The first note of the song immediately draws listeners in, inviting them to listen to this beautiful poem set to music. What seems so intimate and personal, as though we are eavesdropping on this private conversation, is actually an invitation to participate. “Closer To Believing”, written by Peter Sinfield and Greg Lake, a track from Greg Lake 's side of the Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s, Works, Volume 1 album, is a tender ballad that is almost whispered. Greg Lake has said in interviews about his songs that when he is writing them, they are very personal and belong only to him, but once he records the song, it belongs to everybody, which is the reason he does not like discussing the meanings to his songs (in-text citation). Lake wants each listener…