Lyrics to
Future Times

This version of Future Times was released by Yes in 1978.

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In the fountains of the Universe : Set time in accord
Sits the boychild Solomon : Ever turning round and round
In the cities of the Southern Sky : Set points Universe
Dreams he of glory : Pulsating round and round
Future times will stand and clearly see : Highest dancing
Of the course of innocence : Drifting drifting

See it all
See it all
Till tomorrow
See it all
See it all
Till tomorrow

Future times will stand and clearly smile
Of the course of innocence

Dantalion will ride again : Raging forth underland
The course of evils standing straight : Grind to grind
Hot metal will abound the land : Churning out shout
As the form regards our blazing hand
Future times will stand and clearly see
Of the course of innocence

One the word will enter all our hearts
Two the duel will alter them
Three jewels countenance divine away delight away
Four the fight to free the land
Five the islands of Arabia
Six the tears that separate
Six the tears that separate

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Yes has released many songs over the years besides Future Times. Yes released songs from 1969 to 2001 spanning across albums like Yes, Time And A Word, The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans, Relayer, Going For The One, Tormato, Drama, 90125, Big Generator, Union, Talk, Keys To Ascension, Keys To Ascension 2, Open Your Eyes, The Ladder, and Magnification. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Yes.

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About Lyrics and Future Times by Yes

The lyrics to Future Times are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Yes used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Future Times have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Yes and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Future Times by Yes. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Future Times" means the words set to the music of Future Times, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Yes. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Future Times and the lyrics to Future Times are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Yes who came here looking just for the lyrics to Future Times, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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