vocalist Layne Staley only harmonizing in the chorus.

In the liner notes of 1999's Music Bank box set collection, Cantrell said of the lengthy song: "A lot of deep shit in there, a big epic number.

"[3] Bassist Mike Inez told RIP Magazine in February 1996 that it was either drummer Sean Kinney or guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell who had the idea to start the song off with "Taps", a bugle call during flag ceremonies and at military funerals by the United States Armed Forces.

[4] Many fans see this song—which begins with a traditional bugle quote of "Taps"—as an eerie foreshadowing of the band's ultimate demise because it is the closing track of their final studio album with Staley.

[7] On the CD version of the MTV Unplugged concert, as Staley says "Okay, that's it," at the end of the song, booing can be heard (presumably due to the performance concluding).