G.S.: vocal, guitars, bass, drums. Lyrics and music written January 1980. Recorded 3/18/93.
This is the first complete song I ever "wrote"- it felt more like I channeled it. In early 1980, I didn't think I could write poems or song lyrics (despite one short poem written 4 years earlier). I wasn't really sure I could write songs. Then one day I woke up from a nap with this song in my head, with melody, lyrics, and solo concept fully intact. Greg Lake was singing it. I wrote down the lyrics and held the melody and arrangement in my head, memorizing it. Once the barrier had been crossed I found I had no more trouble writing music and lyrics.
This version is very close to what I'd heard in my head. The vocals should have been higher. I tried it in a higher key but then the rest of the music didn't sound right- perhaps Lake would have sounded higher in this key! The piercing high notes that end the solo were the only ones planned from the beginning, the rest is improvised.
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