Nostradamus (Stargazing)

We could not verify the writers. It runs 6:23 on the album, and the 1993 Nostradamus EP (Toff, 15:12) lists it twice, at 3:05 and 3:56, presumably edits, with "The Walls of Babylon" and "Am I Really Losing You?". A dmme.net review calls it a Camel-esque start into a soul-cum-prog chorus that grips and bites and heals, and says the Stargazing theme first appears in the Ghosts section. Progarchives reviews, quoted in a search summary we could not read, describe a Gilmour-like lead guitar intro with orchestral keyboards leading to an upbeat melodic anthem and the most optimistic piece on the album. We found no statement from the band on its subject. Setlist.fm shows 158 performances, second among their songs behind "Paintbox" (163), and at Peterborough on May 12, 2024 it was played between "The Last Man on Earth" and "Am I Really Losing You?" with fans joining the chorus. We found no covers, samples, chart entry or video.