This song had huge potential to be one of the band's absolute classic songs, but is held back from being one by a couple of niggling frustrating flaws. Dave's intro solo, the ballad verses, and the chorus are just amazing, but the song as a whole, doesn't flow as well as it should. The heavier part that kicks in at 1:55 is too plain, and lacking the dynamic spike required to keep up the high quality of the sections which preceded it. The 2nd issue I have with the song, is it's really crying out for a stunning, and melodically emotive solo later in the song. When I heard Janick coming in after the final chorus, I was hoping that was going to be it, but instead, it was anti-climactic, due to a dull rhythm part which is also reminiscent of the one used to back H's solo in the song. Davey's awesome intro solo is unfortunately not matched by any of the other solos, which harms the dynamics of the song.
This song could have been worked on to make it a true classic, and elements of it are wonderful, but the lack of dynamic flow throughout the whole song brings it down a notch from where it could have ended up. It's far from being a bad song, and is in fact very good, but it could easily have been something special, and the fact it falls just short of being that is a source of frustration for me.