Sunshine is creeping in
And somewhere in a field a life begins
An egg too proud to rape
The beginning of a shape of things to come
That starts the run
Life has begun
Fly fast the gun
The mother flew too late
And life within the egg was left to fate
Not really knowing how
The world outside would take it when it came
And life's the same
For things we aim
Are we to blame?
Don't doubt the fact there's life within you
Yesterday's endings will tomorrow life give you
All that dies
Dies for a reason
To put its strength into the seasons
Survival,
Survival
They take away and they give
The living's right to live (its all that we need to show)
The living's right to know
The egg breaks all is out
The crawling bird begins to scream and shout
Where is the parent bird?
A loneliness arose and heard its name, ring in
For lives, begin
Survival win
Survival sin
So soon the evening comes
And with it runs the aching fear of hate
Could someone still remain
Who thinks he still could gain by escaping fate?
It's much too late
Don't underrate
Appreciate
Don't doubt the fact there's life within you
Yesterday's endings will tomorrow life give you
All that dies
Dies for a reason
To put its strength into the seasons
Survival,
Survival
They take away and they give
The living's right to live (its all that we need to give)
The living's right to know
Survival,
Survival
They take away and they give
The living's right to live (its all that we need to give)
The living's right to know (its all that we have to show)
And we're all going (And we're all going)
And we're all going (And we're all going)
And we're all going somewhere
And somewhere in a field a life begins
An egg too proud to rape
The beginning of a shape of things to come
That starts the run
Life has begun
Fly fast the gun
And life within the egg was left to fate
Not really knowing how
The world outside would take it when it came
And life's the same
For things we aim
Are we to blame?
Yesterday's endings will tomorrow life give you
All that dies
Dies for a reason
To put its strength into the seasons
Survival
They take away and they give
The living's right to live (its all that we need to show)
The living's right to know
The crawling bird begins to scream and shout
Where is the parent bird?
A loneliness arose and heard its name, ring in
For lives, begin
Survival win
Survival sin
And with it runs the aching fear of hate
Could someone still remain
Who thinks he still could gain by escaping fate?
It's much too late
Don't underrate
Appreciate
Yesterday's endings will tomorrow life give you
All that dies
Dies for a reason
To put its strength into the seasons
Survival,
Survival
They take away and they give
The living's right to live (its all that we need to give)
The living's right to know
Survival
They take away and they give
The living's right to live (its all that we need to give)
And we're all going (And we're all going)
And we're all going (And we're all going)
And we're all going somewhere
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this song kind of gives you hope that even when you die you are still worth something and you will go on. it inspires me and makes me feel happy. (poor baby birdie :P)
This is a great Yes song! It's impossible to still be sad after listening to this song
This is a great Yes song! It's impossible to still be sad after listening to this song
wonderful pro-life song. If a bird's fertized egg contains a life, certainly a human's fertilized egg is life also! (sorry libs, I know you want to maintain the right to crush this egg, so go ahead and crush it and then edit the song properly please). 'A person's a person, no matter how small'...
The mother flew too late And life within the egg was left to fate scientists Not really knowing how The world outside would take it when it came And life's the same
Oh my God, who is this commenter... yeah, I'm sure Jon Anderson really wrote a song about those who are pro-life until birth .
Oh my God, who is this commenter... yeah, I'm sure Jon Anderson really wrote a song about those who are pro-life until birth .
@groovyman7 This song doesn't sound like its about abortion at all... It sounds more like its about how people feel abandoned in life, but they are really worth something. Don't give up on your life and where you're going. Even though good things come to an end, there are always new beginnings. Actually, it could almost be interpreted as a song for someone who has had a miscarriage as well.
@groovyman7 This song doesn't sound like its about abortion at all... It sounds more like its about how people feel abandoned in life, but they are really worth something. Don't give up on your life and where you're going. Even though good things come to an end, there are always new beginnings. Actually, it could almost be interpreted as a song for someone who has had a miscarriage as well.
@groovyman7 Actually, I\'m a pro life lib, we do exist :D I too have interpreted this song as a pro life song; in fact I did even when I was a teen and still associated with "pro-choice" movements. It wasn\'t until I became pregnant out of wedlock at 18 with a man who denied paternity and skipped town that I listened to the song again, wept and decided resolutely that this little bird was going to make it.
@groovyman7 Actually, I\'m a pro life lib, we do exist :D I too have interpreted this song as a pro life song; in fact I did even when I was a teen and still associated with "pro-choice" movements. It wasn\'t until I became pregnant out of wedlock at 18 with a man who denied paternity and skipped town that I listened to the song again, wept and decided resolutely that this little bird was going to make it.