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To Ascend Lyrics by Yes

Heaven & Earth

2014

[Verse 1]
Were you drifting
On a strange tide?
Collecting visions
From the other side?
Caught between day and night
You were stealing moments past hours pf your life
And balancing on
The edge of a knife

[Pre-Chorus]
Memories of once longer days
They keep on flooding back
The adventurous times when we traveled life’s road
Though we were often blind
But with a lot more heart
And for each other
Taking the time

[Chorus]
On a wing and a prayer
A wounded bird in the hand
With the eyes of a child
Come to understand
I will open the book
Raise the pen
Let it reinvent
My life again
Take me from where I am
As a freed bird
Flies from the hand
To ascend, to ascend

[Verse 2]
Were you catching
The last train to nowhere?
Playing out scenes
Of dark desert days?
Put it behind you now
Call out those bleak shadows from your mind
And never again
Slip through the cracks

[Pre-Chorus]
Memories of once longer days
They keep on flooding back
The adventurous times when we traveled life’s road
Though we were often blind
But with a lot more heart
And for each other
Taking the time

[Chorus]
On a wing and a prayer
A wounded bird in the hand
With the eyes of a child
Come to understand
I will open the book
Raise the pen
Let it reinvent
My life again
Take me from where I am
As a freed bird
Flies from the hand
To ascend, to ascend

[Outro]
On a wing and a prayer
A wounded bird in the hand
With the eyes of a child
Come to understand
I will open the book
Raise the pen
Let it reinvent
My life again
Take me from where I am
As a freed bird
Flies from the hand
Credits
Yes

Yes

About “To Ascend” by Yes

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"To Ascend" is credited to Yes. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"To Ascend" appears on "Heaven & Earth" in 2014.

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