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We Have Heaven Lyrics
Tell the moon don't tell the marcher
Tell the moon don't tell the marcher
Tell the moon don't tell the marcher
Tell the moon don't tell the marcher
He is here
He is here
He is here
He is here
Tell who don't tell the marcher
Tell who don't tell the marcher
Tell who don't tell the marcher
Tell who don't tell the marcher
We have heaven
We have heaven
We have heaven
We have heaven
Tell the moon don't tell the marcher
Tell the moon don't tell the marcher
Tell the moon don't tell the marcher
He is here
He is here
He is here
Tell who don't tell the marcher
Tell who don't tell the marcher
Tell who don't tell the marcher
We have heaven
We have heaven
We have heaven
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No matter what this song seems to be about, I think all-in-all it is meant to be impressionistic like a lot of Yes songs. Jon Anderson has a thing for what I like to call "meaningful nonsense". The music is yours to be interpreted in any way you want. I think music should make you think, and Yes does a helluva job at that.
In relation to the song after this one on the album, "South Side of the Sky" about an exploration group dying in Antartica, I would say this is about death. No matter waht you are, a person or a moon dog or a march hare, whatever those are, you will have death in your future, and therefore it is not that bad, just a universal thing that we all have.
Six interlaced voices:
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I hear "moondog/March hare" (I can't hear "Do look around") but I also hear the "YES" proclamation, starting halfway through the song - at first I wondered what the hissing sound could be - YES he is here, YES he is here...
I hear "moondog/March hare" (I can't hear "Do look around") but I also hear the "YES" proclamation, starting halfway through the song - at first I wondered what the hissing sound could be - YES he is here, YES he is here...
i think this is about the coming of spring time. the first full moon after the spring equinox perhaps? (moon-dog and March-hare).
"Yes he is here" could refer to the death of Christ because Christ's death is commemorated on the first full moon after the spring equniox.
@findsomepeace The only thing I can say is Christ, "My peace I Leave You,..", only that He was risen from the death, so we ourselves find peace in Him. I have always wondered if Yes were not Christians? ( They were supposedly following Krisna)
@findsomepeace The only thing I can say is Christ, "My peace I Leave You,..", only that He was risen from the death, so we ourselves find peace in Him. I have always wondered if Yes were not Christians? ( They were supposedly following Krisna)
i dont care what this song is about, i just know that it sounds really cool.
Since this album is about (sort of) the harmful effects of pollution, since this was when we really understood the harmful effects of pollution, I think that this song is about the perfect world-where no one polluted, and the choir would shout "WE HAVE HEAVEN!". That's what I think of.
Seems to me it is saying Heaven is here on Earth for us to find, whether through religion or whatever.
I think this song is saying to rejoice and tell all creatures of the earth that mankind has travelled into space (i.e. heaven) and has been to the moon.
No one else has mentioned the sound at the end like a gate closing, then an animal or person of some sort running by. That could mean a billion different things. I agree with EndeavorLdGtr. @KingJPW: I don't think that if you told a turtle or an ostrich that your species has been to the moon, it would care much.
And after the door slam you can hear footsteps of someone running away. Maybe it was the sound engineer who hated the song and had enough.
And after the door slam you can hear footsteps of someone running away. Maybe it was the sound engineer who hated the song and had enough.
Agree with @Mongothegreat in that this song needs to be taken in context; this song is not about death, per se.
After Roundabout (the epic journey a million miles away) will they ever make it home? They're hopeful, (paraphrasing) 24 hrs, you'll see my love, I'll be there with you.
We Have Heaven is a transition to South Side of the Sky, which IS about death.
Given the spring-time references and the exalted nature of the music, they think they've made it, or they think they're in heaven.
So, to @Modestmouse1115, the door slamming and the footsteps (not running by, but) running off into the distance, is the end of one journey, the start of another. And look where they land - The South Side of the Sky!
I think the rest of the album is about whether he's alive or not.
Note the reprise of this song at the end of the album, with the door opening back up.
Did they make it?