The day began at 12noon. We all sauntered in and got back to work on "She Won't Last". Stephen wanted to re-address the verses after Chris laid down his parts, have them sit together a little tighter. He totally changed the first verse and is doing this almost Phil Collins-like "In the Air Tonight" kind of lead-in to the chorus that is fucking awesome. Everybody was freaking out in the control room when he hit it. This song has turned a serious corner in the last day. It's way more likely to be excited about a new songs, as they are so fresh in your mind, so "She Won't Last" was feeling like an "old" song until now. After the drums and bass have been put down, it seems really exciting again. Now I feel really impatient to lay all the other tracks down and see how it will sound finished.

We also re-tracked the "Ashes" drums and bass. Giving the song a whole new try a bit faster. It's a big job, completely re-doing the song, but everyone is into it. Dave brought up the idea of completely re-tracking "Go On" which I am not into (because I love the almost finished version we have), but if everybody backs it, then we do it.

We also worked on recording the live end jam to "She Won't Last" . It probably won't be on the record, but we wanted to track it anyway. Sounds insane.

Chris brought in a crazy Brazilian musical instrument called a Brimbau and experimented with some sounds for the beginning of "Ashes". I can't even begin to describe what this instrument looks or sounds like, but I must give it to Chaney for not only being able to play it, but also just for being able to pronounce it's name. You go!