Listen to Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change, II. Total Mass Retain, III. I Get Up I Get Down, IV. Seasons of Man by Yes

Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change, II. Total Mass Retain, III. I Get Up I Get Down, IV. Seasons of Man

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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Jon Anderson

Leadgesang

Steve Howe

Begleitgesang

Chris Squire

Bassgitarre

Bill Bruford

Schlagzeug

Rick Wakeman

Klavier

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Jon Anderson

Songwriter:in

Steve Howe

Songwriter:in

Yes

Arrangeur:in

PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK

Yes

Produzent:in

Bill Inglot

Mastering-Ingenieur:in

Dan Hersch

Mastering-Ingenieur:in

EDDY OFFORD

Produzent:in

Mike Dunne

Aufnahmeingenieur:in

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Ah

Ah

Da, da, da

Da

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

Crossed the line around the changes of the summer

Reaching out to call the color 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 to find out

The master's name

[Verse 5]

Down at the end, round by the corner

Close to the edge, just by the river

Seasons will pass you by

I get up, I get down

Now that it's all over and done

Now that you find, now that you're whole

[Verse 6]

My eyes convinced, eclipsed with the younger moon attained with love

It changed as almost strained amidst clear mana 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 armored movers took, approached to overlook the sea

There since the cord, the license, or the reasons we understood will be

[Verse 7]

Down at the end, 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 a river

[Verse 8]

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

Passin' paths that climb halfway into the void

As we cross from side to side, we hear the total mass retain

[Verse 9]

Down at the edge, round by the corner

Close to the end, down by the river

Seasons will pass you by

I get up, I get down

[Verse 10]

In her white lace

You could clearly see the lady sadly looking

Saying that she'd take the blame for the crucifixion of her own domain

[Verse 11]

I get up, I get down

I get up, I get down

[Verse 12]

Two million people barely satisfy

Two hundred women watch one woman cry, too late

The eyes of honesty can achieve

(She would gladly say it amazement of her story)

How many millions do we deceive each day?

(Asking only interest could be laid upon the children of her domain)

[Verse 13]

I get up, I get down

I get up, I get down

[Verse 14]

In charge of who is there in charge of me

(She could clearly see the lady sadly looking)

Do I look on blindly and say I see the way?

(Saying that she'd take the blame for the crucifixion of her own domain)

The truth is written all along the page

(She would gladly say it amazement of her story)

How old will I be before I come of age for you?

(Asking only interest could be laid upon the children of her domain)

[Verse 15]

I get up, I get down

I get up, I get down

I get up, I get down

[Verse 16]

I get up, I get down

I get up, I get down

[Verse 17]

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

[Verse 18]

Ah, ah

[Verse 19]

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, knowin' 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

[Verse 20]

Close to the edge, down by a 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

[Verse 21]

I get up, I get down

I get up, I get down

I get up, I get down

Written by: Jon Anderson, Steve Howe

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