My story for Magnet Magazine will say more about the late, great Big Star (and its lesser known co-author, the late and much-missed Chris Bell) than I could ever write here.
A solemn oath of faith. But also, a kind of prayer -- for forgiveness, of yourself, a permission slip to mess up and sincerely try to learn from that, grow and move on.
It can be hard to move on. You've gotta try. Again.
PS: played in open G tuning (D G D G B D) for you guitar nerds.