![]() ![]() Clapton, also playing a nylon string acoustic guitar but with a pick, is heard playing the lead line in the virtual center channel only during the intro (0:00-0:21) and after each verse/refrain (1:00-1:11 and 1:59-2:10). An article, included along with the transcription, definitively stated that Winwood fingerpicks both of the two nylon string acoustic guitars heard in the left and right channels throughout the entire song. Deepthought from Planet Earth 2.0In the late 1980s, a note-for-note transcription was published by one of the guitar magazines which included three separate guitar parts."And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home." Our time is being wasted here but I wanted what this band could be for so long, I can't go back, can't go home. "But I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time." I'm feeling I'll not be around for long and I need you to break lose before my time runs out. You have the key, stop using so we can make the music we dreamed of. Somebody holds the key." Steve's saying "we're great together and I've waited for you to break free and join me. ![]() ![]() "You are the reason I've been waiting so long. Steve needed Eric to come back down to Earth and stop using. Somebody must change." Who sits on a throne? Two entities, a ruler (king/queen) or god. "Come down off your throne and leave your body alone. In Islington, London in 1965, an unknown admirer (probably a promotions man for The Yardbirds) spray-painted on a wall "Clapton Is God." Google it. However, fans knew more about Clapton due mainly to the first rock&roll MEME - before that was a thing, and more over it went viral - before that was a thing. from TexasConcerning the song meaning - first you need to know it was written by one bandmate to another second a little context - At the time of this band, music aficionados considered Steve Winwood (vocals,keyboards&guitar in influential bands) equal to Eric Clapton. ![]()
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