Jon Anderson - 23/24/11 Lyrics






Spoke about it 24 days ago
Talked about it 23 years away
Asked about it never to be lost again, that feeling of emotion
He sang about it 20 days long ago
Heard about it 19 everlasting wars
Though about it 26 times a day, that feeling of destruction

No one could ever rely on the words of the truth in the battlefield
Someone is there through the time of events they will speak your name
Speak, they will shine they will sing in your heart
Never let it be, never let it sing
Let it reach, always the song for you
In the darkness there's always a song for you

So they wrote a book about it saying we live many times
And no one ever talks about it till they come alive
Always to be known as the ones who change the course
I see them demonstrating everywhere
Believe this is happening
Truth is always going to be strong
Changing our thoughts of war

Changed our thoughts of war... 23/24/11
It was a war we didn't need
23/24/11

So we want the truth and the good in every soldier
Coming home and broken in the battle for the cause

They will show that each will be given the freedom
That comes with a heavy load
And other lives
And other dreams
Wounded inside
Lost forever... 23/24/11

He wrote it down
23 days 24 minutes 11 hours
And I'll be gone and gone out of this desolate place
This desolate waste

We are the first generation to know
That war really doesn't relieve
It just breaks the soul
Clearly around us everyday

23/24/11

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  1. P.... G....

    Angel music

  2. J.... S....

    ! The Living Tree !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-))<3

  3. D.... B....

    Stunning Song

  4. P.... G....

    Unverwechselbare Stimme...Super

  5. S.... G....

    Reminds me of Asia

  6. T.... C....

    I also, my grandfather's both sides, and an uncle gassed, only one survived it, he would talk to me..

  7. T.... C....

    This is touching..It gives image and an understanding how car man will go..

  8. P.... R....

    na minha infancia escutava yes os dois juntos pensei que a vida passava e nunca mais iria escutar uma das musicas mais perfeita depois de 48 anos escutando rock nao so isso a verdadeira planta sr jesus tudo conhecide esta musica na minha vida meu nome e paulo ricardo sou rico por escultar musicas ricas perfeitas gracss ao meu bom Deus

  9. F.... J....

    Que bella cancion de yes nunca la habia escuchado. Gracias por subirla

  10. 2.... ....

    beutifull

  11. E.... H....

    Goosebumps...

  12. M.... P....

    My 2 favourite people in the world

  13. S.... T....

    The live cd they put out from this album is excellent. Have tkt's for the ARW show this Nov. in Nashville. Haven't seen Jon preform since 2000 on the Masterworks tour. I'm over due. We miss you Chris...

  14. m.... ....

    Highly developed souls and their music that touches our beings so deeply...thank you so much!

  15. P.... G....

    Beautiful.

  16. A.... B....

    Maravilloso,Sr. Anderson!

  17. l.... f....

    E UMA MUSICA MUITO ESPECIAL, , E TODA FEITA CON MUITO AMOR,

  18. J.... P....

    Beautifull...great song...God bless guys...

  19. A.... G....

    What a wonderfull song!!

  20. S.... S....

    God bless Rick Wakeman. 

    S.... S....

    And Jon....

  21. J.... G....

    *PTSD*
    I love you, Jon.
    And it's good to know that you understand we are wounded, lost, forever.
    And I wish you well.
    And you "unfriended" me on FB.
    And that sounds idiotic.
    But it wasn't.
    Because there are no numbers of days, hours, months, years that we can count until it's over. Not unless we end it ourselves.
    XO

  22. T.... ....

    the intro is very close of a song of the band "vast" who is titled don 't take your love away

  23. F.... ....

    Jon..brings me to beautiful memories

  24. r.... L....

    Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman, good for the spirit, the mind, the brain and the ethos! Remarkable talent, innovation, and as TheGEEman60 said "Legends"!. These will be the Beethoven's and Bach's 300 years from now if we don't destroy ourselves.

    r.... L....

    You could be partially right, but NO... Bach, Mozart, and the other tops will ALWAYS be the true classical that will require a near lifetime to perfect, and be able to play from memory, without notation in front of you... and only the most talented will be able, because they were the true MASTERS. Just hearing what they wrote from what was in their head, for 100  piece Orchestra and Opera etc., is just ASTOUNDING! and has till who knows when, never been able to find such talent again. Yes has been an awesome band for a few decades, but they'll eventually, likely fizzle out.  Destroy ourselves? I don't believe it's an ourselves event, if it should happen. It's ONE group of people who are responsible for ALL wars, and had they not been permitted to overrule the world, we could have avoided so much bloodshed and constant wars.  MAN will decide if they will be permitted to destroy the world... and I hope MAN decides damn fast, because there isn't much time left. Most of the first rockers like Yes, Deep Purple, Led Zepp, etc., are about 5-6 years my senior, so I likely won't be around for what you younger generations are going to have to deal with, but mark my words... real awful times are VERY near, and you'll only avoid them if you put a STOP to it NOW. It will require a military coup, takeover by those who will want to restore the quickly dying constitution, removing the FED and printing a NEW debt free currency. That's the only thing that will save the world now. Away with the CFR, start deporting those who want to totally destroy America and the world.

    r.... L....

    I totally agree with you, Lovell. I do call them neo-classics of our time. For me, Rick, Jon are true composers, as much as Mozart and Bach. @Top Notch I really notice your adoration to classics and its beautiful, but dont be that narrow-thinking and conservative. Give credits to Jon and Rick, they are one of the very few guys left, who actually make wonderful, heart-touching and interesting music, as Bach and Mozart did in the past. And NO, not only Bach and Mozart could play from the memory. Every true, talented composer can do the same. Take a look at DVD series The Other Side of Rick Wakeman (if I remember correctly), he even improvises by playing a tunes, picked from the audience, and instantly arranged and then played on the piano. 

  25. A.... A....

    Very beautiful and mellow.  I love Anderson's voice and Wakeman always had a delicate touch on the piano.  Good work guys.

  26. F.... B....

    Written in the true spirit of YES. Two core members that prove that YES is not just a puppet show, but still has creativity and realism. Hopefully a group mending will bring the entire creative genius to bear on future projects.

  27. h.... ....

    sooo amazing,,RICK & JON !!!

  28. D.... S....

    I was taking a long walk with my iPod one day; when this song played I broke into tears. So powerful. Peace.

  29. J.... ....

    Unspeakably beautiful.

  30. r.... l....

    one of god"s angels

  31. P.... C....

    Jon... Rick....

  32. M.... ....

    better than i expected

  33. C.... L....

    Heartbreaking......True....and beautiful

  34. O.... A....

    @THEPOCONOJOECHANNEL what's your problem mate?

  35. T.... E....

    On of the greatest songs of this new decade.

  36. C.... ....

    man I just saw them live yesterday, what can I say, they played songs from this album and from Yes...no words but "magical" "superb" "amazing" I'm still flying high on their music and Anderson man, what a mystic, what a great human bieng...ahhhh....I saw Yes (Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White) las year and now finally complet the journey with Anderson/Wakeman..

  37. J.... W....

    It's good to know that jon has still been making music. JON, HOPE YOU REJOIN YES AND GET THE VOICE OF YES BACK!!!

  38. h.... ....

    Best song on the album no doubt about that!
    It hit me like a ton of bricks first time I heard it and has done so every single time I listen to it since.
    Thank you Jon and Rick for being able to make music of this magnitude even after 40 years of listening to all the other beautiful songs you made through those years.
    Nous sommes des soleil....;-)

  39. M.... ....

    Oh yes, the daily news on Sunday ...killing son and three grandchildren at once ... cowardly, through bloody damned shifty missiles. Very heroic, indeed! Congratulations, brave new world! (I have to say all that as a liberal cosmopolitan, writing this, so to say, with my own blood ...)

  40. S.... V....

    Heavenly...only Jon and Rick can come together as one! Legendary...

  41. p.... ....

    @ModemTalking Y think exactly like you.

  42. R.... -....

    This is so beautiful... Thank You.