I was PMg an anonymous unicyclist about a quote from a song by Yes: Closer to the Edge:
“We relieve the tension only to find out the master’s name.”
I will not say what s/he suggested this line meant, but my response was that the song was mystical, and may be operating in another plane–the spiritual plane.
First question: What is your interpretation of this line?
Google it to get the whole song.
Another part of the song says:
“A dewdrop can
a) exalt us like the music of the sun, And
b) take away the plane in which we move, And
c) choose the course you’re running,” or (as the song implies)
d) all of the above.
If so, them is some mighty powerful dewdrops he’s got there.
Second question: What kind of person is most likely to let a dewdrop choose the course they’re running?
Third question: What ever happened to the guy who wrote this song?
This song is reiterating the importance of you sending cash to me on a regular basis. In fact, most music carries the same message. Listen closely and use MY imagination, not yours. Yours will only get you into trouble. Trust me on this.
Re: Re: Yes: Closer to the Edge (song) Interpretation please
JJ: No No! It is YOU who misrepresent our exchange.
You said that you love the quote so much because the line: “We relieve the tension only to find out the master’s name,” means: JJ relieves his tension FOR NO OTHER REASON BUT to find out his master’s name.
JJ acknowledged relieving his tension nearly every day since he first heard the song as an adolescent. One day his mother caught him relieving his tension, and asked him why. This line was his explanation.
He still hasn’t learned his master’s name, but I have a feeling his master’s name is Harper.
[nitpick]It’s “Close To The Edge”, not “Closer…”[/nitpick]
written by Jon Anderson.
I think his meaning is clear. He’s saying he’s dosing hard, surrounded by some of the best musicians in the business (he was, too - keys:Wakeman, drums:Bruford, guitar:Howe, bass:Squire), and he’d better write something other than normal claptrap pop lyrics.
Check out the lyrics on Yes: Tales for Topographic Oceans for some more wierdness.
“Dawn of light lying between the silence and sold sources, chased amid fusions of wonder”
Dewdrop could also be a play on words, as in “do drop” this tab of acid, from which might flow options a), b), c).
Nice discussion. I hadn’t thought about the lyrics to this song–even though I’ve listened to it many many times–since I was about 16 and enjoying it in the cloud-filled attick above my friend’s garage. A nice double album it was…good for seed removal.
You seem very astute about these things. You’d probably know if the following nonsense-writing comes from too much dew dropping:
“winter in peanut butter comes turquoise”
“winter in peanut butter comes turquoise”
“winter in peanut butter comes turquoise”
This reminds me of the ad that’s been bugging me for the past year or so. GM’s, “It’s not more than you need, just more than you’re used to” promotion.
Which kind of brings us full circle to the unicyclist saying, “You can’t have too many unicycles”.