| Yes – Going for the One Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song is very special to me. The thing about Yes is they try very hard to inspire the correct emotions through music. Their verses are only an element to what the song is about, but theoretically, taking the words away and the song should still inspire the appropriate emotions. In the case of, Going for the One, I always felt that the song is about the beauty of pursuit. The first verse is basically Jon's description of some kind of cosmic high stakes race, and the emotions experienced behind the wheel competing in this race. He takes the racer away from the race objectively and explains in an omnipresent way that what you see as a goal and a win, is merely just a drop in the bucket compared to the grand scheme of things - in fact there are racers out there; perhaps different dimensions that would play RINGS around you. Then Jon likes to just throw out some "phrases" that inspire emotions or thoughts one would have while in the climax of a pursuit. However, as we all know; pursuits take very many shapes and forms. The final verse takes us back to Jon's room, he's writing this song and he's pursuing the ending. He very much wants to wrap this song up in a perfect way, a great punch line. Taking a step back, a look out the window for inspiration, he realizes that slowing down and taking a moment to let his mind wander, and wander on to someone special in this case, he finds his goal and his punchline. Ever so eager to finish, to succeed, sometimes we need to stop and realize that we place the finish line further or closer to ourselves - if we let nature take its course we may find ourselves gracefully achieving our goals instead of forcing nature to act faster. |
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