I felt for Tom on this one. I pretty much gave him the reigns. He not only wrote the lyrics, he also had vocal melody input/direction. We used this method many years ago upon my first project with Tom in the cold basement of my cabin for pre-production rehearsal. Remember Tom? We usually agree to disagree on melody until we refine through compromise or what have you. There's that pesky little interpretation thing again. But Untubed was Tom's experience. My only regret is that I didn't visit him during this period. I don't like hospitals but that's another chapter in the history of our musical journey. The one thing which I did want to contribute to the song besides my voice was to get it right for him. To make the audience feel what he felt. It actually used to send shivers up my spine to perform the song. This was an interesting song to pull off live since my vision of the vocal intro required a long flange effect to capture the feel of helplessness leading up to a burst of over flowing emotion. The flange was so long that it literally would cause feedback in the P.A. System and was difficult to maintain. Anyhow, I like everything about this song.