Themes by ABWH in 4K UHD HQ Audio

From a Review on pienematpurot.com:
The album kicks off with one of its best tracks. The six-minute, three-part, surprisingly boringly titled ”Themes” begins with a subtle piano intro combined with ringing, sonorous sequenced elements. The track finally explodes into life with Bruford’s really sharply striking electric drums. Anderson’s vocals come into play and he sings with great intensity the verses that one can imagine are the mission statement of the whole project:

Be gone you ever piercing
Power Play machine
Cutting our musical solidarity
For those who would break the windows
Of our true reflections
And perceptions of the world
’For I am out of thee with a vengeance’

So power playlists and record company machinery be damned, progressive rock is back with a vengeance! ”Themes” really brings prog back into Yes’ music in a very nice way. Wakeman and Howe’s competing solos are great to hear and it’s great to hear Bruford’s always surprising drumming behind Anderson’s vocals after a long time. The long instrumental section with its piano and trumpet-like synthesizers, which rolls along nicely towards the end, is reminiscent of Emerson Lake & Palmer.

Lyrics:
i Sound
(Anderson / Howe / Wakeman / Bruford)
Instrumental

ii Second Attention
(Anderson / Howe / Wakeman / Bruford)
Be gone you ever piercing
Power Play machine
Cutting our musical solidarity
For those who would break the windows
Of our true reflections
And perceptions of the world
'For I am out of thee with a vengeance'

Do not play me
You will never hear this
You will never hear this
Only feel it

For too long I have danced
To your destiny
No longer fill my head
With empty dreams

Of reality and gold
Your reality
For I am away this side away to the second attention

I can never ever play it or sing it
For it can never be shouted down
Or played every stronger
As I feel this never ending
Pattern of nature

I don't believe in Devils
I don't believe in Demons
I only believe in you

iii Soul Warrior
(Anderson / Howe / Wakeman / Bruford)
Instrumental