Even when I was a teenager, first listening to Yes, then becoming a huge fan, this song always seemed to me to be describing the "wonderous stories" of his children. No matter what epic voyage of the mind he encountered, what ultimate truth was about to be revealed to him, nothing compared to these wonderous stories. I looked it up and, with Jon's first wife, he had daughter Deborah Anderson (b. 1970), son Damion Anderson (b. 1972), and daughter Jade Anderson (b. 1980). Since Going For the One was released in 1978, it would put his daughter Deborah and son Damion at about ages 7 and 5 when he would have likely written the song. I know my daughter and son were both full of tales of their daily epic adventures when I got home from work. There was nothing I'd rather hear, after they ran to the door to greet me each day, than their wonderous stories. One dad's opinion anyway. Cheers.
Even when I was a teenager, first listening to Yes, then becoming a huge fan, this song always seemed to me to be describing the "wonderous stories" of his children. No matter what epic voyage of the mind he encountered, what ultimate truth was about to be revealed to him, nothing compared to these wonderous stories. I looked it up and, with Jon's first wife, he had daughter Deborah Anderson (b. 1970), son Damion Anderson (b. 1972), and daughter Jade Anderson (b. 1980). Since Going For the One was released in 1978, it would put his daughter Deborah and son Damion at about ages 7 and 5 when he would have likely written the song. I know my daughter and son were both full of tales of their daily epic adventures when I got home from work. There was nothing I'd rather hear, after they ran to the door to greet me each day, than their wonderous stories. One dad's opinion anyway. Cheers.