The Sinner is a song about realising and accepting our own flaws — dealing with the chaos and turmoil in our own heads, and taking responsibility for our actions.

Like a lot of my songs, it was written in a really reflective place, looking back at a time in my life when I was more impulsive, a bit reckless, making a lot of bad decisions and not always feeling fully in control of myself.”

I think as we get older and wiser — we start to analyse those moments differently.  We try to understand why we did the things we did, rather than just judging ourselves for them. 
For me, the song is about learning from those actions and using them to improve ourselves — but also accepting that we’re never going to be perfect. 
It’s not a song about self-pity. It’s more about gaining understanding, owning your faults, and facing the parts of yourself that you’d probably rather hide.

I think there’s a lot of peace in that.

Stu Wright

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