YES:   Close To The Edge

Close To The Edge
Song Words: Anderson-Howe. Arrangement: Yes

THE SOLID TIME OF CHANGE

A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour.

And assessing points to nowhere, leading every single one
A dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun
and take away the plain in which we move and choose
the course you're running.

Down at the edge, round by the corner
Not right away, not right away
Close to the edge, down by a river
Not right away, not right away
Crossed the line around the changes of the summer,
Reaching out to call the colour of the sky.
Passed around a moment clothed in mornings faster than we see.
Getting over all the time I had to worry,
Leaving all the changes far from far behind
We relieve the tension only too find out the master's name.
Down at the end, round by the corner.
Close to the edge, just by the river.
Seasons will pass you by
I get up get down
Now that it's all over and done,
now that you find, now that you're whole.

TOTAL MASS RETAIN

My eyes convinced, eclipsed with the younger moon attained with love.
It changed as almost strained amidst clear manna from above.
I crucified my hate and held the word within my hand.
There's you, the time, the logic, or the reasons we don't understand.

Sad courage claimed the victims standing still for all to see,
as armoured movers took approached
to overlook the sea.
There since the cord, the license, or the reasons we
understood will be.

Down at the edge, close by a river,
Close to the edge, round by the corner.
Close to the end, down by the corner.
Down at the edge, round by the river.

Sudden call shouldn't take away the startled memory.
All in all the journey takes you all the way.
As apart from any reality that you've ever seen and known.
Guessing problems only to deceive the mention,
passing paths that climb halfway into the void.
As we cross from side to side, we hear the total mass retain.
Down at the edge, round by the corner,
Close to the end, down by a river.
Seasons will pass you by,
I get up, I get down.

I GET UP, I GET DOWN

In her white lace
You can clearly see the lady sadly looking.
Saying that she'd take the blame
for the crucifixion of her own domain

I get up I get down
I get up I get down
Two million people barely satisfy
Two hundred women watch one woman cry too late
The eyes of honesty can achieve
How many millions do we deceive
each day
I get up, I get down. I get up, I get down.

In charge of who is there in charge of me
Do I look on blindly and say I see the way
The truth is written all along the page
How old will I be before I come of age
for you
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down

SEASONS OF MAN

The time between the notes relates the color to the scenes
A constant vogue of triumphs dislocate man so it seems
And space between the focus shape ascend knowledge of love.
As song and chance develop time, lost social temperance rules above.

Then according to the man who showed his
outstretched arm to space
He turned around and pointed revealing all the
human race
I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing
all about the place.

On the hill we viewed the silence of the valley
Called to witness cycles only of the past
And we reach all this with movements in between the said remark
Close to the edge, down by the river,
Down at the end, round by the corner,
Seasons will pass you by
Now that it's all over and done
called to the seed, right to the sun
Now that you find, now that you're whole
Seasons will pass you by
I get up, I get down.
I get up, I get down.

And You And I
Song Words: Anderson. Themes: Bruford-Howe-Squire

CORD OF LIFE

A man conceived a moment's answers to the dream
staying the flowers daily, sensing all the themes
As a foundation left to create the spiral aim
A movement regained and regarded both the same,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.
Changed only for a sight of sound, the space agreed.
Between the picture of time behind the face of need,
coming quickly to terms of all expression laid, emotion
revealed as the ocean maid,
all complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Coins and crosses
      Turn round tailor, assaulting
never know their fruitless worth
      all the mornings of the interest
      shown, presenting one another
      to the cord

cords are broken,
      all left dying, rediscovered of
      the door that turned round,
locked inside the mother earth.
      to close the cover, all the
      interest shown,

They won't hide, hold, they won't tell you,
      to turn to one another, to the
      sign at the time float your climb
.
watching the world, watching all of the world,
watching us go by.

And you and I climb over the sea to the valley,
and you and I reached out for reasons to call

ECLIPSE

Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
as a movement regained and regarded both the same,
all complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

THE PREACHER THE TEACHER

Sad preacher nailed upon the coloured door of time;
insane teacher be there reminded of the rhyme.
There'll be no mutant enemy we shall certify;
political ends, as sad remains, will die.
Reach out as forward tastes begin to enter you.
Ooh, ooh.
I listened hard but could not see
life tempo change out and inside me.
The preacher trained in all to lose his name;
the teacher travels, asking to be shown the same.
In the end we'll agree, we'll accept, we'll immortalise
that the truth of the man maturing in his eyes,
all complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.

Coming quickly to terms of all expressions laid,
as a moment regained and regarded both the same,
emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
a clearer future, morning, evening,
nights with you.

APOCALYPSE

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.

Siberian Khatru
Song Words: Anderson. Themes: Howe-Wakeman

Sing, bird of prey;
beauty begins at the foot of you.
Do you believe the manner?
Gold stainless nail, torn through the distance of man
as they regard the summit.

Even Siberia goes through the motions. Hold out and hold up;
Hold down the window.
Out bound, river
Hold out the morning that comes into view
blue tail, tail fly
River running right on over my head.

How does she sing?
Who holds the ring?
And ring, and you will find me coming.
Cold reigning king, hold all the secrets from you
as they produce the movement.

Even Siberia goes through the motions. Hold out and
hold up;
hold down the window.
Out bound, river
Hold out the morning that comes into view.
blue tail, tail fly
River running right on over the
outboard, river, blue tail, tail fly,
Luther, in time.
Doo-d'n-doo-dit, dah, d't-d't-dah.

Hold down the window;
hold out the morning that comes into view
Warm side, the tower;
green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru.

Gold stainless nail,
torn through the distance of man
as they regard the summit
Cold reigning king,
shelter the women that sing,
as they produce the movement.
Even Siberia goes through the motions. Hold out and
hold up;
hold down the window.
Out board, river,
Hold out the morning that comes into view
blue tail, tail fly
River running right on over my head
Outboard, river

Bluetail, tailfly, Luther, in time,
sun tower, asking, cover, lover,
June cast, moon fast, as one, changes,
heart gold, leaver, soul mark, mover,
Christian, changer, called out, saviour,
moon gate, climber, turn round, glider.


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