Homeworld (The Ladder) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Patupi 

Cover art for Homeworld (The Ladder) lyrics by Yes

There possibly is a second meaning to this song, but this was the music used on the computer strategy game Homeworld and it does follow a lot of the main plot themes of the story. A tale of disaster and conflict and arriving home.

The race you play in the game explores space, breaks a covenant they didn't know existed, gets their planet destroyed, scours space for their ancester's homeworld, fights a vast, corrupt empire, meets other races in space and befriends (or defend against in some cases), then eventually they spawn a revolution on the corupt Empire's core, the player's ancester's homeworld, stolen thousands of years before.

The song deals more with the technical and emotional aspects, the reaching for the stars, the achievement and wonder of returning home, as well as realising your ancesters came from afar

@Patupi Yes, this song was made for the game “Homeworld” by Sierra Studios, Anderson accept to make it for the similarities in the story and something he believed was a sympathetic story for him at least. The song is the best song on the album, lyrically, musically and in the composition side, even for a commercial made song with the classical yes style. The lyrics are based on the “Homeworld” backstory, which is impressively rich and complex for a typical game standard, this and for being technically and artistically groundbreaking is what made this game a genre changing and...

@Patupi Yes, this song was made for the game “Homeworld” by Sierra Studios, Anderson accept to make it for the similarities in the story and something he believed was a sympathetic story for him at least. The song is the best song on the album, lyrically, musically and in the composition side, even for a commercial made song with the classical yes style. The lyrics are based on the “Homeworld” backstory, which is impressively rich and complex for a typical game standard, this and for being technically and artistically groundbreaking is what made this game a genre changing and...