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| Yes – Yours Is No Disgrace Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is about how much he loves a woman. Time and reality have no bearing on her - she is above it all. The most powerful forces of man and nature draw him to her. She is an oasis in a dessert of the most terrible things in life. |
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| Yes – Turn of the Century Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Unlike a lot of Jon's earlier great works, this story is plain to see. The question is in what it infers. I'd suggest it is a critique of the Industrial Revolution and all of the modern comforts we create for ourselves that actually destroy all that is truly beautiful in our world. Maybe this is obvious, I don't know. I remember talking to my ex-wife (not a big Yes fan) about the lyrics to "Wondrous Stories", and asking her what she thought they meant. I was looking for something deep and meaningful, but her response was "He died". Lesson? Keep it simple, stupid (I hate KISS). |
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| Yes – South Side of the Sky Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I like that the same song can mean so many different things to each listener. I first heard this song on a local AOR AM station when it was new, and I became a Yes fan then. Being a space-obsessed pre-teenager then, I had a vision of explorers on a distant world - cutoff from the rest of their team. Their options were to freeze to death on the dark side of the planet or burn up on the lit side. Being delirius from the cold, being warm for a while before dying sounded like a good option. I imagined the "friend" was the leader, and the story teller just a lowly grunt. As the leader sucumbed to the cold as they waited out the snow storm, his voice is replaced by the story teller's own irrational thoughts. Isn't the 4th line of the last verse supposed to say "warmer" instead of "colder"? |
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