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Peter Cross is the songwriter, the lead singer and he also sings all the harmony tracks, plus he's the arranger and the producer.

Commentary:

This song is autobiographical to the max, and it was at least partially inspired by several different Rolling Stones songs (thus the intro line "Forgive me, Mick"). For me, the concept of being caught in a crossfire of good and evil (creativity and destruction) perfectly describes the mortal struggle inside a human being who is driven obsessively by the creative force while at the same time being frustrated in the successful expression of that force. Lots of people want to be creative, to be "great", but how many are willing to pay the price if there has to be one? Does there really have to be one? For a few lucky souls, it appears is if the answer is no. For me, it all fell under the category of "suffering for your art". I don't think words exist to adequately describe the incredible high that it's possible to hit when you're in the middle of writing a song that you know in your heart is great and it's just flowing out of you without all that much of an effort, and you're sort of compelled to go with it and put in as much work as it takes to get it right once and for all simply because it's irresistible. If it could get that intensely pleasurable for me, I can't imagine what it must have been like for Mick and Keith to write Satisfaction, Honky Tonk Woman, Gimme Shelter, and all their other historic hits.

Peter is the singer standing up at the mic on the left

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