The regret is bigger because you know you didn't suffer the ending, and you helped make it. That painful awareness underpins R.P. Mixon's new track, "Sad," a guitar-driven song about losing someone who matters and finally feeling the weight of your burden.

Mixon takes responsibility for the mistakes that led to the breakup, and he doesn't blame everyone else. It has an emotional core that shows the cruel space between when and knowing. Sometimes you don't get the opportunity to use that clarity to change the result, and you only know after the relationship is over.

Mixon weaves that feeling of realization into the song's spine, so the loss is about choices, not circumstances. "Sad" is a touching perspective on the fact that you can't change the past. The song also admits that heartbreak is often a personal responsibility, and taking responsibility for your part in a broken relationship can be one of the hardest forms of self-examination.

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