From Wikipedia:
Endless Dream is a song by Yes released on their 1994 album Talk. The song is split into three tracks: Silent Spring, Talk, and Endless Dream, tracks 7, 8, and 9 respectively. It is notable for being Yes' first epic in 14 years, since the album Drama, which featured "Machine Messiah".
While older copies of the Talk CD featured the song separated into three tracks, later issues, such as the 2002 re-issue, combined it into one track.
I. Silent Spring
"Silent Spring" is entirely instrumental and is about two minutes long. It begins with a 50-second intro featuring various instruments before the guitar-heavy song starts. The song is very fast-paced, unlike the other two tracks that make up Endless Dream. Near the end the volume suddenly drops and the music fades into the next song.
II. Talk
"Talk" is the longest portion of "Endless Dream," at almost 12 minutes. It begins with notes continuing from "Silent Spring," and vocals starting at about 20 seconds in. The song features less guitar than the other two segments of "Endless Dream" (though there are several short moments in the song where guitar is the dominant instrument), and is mostly led by keyboards and vocals. The song contains several elements of progressive rock epics, but still sounds very modern, and is very different from epics of the "classic" Yes era. The song ends mid-note, which is continued onto "Endless Dream."
III. Endless Dream
"Endless Dream" starts with the final notes of "Talk" continuing onto the track, which quickly fade into a quieter rhythm. The song consists mostly of Jon Anderson singing a refrain from "Talk" with an additional verse. It ends with the sound of a single heartbeat (a heartbeat from an ultrasound, not the typical 'Bump-Bump'). Jon Anderson stated that these lyrics described a way of calming oneself in meditation and slowing down from the fast pace of modern life.
Lyrics:
Hold your head up high you know you've
Come a long way, a long way
Tainted as a fugitive with nothing left to say
Temptation may come hope your vision doesn't stray
In the name of God you may be forced away
Moving forward to the only place you know
Side tracked by some indiscretion
Changing as you go
Temptation may come hope your
Conscience doesn't hide
The longest trip you'll take is inside
It's the last time telling myself everything
Call me over then bring me back again
It's the last chance telling myself
That I believe
Your forever is mine and all I need
Now life tell me now in your arms
All I really need is you by my side
I sing this to you all the world and all it is
I bring this to you this gift of love
And the world turns and the world turns
Time tells all we know we look to it
Jesus on the radio
Pledge me what you got I'll give you
Eternal resting spot
How intense I pray depends on how much you pay
It's the last time getting it this life
First calling in a silent spring
It's the first time getting it this life
First calling in a silent spring
Fear strikes deeper than visionary
Screams and tears never justify this love
Talk talk listening
Like the first words ever to reach out
Talk talk
Like the first sounds in a silent spring
Talk talk listening
Like the first words ever to reach out to you
Talk talk
Like the first sound you start to sing
So take your time
Look round and see
The most in time is where you're meant to be
For they talk too loud
And take the hope and peace from your heart
We call this surrender
Slowly towards the north
And this endless dream giving ourselves everything
We're deserving we're gonna bring it back again
It's the last time telling myself everything
It's the last time bring me back bring me back again
When the world brings you down
You can search you inside
For the love you will find (bring me back home)
When the world brings you down
You can search you inside
When the world brings you down
I've waited so long
When the world brings you down
You gotta play this living game
When the world brings you down
So take your time
Look round and see
The most in time is where you're meant to be
For you are light
Inside your dreams
For you will find that it's something
That touches me
9 апр 2012
