Lyrics to The Prophet - Decade Lyrics

This version of The Prophet was released by Yes in 1970.

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Long ago a tall man told a tale of yesterday,
Searching for the truth to life and not for just a way.
Finding pleasure from this house his ears, they did obey;
In his life a moment’s pleasure, never to delay.
He was lost and in his trust he found a new meaning;
Seeing the things in diff’rent lights his life was redeemed.

Words of peace will fill his mind and change his way of life;
Peaceful meetings with his heart have made him more alive.
Meeting wise old women on the cliffs of life itself;
Asking not for pers’nal meaning, more for just himself.
Soon we’ll be as he proclaimed in a new way of living;
Take the things you need in life but remember the giving.

Prophesy within your mind and you will work it out;
Prophesy that some will die but only those who doubt.
Then you’ll never worry as somtimes you used to do;
Just remember when you’re gone there’s someone after you, you.

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Yes has released many songs over the years besides The Prophet. 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 The Prophet by Yes

The lyrics for The Prophet are defined as the words making up the song released by Yes in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to The Prophet have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Yes and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to The Prophet by Yes if you think through it. 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 The Prophet" means the words set to the music of The Prophet, 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 The Prophet and the lyrics to The Prophet 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 The Prophet, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.