| Yes – Starship Trooper Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I've always taken a more literal view of this song--I think it refers to wars, and how unfair wars are to the soldiers who have to fight in them. The middle portion of the song (Disillusion) exemplifies this to me. The line, "loneliness is a pow'r that we possess to give or take away forever," speaks to me about life and death and how easy it is to cause some woman half a world away to become a widow when you have no other choice. The movement ends with, "As I see a new day in me, I can also show it you and you may follow," which I think is about how war changes the soldiers in a way they never knew possible, but all they can do is hope to pass on what they have learned to the guy next to them, and hopefully it will keep both of them alive. One of the greatest things about good music is that it can mean so many different things to the people who listen to it. This is one of those songs whose meaning is dependant upon the listener, and that's one reason I love Yes--regardless of the musicians' intentions, this song has a deep and emotional impact no matter what your interpretation. |
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| Yes – And You And I Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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While I'm fairly certain that the lyrics presented here are not completely correct, the chorus is all that is required to understand the basic concept of the song: "All Complete in the sight of seeds of life with you" I interpret this as finding new meaning in sex when you've fallen in love. Suddenly, it's not just sex, it means a lot more when you're doing it with the right person. "Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid" I think that the words, "terms of all expression" refer poetically to the words "I love you" So this line is about falling in love hard and fast. "Emotion revealed as the ocean maid" The ocean maid, I think, is a mermaid, so this line is relating myth to the emotion of love. It refers to the fact that love is unlike any other emotion you ever experience, to the point of it having mythical, mystical qualities. The song also has strong religious undertones--the "Sad preacher nailed upon the colored door of time" has always fascinated me--sometimes I think it's a reference to Jesus. Instead of being nailed on the cross, however, the colored door of time refers to the fact that the true meaning of Jesus's life has been lost. Then the speaker rediscovers God in the next stanza, as he looks inside himself and finds that love is all that is required to know God. The repitition of the line, "All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you," at the end of the verse may imply the idea of proliferating Love through your children. There's a lot more to this song, but I think that's the basic idea behind it. Yes rules. |
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