Turn of the Century

Turn of the Century - Yes Lyrics

Realizing a form out of stone

Set hands moving

Roan shaped his heart

Through his working hands

Work to mold his passion into clay, like the sun



In his room his lady

She would dance and sing so completely

So be still he now cries

I have time oh let clay transform thee so



In the deep cold of night

Winter calls he cries don't deny me

For his lady, deep her illness

Time has caught her

And will for all reasons take her



In the still light of dawn, she dies

Helpless hands soul revealing

Like leaves we touch we learn

We once knew the story

As winter calls he will starve

All but to see the stone be life



Now roan, no more tears

Set to work his strength

So transformed him

Realizing a form out of stone

His work so absorbed him



Could she hear him, could she see him?

All aglow was his room dazed in this light

He would touch her, he would hold her

Laughing as they danced

Highest colors touching others



Did her eyes at the turn of the century

Tell me plainly

How we meet, how we'll love

Oh let life so transform me



Like leaves we touched we danced

We once knew the story

As autumn called and we both remembered

All those many years ago

I'm sure we know



Was the sign of the day with a touch

As I kiss your fingers

We walk hands in the sun

Memories when we're young

Love lingers so



Was it sun through the haze

That made all your looks

As warm as moonlight?

As a pearl deep your eyes

Tears have flown away

All the same light



Did her eyes at the turn of the century

Tell me plainly

When we meet how we'll look

As we smile time will leave me clearly



Like leaves we touch, we see

We will know the story

As autumn calls we'll both remember

All those many years ago