Lyrics to
To Be Over

This version of To Be Over was released by Yes in 1974.

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We go sailing down the calming streams,
Drifting endlessly by the bridge.
To be over, we will see, to be over.

Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays;
Always doors to lock away your dreams.
Think it over, time will heal your fear, think it over.
Balance the thoughts that release within you.

Childlike soul dreamer.
One journey, one to seek and see in ev’ry light
Do open true pathways away.

Carrying closer,
Go gently, holding doors will open ev’ry way
You wander true pathways away.

After all your soul will still surrender.
After all don’t doubt your part,
Be ready to be loved.

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Yes has released many songs over the years besides To Be Over. 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 To Be Over by Yes

The lyrics to To Be Over are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Yes used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to To Be Over 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 To Be Over 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 To Be Over" means the words set to the music of To Be Over, 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 To Be Over and the lyrics to To Be Over 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 To Be Over, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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