[LYRICS] YES - Fly From Here

[Aprilfrost]

FLY FROM HERE

Part I – Overture
Instrumental

Part II – We Can Fly

Along the edge of this airfield
The old prop-shaft airliners stand
Altimeters reading zero
Formless memories lingering


Nights are cold on this airfield
I sit alone watching radar
Locked on the wavelength
Caught in the beam
Falling slowly into the screen

Every day that you wait is one more that
You’ve lost
When you wake up
I see you there
On display
Like Some final point of no return
Taking us there from here

And we can fly from here
And we can fly from here
And we can fly from here
Into a sky that’s clearing
Look back, we’ll dry the tears
For those once held so nearly
In love we’ll never disappear

Along the edge of this airfield
The old prop-shaft airliners stand
Altimeters reading zero
Formless memories lingering

And we can fly from here
Into a sky so clearly
Look back, we’ll dry the tears
For those once held so nearly
And we can fly from here
And we can fly from here

And we can fly from here
On the understanding
That we can fly

Every day that you wait is one more that
You’ve lost
On display
Like some final point of no return

Every day that you wait is one more that
You’ve lost
On display
Like some final point of no return

Part II – Sad Night At The Airfield

There are no ground staff in the empty corridors
There’s no one sleeping
No one awake
I’d start an engine in the night if only just to
Break the silence
That last intake

Of air
That clouds in the night as we breathe
Too late
For even the night planes to leave

We can wait for dawn
To carry on
Then we can fly from here

I want to be the one who always gives you shelter
Finds a way to
Keep you warm
I want to be the one
Who’s always there beside you

But we both must
Face the dawn
Alone

So cruel like the world that we leave
Too late
For even the night planes to leave

We can wait for dawn
To carry on
The we can fly from here

Only ghosts are in the empty corridors
And they’re all strangers
Who never cared

I know them from some other life
When things were different
And we both
Were in the air

Turn yourself around
Turn your life around
Turn your world around
Turn this ship around

So turn the wheel around

All defences down
I watch the skies
I watch the skies

Part III – Madman At The Screens

Take a table in the evening
By the water side
Lonely eyes watch as the moonshines
Down a silver tide

Looking out this position
Are things what they seem?
It’s been spreading out from one decision
Into this bad dream

Out on the shoreline
Someone is waiting
The wind that was falling
Is rising again

I hear the voices
I hear them calling
Every song was
Singing in the rain

Sailor
Sailor beware
There are storm clouds
You must take care

Easy
Bring her around
Or the night will
Run you aground
I know

In the ceiling over your heads
Fans and moving air
Spinning out the hours of darkness
Warning sounds somewhere

Out on the shoreline
Someone is waiting
The wind that was falling
Is rising again

I hear the voices
I hear them calling
Every song was
Singing in the rain

Sailor beware
There are storm clouds
You must take care

Easy
Bring her around
Or the night will
Run you aground

Morning
Here in the air
When you feel it
Know that you’re there

Playing God
Behind the scenes a
Madman at the screens

Dreaming
Feeling the air
Dreaming
Seeing you there

Part IV – Bumpy Ride

Dreaming
Seeing you there
See you
Sometime somewhere


Part V – We Can Fly Reprise

We can fly
We can fly
We can fly
We can fly

And we can fly from her
Into a sky that’s clearing

Look back we’ll dry the tears
For those once held so nearly

And we can fly from here
And we can fly from here
And we can fly from here
And we can fly from here

And we can fly from here
On the understanding
That we can fly

[Aprilfrost]

THE MAN YOU ALWAYS WANTED ME TO BE

What have I become?
What am I running away from?
I used to see
Things in a very different way

What am I to do?
I have changed my point of view
I was lost
Now I’ve found myself in you

From some other part of me
I’ll summon the strength to see me through
From deep in the heart of me
To be everything you want me to
And that’s when I start to be
The man you’ve always seen in me
The man you’ve always wanted me to be

What have we become?
What are we running away from?
We need to see
Life in a very different way

Learning what to do
After all that we’ve been through
No longer lost
We have found ourselves anew

From some other part of me
I’ll summon the strength to see me through
From deep in the heart of me
To be everything you want me to
And that’s when I start to be
The man you’ve always seen in me
The man you’ve always wanted me to be

Ee Yeah, Ee Yeah, Ee Yeah, Ee Yeah, Ee Yeah

The man you always wanted me
To be

[Aprilfrost]

LIFE ON A FILM SET

All the poems of my neighbours
That drift across the sand
Are just the tendrils
Of a vast
But gentle plant which they command

The headdress of a goddess
You wore the night we came
Is only one small symptom
I’m really not to blame

You’re riding a tiger
Riding a tiger

Heaven sent the mortals
Raged upon the wall
And likewise all the missiles
Shot to make them fall

Effortless moving
Pictures into frame

Riding a tiger
(you’re) Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger

Over the beaches
Into the sky
Into the reach of some
Last goodbye

Key grip was crying
Best boy was made
Here in the shelter

No one afraid
We were there

Follow the road
That leads to the sun
Look for the leader
He is the one
Who will

Offer the silence
You must beware
Using the danger
No one can share

Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger

Out of the morning
Into the day
Onto the evening
No where to stay
We were

Always together
Always the same
Into the future

Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger

Riding a tiger
Riding a tiger

[Aprilfrost]

HOUR OF NEED

In the dark
While the obvious
Isn’t clear
Can’t believe
Just what can
Interfere

What’s the cost?
Can the end justify the means?
There’s a need
So many mouths to feed

Remember what has been achieved
Keep trying it’s the hour of need

Still hoping we can succeed
In this hour of need

Words unwritten
Mistrust suspicion
Stuck in this wilderness
For everyone
Water to drink
Either we sink or swim

[Aprilfrost]

INTO THE STORM

Something not so superficial
Like something I can really do without
Need a hand to hold into
Help me understand

What’s the point of preparation now
You’ve just got to make that leap somehow
Into the storm

You must know someday they’ll find you out
Through this life you’ve been propelling
Now you’re spinning out

Time to make your reparations now
You’ve just got to make that leap somehow
Come on and make it now
Into the storm

Armies of angels are starting to form
Bathed in the light of the break of the dawn

Take me away
Take me away

One thing learnt from all these years
As stupid now as we were at first
Maybe that’s the way it goes
When you try to change the world

Sending pointless invitations out
You always knew what this was all about
Somewhere a fire is breaking out
Into the storm

Armies of angels are starting to fall
Bathed in the light of the break of the dawn

Armies of angels are leading me on
Take me away from the heart of the storm

Take me away
Take me away