Stories Behind the Songs: “To the Top”
“To the Top” was another song “written to order” in March 2005; the working title was “Band of Brothers”. I wanted to go for something that was big, unsubtle and not very original. Jack is still following other people’s scripts on how to live and what he’s supposed to want. I entertained the idea of eliminating the introductory section (“For years it’s been my dream…”), but John talked me into keeping it.