Lyrical (and quotable) excerpts from various YES solo and group projects (Courtesy of all past and present members of YES, particularly Jon Anderson!) from (YES)
- "Searching for the truth to life and not for just a way." — Yes (1970)
- "Step out in the night when you're lonely. Listen for the sounds that your ears don't hear." — Yes (1970)
- "He was lost and in his trust he found a new meaning. Seeing things in different lights his life was redeeming. Words of peace would fill his mind and change his way of life. Peaceful meetings with his heart have made him more alive." — Yes (1970)
- "Love is the only answer. Hate is the root of cancer." — Yes (1970)
- "It's the beginning of a new love inside. Could be an ever opening flower. No hesitation when we're all about...to build a shining tower. No explanations, need to work it out. You know we've got the power." — Yes (1977)
- "You can touch your life. You can bring your soul alive. It can happen to you. It can happen to me. It can happen to everyone eventually." — Yes (1983)
- "I can tell a new story now. Can we see through this mask of uncertainty surely now. How can it be so hard when all there is to know. Don't be afraid of letting go. It takes a loving heart to see and show this love for our own ecology. Hold the light. Hold the light. Out of love we'll come a long long glorious way. At the start of every day a child begins to play. And all we need to know is that the future is a friend of yours and mine". — Yes (1987)
- "So, in answer to the prayer, the one you feel is there, the one you feel so close to.
- The order of the Sun, and everyone is one, and all the pieces fit together." — Yes (1991)
- "Feel the calling of a miracle, in the presence of the word. Now we hold the right to rearrange, how the stories can be heard." — Yes (1994)
- "Live within the power, you can be the strength it is. Walk among the living, you can be the strength it is. To give, to live, this hope, comes through. It takes the truth to agree this agreement. Live for the breaking free. Live for the breaking freedom. Just let it come...through...come...through...". — Yes (1996)
- "Open your eyes and discover you're not the only one. In disguise do you wonder when the change is gonna come" — Yes (1997)
- "Waiting for the moment when the moment has been waiting all the time. Staring at the golden heights wondering are you ready for the climb" —Yes (1997)
- "My eyes see the coming revolution. My eyes see the glory of the world. Only when you stop to listen. Only when you start to see. Forgiving is what you have. Forgiving is what you see. Forgiving is what you know. Forgiving is all you are. I can see the way. The way is clear. To save your soul. I have seen the way. The way is clear. Beyond your soul" —Yes (1997)
- "So many times on the clouds of forgiveness. We walk through the country and feel so at ease. A gentle reminder how things really are. In the homelands of love" —Yes (1997)
- "Ascension of the Spirit is the reality of our true Being." - Jon Anderson
- "...as long as we are open, our hearts will make us free..." – Jon Anderson
- "...Parallel our Sights, then we will find that we, we need to be where we belong. Parallel our heights, display our Rights and Wrongs, and always keep it Strong..." – Chris Squire
- "...Master of Light -- All pure chance, As exists, cross divided, in all-encircling mode; Oh closely guided Plan, Awaken in our Heart!..." – Jon Anderson, Steve Howe
- "...It's the beginning of a new Love inside. You've got the way to make it all happen. Set it spinning, turning roundabout. Create a new Dimension..." – Chris Squire
- „Hope is the reality of all” – Jon Anderson
- „you are the creation of your reality - Jon Anderson (YES)
- „Always do what makes you happy the most, then you will be the "true you."” - Jon Anderson (YES)
- „All life is really simple and clear if you make up your mind to see it this way” - Jon Anderson
- „Don't doubt your part -- Be ready to be Loved." - Jon Anderson (YES)
- „Music is the key to All That Is.” -- Jon Anderson (YES)
- „Rejoice -- Forward out this feeling -- Ten true summers long.” - Jon Anderson (YES)
- „We belong to the world -- our Mother so Divine.” -- Jon Anderson (YES)
- „All we need is Truth in our hand -- Someone to call a Friend.” - Jon Anderson (YES)
- „Pour upon my soul Countenance of Love for one 'n all.” - Jon Anderson (YES)
- „Music has a wonderful power. It is something you should enjoy without being judgmental about whether it's hip or correct or commercial. That's a wonderful challenge I have come to terms with now and again." - Jon Anderson (YES)
- „The most knowledgeable people who were around thousands of years ago were called Toltecs. They were and are masters of interdimensional reality. That's where the story starts to get pretty far out in left field for anybody, but somebody with a rich imagination like mine can say, `Yeah, I can believe that.' There are so many magical and mystical things about this planet and this Life." - Jon Anderson (YES)
- „True knowledge of believing is believing.” - Jon Anderson (YES)
- "I never really saw the term rock & roll applying to YES. The challenge was to do something individual, not observing rules. Everything about YES was non-standard. I think we set an example for other bands of how you can be different and be successful." - Chris Squire
- "We did what we set out to do, which was to keep going and not feed the pop machine, because it will swallow you...Music is a very expanding thing. It's an all-powerful thing, it's a healing thing, it's a danceable thing, it's a soulful thing, it's a very human thing." - Jon Anderson
- "As he spoke my Spirit climbed into the sky."
- "The Sun will lead us -- our reason to be here."
- "The more we find, the more we realize."
- "Lead me to the water -- to the rhythm of Love."
- "Prove yourself -- you are the move you make."
- "No matter what the Truth is, hold on to what is yours."
- "Dancing leaves cast spells of challenge."
- "Reaching out to touch our own Being."
- "It's the beginning of a new Love in sight."
- "All complete in the sight of seeds of Life with you."
- "Time will heal your fear."
- "Balance the thoughts that release within you."
- "Don't doubt your part -- be ready to be loved."
- "New encounters spark a true fruition."
- "Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there."
- "The eyes of Honesty can achieve."
- "Take a straight and stronger course to the corner of your Life."
- "Don't surround yourself with yourself."
- "I still remember the Dream there."
- "I am awaking to this Magic."
- "Highways -- Starways -- Many ways to be open tonight."
- "Activate this mission to be on the same time line."
- "I want to find another way to live."
- "Where will you be when you're not here?"
- "We have lived and known before -- I feel it."
- "We are the Truth of every Earth-Life."
- "A dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the Sun."
- "Your forever is mine and all I need."
- "First calling in a Silent Spring."
- "The most in Time is where you're meant to be."
- "For you are Light inside your Dreams."
- "Seasons will pass you by."
- "I crucified my hate and held the Word within my hand."
- "This chance of living has got to be known."
- "In the beginning is the future."
- "Do I look on blindly and say I see the way?"
- "The Truth is written all along the page."
- "On the hill we viewed the silence of the valley."
- "And you and I called over valleys of endless seas."
- "I must have waited all my life for this moment."
- "The Light we were as One."
- "As the links span our endless caresses for the freedom of Life everlasting."
- "Dawn of Love sent within us colours of awakening among the many won't to follow."
- "There's someone to tell you a course towards a universal season."
- "Call out all our memories clearly to be home."
- "As to call Light, the soul shall sing."
- "Course the compass to offer into a time that we've all seen on."
- "High the memory carry on."
- "We Dream as we Dream -- Dream as One."
- "The music sings of Love you knew."
- "Pass amongst your memories told returning ways."
- "The strength of the moment lies with you."
- "Like a Dreamer, all our Lives are only lost begotten changes."
- "Sail you toward a peace of mind."
- "We don't even need to try -- We are One."
- "As One with the knowledge and Magic of the Source."
- "We receive all we venture to give."
- "Dreams are said to blossom courage -- constant to the Soul."
- "Change we must as surely time does -- Changes call the course."
- "Nous Sommes Du Soleil -- We are of the Sun -- We are One."
- "We relieve the tension only to find out the master's name."
- "Sudden call shouldn't take away the startled memory."
- "All in all the journey takes you all the way."
- "The eyes of honesty can achieve."
- "A constant vogue of triumphs dislocate man so it seems."
- "As song and chance develop Time, lost social temperance rules above."
- "To turn to one another, to the sign at the time, float your climb."
- "Dream on to the Heart of the Sunrise."
- "Sacred ships do sail the seventh age."
- "Cast off your garments of fear; replace them with Love."
- "Highest of places remains all as one with you, Giving us Light and the freedom of the day."
- "Proclaimed in everything I write, you're the Light burning brightly."
- "To the common goal of Freedom, where we offer ourselves midst the balancing of the Sun."
(The Yes-lines above were all taken from various YES-songs from various YES albums.)
from (Jon Anderson)
-- (Part One) --
"As one delivers always one will shine over you." (Jon Anderson)
"Word of Life rejoice the sunlight." (Jon Anderson)
"A Light to lead you is taken from the massland to the East." (Jon Anderson)
"Worlds that lie between are simply seconds of words we do not mean." (Jon Anderson)
"Now as One, we sound our lives to the Sun." (Jon Anderson)
"Through change of Dawn -- See, Peace will come; Peace will reign." (Jon Anderson)
"Hold on to Love -- Treat it as a good thing." (Jon Anderson)
"All we need is the Truth in our hand -- Someone to call a friend." (Jon Anderson)
"If it wasn't for Love, the world would disappear." (Jon Anderson)
"See the Sun can dance to the sky." (Jon Anderson)
(The Jon Anderson lines above were taken from various Jon Anderson songs from his albums.)
from (ABWH)
"Carry forth as a guardian to Kingdom Come." (ABWH)
"You can climb Higher through the sky...Show your wings." (ABWH)
"See the miracle of Life ..." (ABWH)
"Thru the darkest age, we can surely fly." (ABWH)
"Never be afraid to show your Heart." (ABWH)
"In the big Dream, we are heroes...We are Dreamers of the big Dream." (ABWH)
"Sing all the songs of the earth..." (ABWH)
"We have walked the path of all the known religions." (ABWH)
"See the world for what it really is...in the full moon." (ABWH)
"This road is never lonely..." (ABWH)
"We can break the ties of recent changes...Know the ones who hold the key." (ABWH)
"I will be the song for you." (ABWH)
"We are the first to define the languages of Love." (ABWH)
"We are living in days of Wonder..." (ABWH)
"Just take this world of Life each day at a time." (ABWH)
"I'll walk with you to the end of the earth." (ABWH)
"There's a mystery to the touch...How it heals so when we're broken." (ABWH)
"We will Love forever this eternity, for in this Love, I'm alive..." (ABWH)
"Be quick -- Be ready -- Be sure and be smart -- No need the energy wasted." (ABWH)
"I've dreamed of music that comes from the Heart." (ABWH)
"No time is better than now." (ABWH)
"My music is my only witness to my very soul." (ABWH)
"You don't need any money to deserve all your friends; it's just the Love you give them." (ABWH)
"Let's all be where the angels find us...We all have the key." (ABWH)
"Let's all find that space in Life to follow..." (ABWH)
"Pour upon my soul Countenance of Love for one 'n all." (ABWH)
(The ABWH lines above were taken from various ABWH songs and their albums.
Actual lyrics were probably written by JON ANDERSON.)
from (Jon Anderson)
-- (Part Two) --
"So deep inside we hear the voice of the Spirit." (Jon Anderson)
"Deep within we clear the vessels of the Mystic." (Jon Anderson)
"We shall always see the presence of our Being." (Jon Anderson)
"Angels are always with you.......always." (Jon Anderson)
"Try to remember all the good events of the day, thanking the oneness within you for all the Love and happiness that surrounds you." (Jon Anderson)
"For you are Light inside your Dreams." (Jon Anderson)
"Rejoice -- forward out this feeling ten true summers long." (Jon Anderson)
"If I need to travel, if I need to seek, and if I need to wonder, I just open my heart and smile that knowing smile of forgiveness for seeing, feeling, believing, and being one with all that is." (Jon Anderson)
"Thank you God and bless all the Angels of pure understanding of all that is Eternal." (Jon Anderson)
"Music has a wonderful power. It is something you should enjoy without being judgmental about whether it's hip or correct or commercial. That's a wonderful challenge I have come to terms with now and again." (Jon Anderson)
"The most knowledgeable people who were around thousands of years ago were called Toltecs. They were and are masters of interdimensional reality. That's where the story starts to get pretty far out in left field for anybody, but somebody with a rich imagination like mine can say, `Yeah, I can believe that.' There are so many magical and mystical things about this planet and this Life." (Jon Anderson)
"Ascension of the Spirit is the Reality of our True Being." (Jon Anderson)
"Thou art mother, thou art father, thou art friend and companion, thou art knowledge and wealth, thou art all in all." (Jon Anderson)
"The Toltec, our distant relations, will present us with the gifts to heal, and will help us remember who we really are and the Divine purpose of our Life on Earth." (Jon Anderson)
"The words of the medicine man are the words of all our ancestors." (Jon Anderson)
"We need to remember that we all survive because of each other. The trees, mountains, flowers, birds, animals, insects, humans: we all need each other in this Life." (Jon Anderson)
Coming though Vision, Coming through Wisdom, Coming together, this Love." (Jon Anderson)
"Change we must to live again." (Jon Anderson)
"You hold a power so unique. You have the power to change the world." (Jon Anderson)
"I can stand as tall as the sky with this feeling." (Jon Anderson)
"Hurry home to your heart, Hurry home to the voice, There's a new point to living and a freedom of choice." (Jon Anderson)
"Be the children of the future, Be the children of the age, We'll be standing there being counted with the strength that it takes." (Jon Anderson)
"Each step you take, each Dream you realize, will open your heart, your Life." (Jon Anderson)
"It's all around each one, it's all around within, The perfect union close inside your Dreams." (Jon Anderson)
"Pure magic we will be." (Jon Anderson)
"All love is the colour of the Spiritual ground." (Jon Anderson)
"As we flow down Life's rivers, I see the stars glow one by one, All angels of the magic constellation be singing us now." (Jon Anderson)
"Time again it is said we will hear. We will see it all in this wisdom here. This truth will abound the land." (Jon Anderson)
"The time for True Vision is now and it's here." (Jon Anderson)
"After years of division, we see the Truth; See the people are Dreaming so strong." (Jon Anderson)
"We shall always see the presence of our Being." (Jon Anderson)
"Everywhere there's purpose in answer to all your Dreams." (Jon Anderson)
"Swift wings do carry on through constant gardens; they offer delight." (Jon Anderson)
"There are so many Dreamers in this Life between a moment's time and the stairways of Love." (Jon Anderson)
"Love will come always to you." (Jon Anderson)
"Hear it in the mystic voice of forces long forgotten." (Jon Anderson)
"Do not regret a moment living out your Life." (Jon Anderson)
"We each revolve around the magnitude of Time and Motion." (Jon Anderson)
...to be continued...