Lyric discussion by nescient 

Cover art for Close to the Edge lyrics by Yes

Yes have long been criticised (often by Yes fans) as being overblown, pretentious, even silly. Well, if pretentious, silly people can create something like CTTE, then bring them on.

CTTE is one of the most powerful, haunting, mesmerising things I have ever come across.

(In case you're wondering, I call it a 'thing' because I compare it not only to other music, but to other things of wonder, musical or not).