Song Structure
Being nearly 9 minutes long, JAS is a song of a somewhat progressive nature. The song structure is as follows:
- Overture;
- Verse (x2);
- Outroduction.
The introduction to the song is appx. 2 minutes long, and can be considered to be an overture to the album. The introduction is sometimes seen (but was never officially released) as a separate song. The overture/introduction contains only one verse. The main part of the song has the second verse sung twice. The outroduction immediately follows the verses, and changes the mood of the song by inducing heavy wind instrumentation.
Some live versions (e.g. Paradiso '94) changed the structure of the song into this order:
- Verse #2 (x2);
- Outroduction;
- Overture
- (segue into next song).
Some other live versions had alternative lyrics .
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