: Lynne added the famous high-speed vocal section in the middle because he felt the song needed something "daft" or "simple" to prevent it from getting boring.
: The lyrics use "turning to stone" as a metaphor for the numbness and paralysis felt after a devastating heartbreak. The narrator describes a "blue world" where he sits in a state of stasis, waiting for a lost love to return and bring life back to his surroundings. Musical Innovation : turn_to_stone_2009_remaster
It broke Lynne's severe writer's block and saved the album's production schedule. : Lynne added the famous high-speed vocal section