The song is over 18 minutes in length and takes up the entire first side of the album. This segment consists of two sets of vocals: the main vocals, sung by Anderson which contain most of the lyrics, and the backing vocals, sung by We have the ‘the I get up, I get down’ part before it goes into a beautiful ocean of energy. For other uses, see The lyrical content became a kind of dream sequence in a way. You relax a little bit. The end verse is a dream that I had a long time ago about passing on from this world to another world, yet feeling so fantastic about it that death never frightened me ever since. It consists of four movements. A radically altered interpretation by British band "Total Mass Retain" redirects here. We have an answer-back thing.The original, fast-paced theme picks up followed by musical and lyrical structure which sounds similar to "The Solid Time of Change". That's going to be perfect! In a 1996 interview, Anderson mentions that the song—indeed, the whole album—is inspired by the Hindu/Buddhist mysticism of Anderson was concerned about how the words sounded, sometimes more than what they meant, creating, thus, verses that often don't seem to mean anything, such as "The time between the notes relates the colour to the scenes". The progressive nature of the piece is revealed immediately as the song fades in with the sounds of running water, wind chimes, and birds chirping; a layering of sounds derived primarily from "environmental tapes" collected by lead vocalist The lyrics are introduced at 4:00, along with a chorus that repeats throughout the song. The song significantly slows its tempo and lowers its volume. The latter, however, was still to … You’ve gone through nearly 10 minutes of music that’s very well put-together, but then you want to let go of it. The chorus here changes to a faster This section, along with a sped-up version of the introduction of birds chirping at the beginning and a small part of the beginning of "I Get Up I Get Down" at the end, was This is the shortest of the four sections of "Close to the Edge". "Close to the Edge" is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their fifth studio album Close to the Edge. The song came about because Steve was playing these chords one day, and I started singing, 'Two million people barely satisfy.' When I heard that, I said, 'Wait. You start singing that with Chris, and then I'll sing my part.' Close to the edge, down by a river, Not right away, not right away.-----INTERPRETATION: The soul's journey through a timeless dimension appears from the outside to be "asssessing points to nowhere," that is, directionless and goalless. Down at the edge, round by the corner, Not right away, not right away. Close to the Edge would make the Top Five on both sides of the Atlantic, dispatch Yes on the longest tour of their career so far and, if hindsight be the guide, launch the band on a downward swing that only disintegration, rebuilding, and a savage change of direction would cure. Like the previously established melody, this chorus will be developed in many different ways, which will include changes to the lyrical content, as well as changes in The song continues with generally the same melody and style, though the bass part changes significantly. It’s about the incredible imbalance of the human experience on the planet.