I too wish we could have recorded this again. It is probably my favorite tune of the ones which Todd & I wrote. Through time this song evolved to a better polished product than what is on the CD. But that is what happens to everyone with time and experience. So it is what it is. Don't get me wrong, it is still a good recording for its time. The song is about this person who is a lone witness to the assassination of the President of the United States. This witness has to choose between reporting to the authorities and forever living life in the witness protection program or not reporting to authorities forever looking over the shoulder. In this case, The Witness opts for the later and less responsible decision. Billy and Gary did a nice job holding the rhythm section down. Billy ripped through this one pretty decent once he overcame the butterflies. His bass is kind of in your face in certain segments on the recording which is something I kind of wanted to ensure due to him getting the shaft in previous recordings which I did not engineer. He had equal input and I remember wanting to do him justice. It may not have been perfect due to all of the ping-ponging but it was a damn sight better than what he had been dealt in the past. Billy also sang backing vox to this song live. Todd's guitar came off nicely and the harmony piece in the intro is always inspiring. It is something I look forward to with great anticipation when thinking of reviewing the song. I used to entice him to often insert these kinds of little runs as some of my favorite guitarists of the time like George Lynch and Matthias Jabs would often do. It always added depth to the songs in my opinion. This was probably the second tune which Todd and I wrote for the band. Todd had bits and pieces recorded on tape using his jam box and I singled out what would be the opening guitar riff to this song and asked him to build on it. I believe, on that cassette tape he actually played that opening riff just fooling around and then broke off into this arpeggio run. I think he was just warming up because it was in the very beginning of the tape. After we built the song structure, I felt there was something missing that I thought I had heard on his jam tape so listened to that cassette again. There it was that arpeggio run. The only thing I can't remember is if he applied it to the beginning harmony intro or the solo. It probably doesn't matter because the song turned into a work of art. I do however; wish I saved every recording which he would bring to me. Priceless.