From ... And Then There Were Three...
Lay your body down upon the midnight snow
Feel
From ... And Then There Were Three...
Lay your body down upon the midnight snow
Feel the cold of winter in your hair
Here in a world of your own
In a casing that's grown
To the children's delight
That arrived on the night
Here they come to play their magic games
Carving names upon your frozen hand
Here in a world of your own
Like a sleeper whose eyes
Sees the pain with surprise
As it smothers your cries
They'll never, never know
Hey there's a Snowman
Hey, hey what a Snowman
Pray for the Snowman
Ooh, ooh what a Snowman
They say a snow year's a good year
Filled with the love of all who lie so deep
Smiling faces tear your body to the ground
Covered red that only we can see
Here in a ball that they made
From the snow on the ground
See it rolling away
With wild eyes to the sky
They'll never, never know
Hey there's a Snowman
Hey what a Snowman
Pray for the Snowman
Ooh, ooh what a Snowman
They say a snow year's a good year
Filled with the love of all who lie so deep
Hey there goes the Snowman
Hey there what a Snowman
Hey there lies a Snowman
Hey there was a Snowman
They say a snow year's a good year
Filled with the love of all who lie so deep
Hey there goes the Snowman ...
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From ... And Then There Were Three...
"Deep in the Motherlode" is a song performed and
From ... And Then There Were Three...
"Deep in the Motherlode" is a song performed and recorded by Genesis, with lyrics and music by Mike Rutherford. It was released as the sixth track on the group's 1978 album ...And Then There Were Three....
The song tells a fictional story of a man's travels during the Nevada gold rush, and his family's urging for him to get as much gold as he can. The song is notable for its unusual time signature during the chorus section, and a powerful guitar performance by Mike Rutherford.
Lyrics:
Get out of the way fat man.
You got something to do
Go fill up your hands
till they're shining up at you.
You gotta get out while there's gold in the air
It's falling like water, coming down from the hills.
Go West young man
Earn a dollar a day
just like your family said.
You're rolling your days right on into the night
The head of the line's going way out of sight.
Go West young man like your family said
All along the wagons
All along the dusty trail.
Seventeen years
not over a day
Like children in the wild.
Your mother's milk still wet on your face
And no one to pray for
your safe journey home.
Out beyond the desert
Across the mountains by the fall.
Servants who leave their masters house
Are walking all the way.
The golden fields that beckoned you
Are darkened by the years.
Go West Young Man
If you knew then what you know today
You'd be back where you started
a happier man
And leave all the glory to those who have remained.
So Go West Young Man
Go West Young Man, like your family said.
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This is from their classic Close to the Edge CD. The following analysis of the song is fro
This is from their classic Close to the Edge CD. The following analysis of the song is from Wikipedia.
I. Cord of Life
The song opens with Steve Howe tuning his guitar, and his voice can be heard at the beginning of the track, then playing mostly natural harmonics, played around what will become the central melody, using a 12-string Acoustic guitar which quickly forms into a simple but beautiful chord progression over distant organ chords. Then, the Moog comes, sounding like a child's instrument, for a simple solo, which presents us the main theme of the next part, but in a completely different arrangement. After that, the vocals begin at about 1:40. The line "All Complete in the sight of seeds of life with you" is spoken, which is repeated throughout the song. At about 2:50, there's an utter change. Anderson sings a sharper melody, accompanied by a second vocal track by Anderson harmonizing with himself, plus Chris Squire and Steve Howe providing a counter-melody and alternate lyrics, with their voices fed through a Leslie Speaker.
II. Eclipse
"Eclipse" is the slowest part of the song based on a measured and deliberate melody reminiscent of Sibelius. It is led by Rick Wakeman's epic Mellotron and Minimoog synthesizer. The lyrics are all from the first stanza of "The Cord of Life", but are sung in a different melody, which is also epic and slightly sad. Finally ending with the 12-string acoustic guitar leading into "The Preacher, The Teacher".
III. The Preacher The Teacher
The melody and lyrical structure is very similar (for the most part) to that of "The Cord of Life", with some variations. The exception is that "The Preacher, The Teacher" has a fast synthesizer solo by Rick Wakeman at one point during the song. The last stanza again consists of lines from "The Cord of Life", now sung in a different order and a completely different mood. The section ends with a cadenza-like orchestral statement, on Mellotron and Moog, reminiscent of neo-Wagnerian compositions from Strauss or Bruckner.
IV. Apocalypse
"Apocalypse" is the shortest piece of the song, only about 40 seconds long, it consists only of four lines:
And you and I climb, crossing the shapes of the morning.
And you and I reach over the sun for the river.
And you and I climb, clearer, towards the movement.
And you and I called over valleys of endless seas.
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From their Fragile CD. The original version.
Wikipedia says the following about this so
From their Fragile CD. The original version.
Wikipedia says the following about this song:
"South Side of the Sky" is a song by progressive rock band Yes from their album Fragile. It is one of the relatively few group performances on the album.
It opens with the sound of a howling wind. It then bursts into a heavy, riff-dominated rock song. At around 2:08, Rick Wakeman's piano comes in along with another few seconds of wind. the piano is gentler than the rest of the song, and even somewhat classical, but with a similar melody to it. At around 3:19, Chris Squire and Jon Anderson start singing wordless vocal harmonies along with the piano. This continues until about 5:42, when the earlier heavy riff part returns, with the wind in the background. The song fades out in the end to the same howling wind that occurred throughout.
In the liner notes of the remastered edition of Fragile, it is said that this song is about a tragic polar expedition that ends in death, as evidenced by lyrics such as "A river, a mountain to be crossed/ the sunshine, in mountains sometimes lost/ around the south side, so cold that we cried" and "The moments, seem lost in all the noise/ a snow storm, a stimulating voice". In the introduction to this song in Yes' 2003 concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Jon Anderson said, "This is a song about climbing mountains... It's dangerous, but we all must climb mountains every day."
"South Side of the Sky" was covered by the band Spock's Beard. The song is heard on the special edition third disc of their album Snow.
A cover of this song, with vocal contributions by Jon Anderson, appears as the first track on Glass Hammer's 2007 album Culture of Ascent, a concept album about mountain climbing in the Himalayas.
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Lyrics:
A river a mountain to be crossed
The sunshine in mountains sometimes lost
Around the south side so cold that we cried
Were we ever colder on that day a million
Miles away
It seemed from all eternity
Move forward was my friend's only cry
In deeper to somewhere we could lie
And rest forthe the day with cold in the way
Were we ever colder on that day a million
Miles away
It seemed from all eternity
The moments seemed lost in all the noise
A snow storm a stimulating voice
Of warmth of the sky of warmth when you die
Were we ever warmer on that day a million
Miles away
We seemed from all eternity
The sunshine in mountains sometimes lost
The river can disregard the cost
And melt in the sky warmth when you die
Were we ever warmer on that day a million miles away
We seemed from all of eternity
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This is from the Change We Must CD.
"State of Independence" is a song written by Vangel
This is from the Change We Must CD.
"State of Independence" is a song written by Vangelis and Jon Anderson for their collaborative 1981 album The Friends of Mr. Cairo, and made popular by Donna Summer when it was included on her 1982 self-titled album, and featured an All Star Choir of some of the biggest names in American rock, pop and soul of the early 1980's. In 1992 it was covered as well in a hit by Moodswings which featured The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde on vocals.
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Lyrics:
State of life, may I live, may I love
Coming out of the sky I name me a name
Coming up silver word for what it is
It is the very nature of the sound of the game
Siamese, Indonese to Tibet
Treat the life as a game if you please
Coming up Caribbean sense of freedom
Derives from a mediative state
Moving on, believe that's it
Call it magic Third World
It is, I only guessed it
Shah blam ee dee
Shah blam ee dah
Shot to the soul
The flame of Aura'ladin
The essence of the word
The state of independence
Sound like a signal from you
Bring me to meet your sound
And I will bring you to my heart
Love like a signal you call
Touching my body, my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here
Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like holy water to my lips
Yes, I do know how I survive
Yes, I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day
Say yea yea yea yo
Yea yea yea yo
Be the sound of higher than today
Time again it is said we will hear
We will see it all in this wisdom here
This truth will abound the land
The state of independence shall be
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This is from their Tormato CD. It does not include the tag-along track Rejoice. Sorry for
This is from their Tormato CD. It does not include the tag-along track Rejoice. Sorry for those of you that are used to hearing it there. It just didn't fit the visual picture I was trying to paint.
Lyrics:
In the fountains of the universe (set time in accord)
Sits the boychild Solomon (Ever turning round and round)
In the cities of the Southern Sky (set points universe)
Dreams he of glory (pulsating round and round)
Future times will stand and clearly see (highest dancing)
Of the course of innocence (Drifting drifting)
See it all
See it all
Till tomorrow
See it all
See it all
Till tomorrow
Future times will stand and clearly smile
Of the course of innocence
Dantalion will ride again (raging forth underland)
The course of evils standing straight (grind to grind)
Hot metal will abound the land (churning out shout)
As the form regards our blazing hand
Future times will stand and clearly see
Of the course of innocence
One the word will enter all our hearts
Two the duel will alter them
Three jewels countenance divine away delight away
Four the fight to free the land
Five the islands of Arabia
Six the tears that separate
Six the tears that separate
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Final Eyes is a song by Yes. It appears on the 1987 Big Generator album. The song appears
Final Eyes is a song by Yes. It appears on the 1987 Big Generator album. The song appears to have never released as a single, but reached position #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the '80s. It appeared on the first four shows of the Big Generator tour exclusively.
Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin exchange lead vocals on this song.
On the album
The song, along with Shoot High, Aim Low and I'm Running, is often considered to be the saving grace of the album by original-period Yes fans, who generally dislike Big Generator for being "too poppy." The song is the third longest on the album, clocking in at just under six and a half minutes. Of the longer songs on the album, it is the most poppy.
In the live setting
The song was only played on the first four shows of the Big Generator tour. Including the announcements before the song itself begins, the track runs for 9 minutes 10 seconds on audience recording from November 14, 1987. In these four performances, the song lasted for between seven and eight minutes. It was the fifth song played in sequence in these shows.
Since then, the song has never been played live. No live versions have been officially released
Lyrics:
Person to person woman to man
Sing me a story to reach me
Teach me to teach me to understand
All these emotions I miss you
So you leave her
Can't believe her
Can't escapse
Final eyes
Final eyes
Person to person woman to man
Send me this song that will teach me
Like a river without a stream
Night time without dreaming
Send me this song that will reach me
So you leave me
Can't deceive me
See through me
Final eyes
Final eyes
And I know you think there's nothing
There's nothing more to say
And I know that I've got something
I've got something to say
If ever I needed someone
You were there when I needed you
If ever I needed someone
You were there when I needed you
If ever I needed someone
You were there when I needed you
Person to person woman to man
Send me this song that will teach me
Like a river without a stream
Night time without dreaming
Send me this song that will reach me
So you leave me
Can't deceive me
See through me
Final eyes
And I know you think there's nothing
There's nothing more to say
Don't hide behind the headlines oh yea
I've got something to say
If ever I needed someone
You were there when I needed you
If ever I needed someone
You were there when I needed you
Whenever I needed
Whenever I needed
Whenever I needed
Someone
If ever I needed
Whenever I needed someone
You were there when I needed you
You saved me from falling
Saved me from falling
I'm so in love with you
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By Request, Who You Are by Number One Gun
And what is your name
You gotta believe in s
By Request, Who You Are by Number One Gun
And what is your name
You gotta believe in something
And haven't you heard that nothing
(brings me down)
You start with the same
And how does it feel to know how
The feeling inside is gone now
(I will wait)
backing up is gonna hurt yourself
but I will wait
your destination is gonna kill yourself
but I'll have faith
this way you're confident
now that you're facing it
you used to fear the pain you had
you'll take it by the hand instead
so take me now
you'll have your time to notice me
and everything is real
I have to decide
If leaving myself is worse than
the only thing left to know is time will tell
I'm kinda afraid
you're turning me into something
you're telling me now that I kept waking up
you're breaking up, you're gonna hurt yourself
in time, you'll die
you're facing up you gotta save yourself
you know, it's right
this way you're confident
now that you're facing it
you used to fear the pain you had
you'll take it by the hand instead
so take me now
you'll have your time to notice me
and everything is real
let's be the way we used to be
it's time to fall in love
I'm not afraid to see the end
this way you're confident
now that you're facing it
you used to fear the pain you had
you'll take it by the hand instead
so take me now
you'll have your time to notice me
and everything is real
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This is the Yessongs version of Heart of the Sunrise.
Heart of the Sunrise
Love com
This is the Yessongs version of Heart of the Sunrise.
Heart of the Sunrise
Love comes to you and you follow
Lose one on to the heart of the sunrise
Sharp-distance
How can the wind with its arms
All around me
Lost on a wave and then after
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
Sharp-distance
How can the wind with so many around me
Lost in the city
Lost in their eyes as you hurry by
Counting the broken ties they decide
Love comes to you and then after
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
Lost on a wave that youre dreaming
Dram on on to the heart of the sunrise
Sharp-distance
How can the wind with its arms all around me
Sharp-distance
How can the wind with so many around me
I feel lost in the city
Lost in their eyes as you hurry by
Counting the broken ties they decided
Straight light moving and removing
Sharpness of the color sun shine
Straight light searching all the meanings of the song
Long last treatment of the telling that
Relates to all the words sung
Dreamer easy in the chair that really fits you
Love comes to you and then after
Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise
Sharp-distance
How can the sun with its arms all around me
Sharp-distance
How can the wind with so many around me
I feel lost in the city
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