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Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood both felt that they had reached an absolute level of perfection in Spiraling. They had somehow managed to capture the essence of floating through space and then falling into complete chaos, as the protagonist didn’t heed the warning of you better not wait too long… you better not take too long… (and thus found himself on the operating table amongst some very disturbing doctors indeed). Pete and Eric felt that the quality of what they had on tape is now what all songs that had previously written and recorded, needed to rise up to, in terms of their “new gold standard”. If it wasn’t broaching the integrity or quality of Spiraling, it needed to now be re-worked or scrapped completely. (The Awakening Chorus 4 is an example of a song, which was completely re-worked because it didn’t match the song writing quality of Spiraling). This version of Spiraling nearly went to mixdown, just as It sounds here. That was before it caught the ear of Steve Rothery. Rothery would put one of his most classic guitar solos, ever right in the middle of Spiraling. In order to do so, Pete Trewavas had to splice the song and add another minute of music in a completely different key for Rothers to solo over. The song Eric sent to the UK came back amazingly different from the way he had last heard it and as Eric Blackwood put it, “Our perfect little song came back somehow, so much more perfect than perfect…” While Eric Blackwood grew up listening to David Gilmour (which is rather obvious) Eric has always gone on record as stating that his favorite guitarist of all time is Steve Rothery and that Rothery takes what Gilmour had previously done to “a whole new level”. As you can see from what happened to Spiraling, Rothery had done that very thing yet again. Here is the song as it was supposed to go to mixdown before the song was extended with Rothery’s signature lead.

lyrics

sail along
going nowhere
after all
you were already there

adrift in space
through the milky way
to the promised land

floating past
the great expanse of your own head

celestial sea
tranquility
across the heavens
a journey from
what i've become
the emptiness

through the void
of celluloid
to the darkness
it won't be long
before i've gone
past the conscious

you better not wait too long...
you better not take too long...

you better not take too long...
you better not wait too long...

credits

from In The First Waking Moments​.​.​. (The Making of "In The Last Waking Moments​.​.​.​" Demos & Alternate Tracks), released November 11, 2012
Lead Vox: Eric Blackwood
Lead Acoustic Guitar: Pete Trewavas
Rhythm Guitar: Eric Blackwood
Bass; Pete Trewavas
Alien Tones: Eric Blackwood
Drum Programming: Pete Trewavas

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