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'The Waiting Room' is a transitional track which was largely jammed on live, which connects Lilywhite Lilith and Anyway. A short instrumental on which Tony Banks commented “The best jam we had in the rehearsal room ended up being called “The Waiting Room”, which we called “The Evil Jam”..

This is part of a series of articles looking at the relationship between the story Peter Gabriel wrote for the inside of the gatefold cover of the album and the lyrics of the tracks. There is of course no lyrics on this track, but there is a little bit about this part of the story which is detailed below.

TRACK - The Waiting Room

He panics, feels around for a stone and hurls it at the brightest point. The sound of breaking glass echoes around the cave. As his vision is restored he catches sight of two golden globes about one foot in diameter hovering away down the tunnel. When they disappear a resounding crack sears across the roof, and it collapses all around him. Our hero is trapped once again.

"This is it" he thinks, failing to move any of the fallen rocks.

The video below is one of the best versions of the jam. This was recorded at the Empire Pool in Wembley, England on the 25th April 1975/

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