The only thing I’d like to contribute is by saying this music has one of the most beautiful guitar solo ever made.
[Verse 1]
The last word
Is the lost word
Why don't you say so?
Say so
[Pre-Chorus]
I sleep light on these shores tonight
I live light on these shores
[Chorus]
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
[Verse 2]
Now, you give me no trouble
And you give me no help
It is the clown
That works so well
[Pre-Chorus]
I sleep light on these shores tonight
I live light on these shores
[Chorus]
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
[Verse 3]
Our lips are sealed
Our breath is burning
These cold, wild seas
Have left us turning
[Pre-Chorus]
But I sleep light on these shores tonight
I live light on these shores
[Chorus]
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation, don't go to my head
Elevation was written by Tom Verlaine.
Elevation was produced by Andy Johns & Tom Verlaine.
Television released Elevation on Tue Feb 08 1977.
In a 2012 interview, Richard Lloyd said:
… that guitar solo is me playing twice, double tracked verbatim, except for at the very end: you can hear it separate slightly in the last bar as I go off. We wanted to rent a rotating speaker to get the sound for that track, but the rental people wanted way...