The Waterfall (album) the band as a whole. "Thin Line" is the oldest song on the album, dating to "five or six" years prior to its inclusion. James had ceased working on the song when he could not complete it, but it was revived when Blankenship found an additional riff on his computer for the song. "Big Decisions" is about people refraining to change things in their lives that make them unhappy. The album artwork for "The Waterfall" depicts Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park. James had been collecting photographs of waterfalls, but they were all in black and white. He partnered with
Fulufjället National Park where the traces of a great flood are still visible. The park is the southernmost of Sweden's mountain parks, and so closest of these parks to the majority of the country's population. It welcomed 53000 visitors in 2003 (of which 80% arrived in the summer), which is an increase of about 40% compared to 2001, before the creation of the national park. About a third of these visitors are from outside Sweden, mainly from Germany. The main motivation of these visits is waterfall at Njupeskär, the tallest waterfall in Sweden at , of which are free fall. The damage from