So I climbed to the height of a mountain line
Is there a vision here
Woven to touch
And all to capture light?
Surely the stream of consciousness
Flows to the sea
Where drifting I found
That I can be
I'm really getting to know the empty space
Beneath the surface of common days
There I knelt at the foot of an open sky
Is it by faith, not time
The sun does climb
To light the path for us?
And I can embrace where I'm going
Tomorrow has already found me
I used to believe in a love watching over
I want to believe in that love yet again
I lost my touch to handle with kid gloves
In the rough game of push and shove
I lost sight
I used to believe in your love
To be believed in
Once more tonight
Will you speak to me fathers?
Grant me the words
That one day I'll be called to speak
And finally I am here understanding
The clear and constant page
Despite the shroud of material ways
Where dreaming the sound
A new found freedom
I used to believe in a love watching over
I want to believe in that love yet again
If you lose your touch to handle with kid gloves
In the hard game of push and shove
Don't lose sight
You can still receive the love
To be believed in
Once more tonight
Surely this dream of consciousness
Flows to the sea
Where drifting I found
That I can be
I'm really getting to know the empty space
Beneath the surface of common days
Where dreaming the sound
A new found freedom
I used to believe in a love watching over
I want to believe in that love yet again
If it all comes down to push and shove
Remember to lift your heart above the fight
You can still receive the love
To be believed in
To turn wrong to right
Beyond all the pain and the strife
Ride the turning tide
Lift a strength deep inside
We can transform wrong to right
We can still receive the love
To be believed in
Once more tonight
Yes - Heaven & Earth Album Lyrics
Yes - Heaven & Earth Lyrics
Writer: JON DAVINSON, STEVE JAMES HOWE
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON
The Game
We all know the rules, the game
Us fools, still we play the same
As if our days remain
Our lives, the end will validate
It's more to do than to say
The love we gave along the way
Through fleeting days and all that greys
It's times like these as true love stays
I always knew through thick and thin
It's here that I'd begin again
I'm standing here
At your door
With all my defenses down
We all know the rules, the game
Us fools, still we play the same
As if our days remain
Our lives, the end will validate
It's more to do than to say
What we gave along the way
The big picture we now engage
Our scenes here set on the stage terrestrial
Reversing the flow
Here to grow
We're all rehearsing, you know
Come the final fade out
We all know the rules, the game
Us fools, still we play the same
As if our days remain
Our lives, the end will validate
It's more to do than to say
What we gave along the way
Through Fleeting days and all that greys
It's times like these as true love stays
I always knew through thick and thin
It's here that I'd begin again
I'm standing here
At your door
With all my defenses down
We all know the rules, the game
Us fools, still we play the same
As if our days remain
Our lives, the end will validate
It's more to do than to say
What we gave along the way
Us fools, still we play the same
As if our days remain
Our lives, the end will validate
It's more to do than to say
The love we gave along the way
Through fleeting days and all that greys
It's times like these as true love stays
I always knew through thick and thin
It's here that I'd begin again
I'm standing here
At your door
With all my defenses down
We all know the rules, the game
Us fools, still we play the same
As if our days remain
Our lives, the end will validate
It's more to do than to say
What we gave along the way
The big picture we now engage
Our scenes here set on the stage terrestrial
Reversing the flow
Here to grow
We're all rehearsing, you know
Come the final fade out
We all know the rules, the game
Us fools, still we play the same
As if our days remain
Our lives, the end will validate
It's more to do than to say
What we gave along the way
Through Fleeting days and all that greys
It's times like these as true love stays
I always knew through thick and thin
It's here that I'd begin again
I'm standing here
At your door
With all my defenses down
We all know the rules, the game
Us fools, still we play the same
As if our days remain
Our lives, the end will validate
It's more to do than to say
What we gave along the way
Writer: CHRIS SQUIRE, JON DAVISON
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON, CARLIN AMERICA INC
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON, CARLIN AMERICA INC
Step Beyond
You told me so
If I don't let go
I'd never know
The joy freedom brings
I told you so
As the grass will grow
Turn your hand
Back to the land
As the sun will shine
In the moon's decline
There's a truth to hear
So open wide
If your mind is still
There's no bitter pill
When you reach
When you reach that hill
Beg, steal, rob, run, hide
Beg, steal, no disguise
Take one step beyond
One step beyond
Why such resistance
To reach out from behind our walls?
Elevated pride leads to a fall
We settle for small, blind identity
Forgetting all that we truly are
Get up off that shelf
Make the bold, the brave leap
outside yourself
Beyond...
You told me so
If I don't let go
I'd never know
The joy freedom brings
I told you so
As the grass will grow
Turn your hand
Back to the land
As the sun will shine
In the moon's decline
There's a truth to hear
So open wide
If your mind is still
There's no bitter pill
When you reach
When you reach that hill
Beg, steal, rob, run, hide
Beg, steal, no disguise
Take one step beyond
One step beyond
Beyond...
If I don't let go
I'd never know
The joy freedom brings
I told you so
As the grass will grow
Turn your hand
Back to the land
As the sun will shine
In the moon's decline
There's a truth to hear
So open wide
If your mind is still
There's no bitter pill
When you reach
When you reach that hill
Beg, steal, rob, run, hide
Beg, steal, no disguise
Take one step beyond
One step beyond
Why such resistance
To reach out from behind our walls?
Elevated pride leads to a fall
We settle for small, blind identity
Forgetting all that we truly are
Get up off that shelf
Make the bold, the brave leap
outside yourself
Beyond...
You told me so
If I don't let go
I'd never know
The joy freedom brings
I told you so
As the grass will grow
Turn your hand
Back to the land
As the sun will shine
In the moon's decline
There's a truth to hear
So open wide
If your mind is still
There's no bitter pill
When you reach
When you reach that hill
Beg, steal, rob, run, hide
Beg, steal, no disguise
Take one step beyond
One step beyond
Beyond...
Writer: JON DAVINSON, STEVE JAMES HOWE
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON
To Ascend
Were you drifting
On a strange tide?
Collecting visions
From the other side?
Caught between day and night
You were stealing moments past hours
of your life
And balancing on
The edge of a knife
Memories of once longer days
They keep on flooding back
The adventurous times when we
traveled life's road
Though we were often blind
But with a lot more heart
And for each other
Taking the time
On a wing and a prayer
A wounded bird in the hand
With the eyes of a child
Come to understand
I will open the book
Raise the pen
Let it reinvent
My life again
Take me from where I am
As a freed bird
Flies from the hand
To ascend, to ascend
Were you catching
The last train to nowhere?
Playing out scenes
Of dark desert days?
Put it behind you now
Call out those bleak shadows from your mind
And never again
Slip through the cracks
Memories of once longer days
They keep on flooding back
The adventurous times when we
traveled life's road
Though we were often blind
But with a lot more heart
And for each other
Taking the time
On a wing and a prayer
A wounded bird in the hand
With the eyes of a child
Come to understand
I will open the book
Raise the pen
Let it reinvent
My life again
Take me from where I am
As a freed bird
Flies from the hand
To ascend, to ascend
On a strange tide?
Collecting visions
From the other side?
Caught between day and night
You were stealing moments past hours
of your life
And balancing on
The edge of a knife
Memories of once longer days
They keep on flooding back
The adventurous times when we
traveled life's road
Though we were often blind
But with a lot more heart
And for each other
Taking the time
On a wing and a prayer
A wounded bird in the hand
With the eyes of a child
Come to understand
I will open the book
Raise the pen
Let it reinvent
My life again
Take me from where I am
As a freed bird
Flies from the hand
To ascend, to ascend
Were you catching
The last train to nowhere?
Playing out scenes
Of dark desert days?
Put it behind you now
Call out those bleak shadows from your mind
And never again
Slip through the cracks
Memories of once longer days
They keep on flooding back
The adventurous times when we
traveled life's road
Though we were often blind
But with a lot more heart
And for each other
Taking the time
On a wing and a prayer
A wounded bird in the hand
With the eyes of a child
Come to understand
I will open the book
Raise the pen
Let it reinvent
My life again
Take me from where I am
As a freed bird
Flies from the hand
To ascend, to ascend
Writer: ALAN WHITE, JON DAVISON
Copyright: Lyrics © MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON
Copyright: Lyrics © MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON
In A World Of Our Own
What's wrong with a new revolution?
Who's playing God on any given day?
Why put yourself through so much pressure?
Here we go again
Where were you when I needed you?
I was caught up in a crazy whirlwind
Then I saw your face in the crowd
You were somebody else then
Somebody else then
Why must you always lie to me?
One big mistake
We're headed for heartbreak
You can whet your appetite anywhere
As long as you do
Your cooking at home
Right back where it began
Why can't we be like we were then?
Living in a world of our own
In a world of our own
What's right about a false evolution?
Must be lonely playing God all the while
'Bout time you hail a taxi for that ego
You're in a world all your own
In a world all your own
Your bleeding heart case made the headlines
Tomorrow lining every waste bin
You had to go and reinvent the rainy day
I was left out in the cold then
Stuck out in the rain again
Why must you always lie to me?
I know, for sure
You're gonna reap what you sow
You can whet your appetite anywhere
As long as you do
Your cooking at home
Right back where it began
Why can't we be like we were then?
Living in a world of our own
In a world of our own
Who's playing God on any given day?
Why put yourself through so much pressure?
Here we go again
Where were you when I needed you?
I was caught up in a crazy whirlwind
Then I saw your face in the crowd
You were somebody else then
Somebody else then
Why must you always lie to me?
One big mistake
We're headed for heartbreak
You can whet your appetite anywhere
As long as you do
Your cooking at home
Right back where it began
Why can't we be like we were then?
Living in a world of our own
In a world of our own
What's right about a false evolution?
Must be lonely playing God all the while
'Bout time you hail a taxi for that ego
You're in a world all your own
In a world all your own
Your bleeding heart case made the headlines
Tomorrow lining every waste bin
You had to go and reinvent the rainy day
I was left out in the cold then
Stuck out in the rain again
Why must you always lie to me?
I know, for sure
You're gonna reap what you sow
You can whet your appetite anywhere
As long as you do
Your cooking at home
Right back where it began
Why can't we be like we were then?
Living in a world of our own
In a world of our own
Writer: CHRIS SQUIRE, JON DAVISON
Copyright: Lyrics © MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON, CARLIN AMERICA INC
Copyright: Lyrics © MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON, CARLIN AMERICA INC
Light Of The Ages
A beacon is shining
'Cross the cosmos, it's guiding
Igniting the pathway for us
Through the winter of our lives
A faithful polestar arises
Within every heart
The courage to advance
Passed our plight at this stage is
The light of the ages
When troubles lay me low
As fierce winds blow
Turn my gaze beyond
To ride the inbound stream
There grace and mercy shine
And fear is a dream
Sorrow's a dream
When darkness holds me down
And trials abound
Lift my gaze within
I'll heed the primal sound
Exposing the grand scheme
I can see it's a dream
Sorrow's a dream
And a beacon is shining
'Cross the cosmos, it's guiding
Igniting the pathway for us
Through the winter of our lives
A faithful polestar arises
Within every heart
The courage to advance
Passed our plight at this stage is
The light of the ages
I will follow the all knowing
Ever glowing light
Through my soul's long dark night
When darkness holds me down
And trials abound
Lift my gaze within
I'll heed the primal sound
Exposing the grand scheme
I can see it's a dream
And a beacon is shining
'Cross the cosmos, it's guiding
Igniting the pathway for us
Through the winter of our lives
A faithful polestar arises
Within every mind
The power to transcend
To perceive passed thought cages
The light of the ages
The light of the ages
I will follow
The light of the ages
Through my soul's long dark night
'Cross the cosmos, it's guiding
Igniting the pathway for us
Through the winter of our lives
A faithful polestar arises
Within every heart
The courage to advance
Passed our plight at this stage is
The light of the ages
When troubles lay me low
As fierce winds blow
Turn my gaze beyond
To ride the inbound stream
There grace and mercy shine
And fear is a dream
Sorrow's a dream
When darkness holds me down
And trials abound
Lift my gaze within
I'll heed the primal sound
Exposing the grand scheme
I can see it's a dream
Sorrow's a dream
And a beacon is shining
'Cross the cosmos, it's guiding
Igniting the pathway for us
Through the winter of our lives
A faithful polestar arises
Within every heart
The courage to advance
Passed our plight at this stage is
The light of the ages
I will follow the all knowing
Ever glowing light
Through my soul's long dark night
When darkness holds me down
And trials abound
Lift my gaze within
I'll heed the primal sound
Exposing the grand scheme
I can see it's a dream
And a beacon is shining
'Cross the cosmos, it's guiding
Igniting the pathway for us
Through the winter of our lives
A faithful polestar arises
Within every mind
The power to transcend
To perceive passed thought cages
The light of the ages
The light of the ages
I will follow
The light of the ages
Through my soul's long dark night
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
It Was All We Knew
Knowing too much
Where the river might end up
After the windy road of
Misadventure
Feeling the wasting
Ideas, evaporating
Alone, still together
In mind and in spirit
Sweet we're the fruits
Long were the summer days
It was all we knew
Time to reflect
Better days to resolve
That is by no means
Favour or coincidence
Sweet were the fruits
Long were the Summer days
It was all we knew
Everything's so easy
Didn't have to ask
Why we're here
Sweet were the fruits
Long were the summer days
It was all we knew
All we knew
All we knew
Where the river might end up
After the windy road of
Misadventure
Feeling the wasting
Ideas, evaporating
Alone, still together
In mind and in spirit
Sweet we're the fruits
Long were the summer days
It was all we knew
Time to reflect
Better days to resolve
That is by no means
Favour or coincidence
Sweet were the fruits
Long were the Summer days
It was all we knew
Everything's so easy
Didn't have to ask
Why we're here
Sweet were the fruits
Long were the summer days
It was all we knew
All we knew
All we knew
Writer: STEVE JAMES HOWE
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Subway Walls
Life roll benefits ..., journey existential anywhere we want to be in our secrets halls
Mysteries unsolved but they ever change in time
'Cause you said the truth rise and fall
'Cause that really means the stars
Or you does prefer some subway walls
Or the secrets do it all
We feel it's just too far
Does this safe and fine like of how we think we are
Is the answer in the stars?
One clue lay out of the mystery, know
Electric revelation or just imagination
Eventually to find a victory for game
Is all made
'Cause that really means the stars
Or you does prefer some subway walls
Or the secrets do it all
We feel it's just too far
Does this safe and fine like of how we think we are
Is the answer in the stars?
If the answers is the stars
Then they writing in our selves
Through all til the stars
And answer me my phone, I know exist the stars
Open and sparely your heart
Your time has come so soon
Mysteries unsolved but they ever change in time
'Cause you said the truth rise and fall
'Cause that really means the stars
Or you does prefer some subway walls
Or the secrets do it all
We feel it's just too far
Does this safe and fine like of how we think we are
Is the answer in the stars?
One clue lay out of the mystery, know
Electric revelation or just imagination
Eventually to find a victory for game
Is all made
'Cause that really means the stars
Or you does prefer some subway walls
Or the secrets do it all
We feel it's just too far
Does this safe and fine like of how we think we are
Is the answer in the stars?
If the answers is the stars
Then they writing in our selves
Through all til the stars
And answer me my phone, I know exist the stars
Open and sparely your heart
Your time has come so soon
Writer: GEOFFREY DOWNES, JON DAVISON
Copyright: Lyrics © MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON
Copyright: Lyrics © MY ALEPH MUSIC C/O JON DAVISON
Heaven & Earth is the twenty-first studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes. It was released on 16 July 2014 on Frontiers Records and is the first album with lead vocalist Jon Davison and the final album to feature founding bassist Chris Squire before his death in 2015. The group started preparing new material for an album during the 2013 leg of their Album Series Tour. Davison took an active approach with the songwriting, travelling to the homes of the other band members to collaborate on songs. Yes enlisted producer Roy Thomas Baker (who had previously worked with the band during recording sessions in 1979) and future Yes bassist Billy Sherwood to complete the mixing.
Heaven & Earth received mixed reviews. It reached No. 20 on the UK Albums Chart and became their highest charting album on the chart since their 1994 album Talk. It reached No. 26 on the US Billboard 200.
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YesHeaven & Earth received mixed reviews. It reached No. 20 on the UK Albums Chart and became their highest charting album on the chart since their 1994 album Talk. It reached No. 26 on the US Billboard 200.
Genre(s): Progressive rock, soft rock, AOR
Released: July 16th, 2014
Year: 2014