If you had to pick one track that best captures the album's central tension between waiting and living, which would it be?

Probably Summer's Coming Around Again. I think that it actually touches on both sides of that coin - waiting and living. Waiting for things to change. Reliving the same old. I also think that this is musically my favorite track. I love the chord progression and finger picking.

I wouldn't put a single track for the tension set but the end of the first half and the start of the second living and enjoying the time before summer while anticipating total annihilation.