"Fading Lights" is the twelfth and final song on the album ''

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'' by

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. The song was written by Tony Banks,

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, and

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, with lyrics by Tony Banks. At ten minutes and sixteen seconds, is the longest song on the album. The melody of the chorus' first line is reminiscent of that of their earlier track "Ripples" from ''

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'', and the song has a similar theme of relinquishing the past. The drum machine loop at the beginning of the song was sampled and used on the song "I Love You...I'll Kill You" by the musical project

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on their second album, ''

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'' (as they also sampled drums from the same Genesis album the song "Dreaming While You Sleep" for another song of the same album, " The Eyes of Truth"). The song was played live during the band's 1992 The Way We Walk tour and during the

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. The Way We Walk Tour Songs & Dates
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''.

Versions

During the band's 2007 reunion tour the song was played as they left the stage at the conclusion of their performance. This can be seen on the ''When In Rome'' concert DVD. A remixed version of the song was released on the ''We Can't Dance'' album featured in the SACD/DVD re-releases. The song was included in the band's The Last Domino? Tour as the opening section of a medley with The Cinema Show and Afterglow.

Personnel

* Tony Banks – keyboards *

– vocals, drums, drum machine *

– electric guitars, bass guitar,

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References

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