I don't remember it and due to slooooowww internet dial up I can't listen right now. But I read the lyrics and saw the timeline. I liked Dust in the wind also especially the music to it. Livgren was definitely going through some changes. Look up on Youtube Rachel Rachel {group name} and Carry on. Someone very familiar appears throughout the video LOL.
I really don’t know the actual members well enough to recognize them. I do know that “Hold On” was written by one of the members to his wife during a time of spiritual transformation. He was telling is wife to hold on through the changes.
I did see part of the band perform in 1985 at a special event. They were already experiencing changes at that point. They were playing at a Major Christian Conference. They started playing “Dust in the wind” and hundred’s of conference goers starting singing with them flawlessly in unison. The lead singer suddenly stopped and started talking about how they used to write hopeless songs, but were now into writing spiritual songs.
Everyone in the Audience suddenly had one of those “guilty” moments.