Vernon told UK newspaper The Sun, “All these places names have a story or an emblem for a feeling or notion.“ Vernon composed the instrumental as he was writing letters to his friend Ian Wallace serving three years in prison in Lisbon, Ohio. According to Q Magazine, his pal ended up in jail as a result of attempting to blow-up two university buildings for the Earth Liberation Front.

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