"The Day Begins"

I listened to Days of Future Passed on Tuesday.  I considered listening to the vinyl copy I have, so I dug it out on Tuesday morning, but I ended up listening to the 2008 CD re-issue so I could also listen to the bonus tracks.

But when I was looking at the record sleeve, I noticed something about "The Day Begins," if only tangentially.

For years, the only copy of Days of Future Passed I had was a CD re-issue, and judging by what information is available on discogs.com, it's from 1991.  The two poems at the beginning and end of the album are printed in the liner notes.  When I listened to it, I thought one line in "The Day Begins" was "Let insipid figures of light pass by," but since the booklet had "Let inspired figures of light pass by," I just assumed I heard it wrong.

"The Day Begins" from the CD booklet

When I lookt at the vinyl record sleeve on Tuesday morning, I was surprised to find that it reads, "Let insipid figures of light pass by."

"The Day Begins" from the record sleeve

(For what it's worth, the vinyl copy I have is a reprint from 1972.)

I feel justified now in hearing "Let insipid figures of light pass by," but I'm still in the dark as to how "insipid" was changed to "inspired" in the CD booklet.