Everybody has their own interpretation of Yes songs. Thankfully, there is no "right way" or "wrong way."

In meditation today, as I hummed a solid note, I imagined a "vibrational rope" that connected the physical world and the non-physical world. It seemed like a cord of life.

Life (IMO) is both physical and non-physical. Seen and unseen. Manifest and unmanifest. Body and soul.

"Cord of Life" (For those who don't know, "Cord of Life" is the first movement from the song "And You and I .")

"A movement regained and regarded both the same" The rope, or cord, is a "movement" between the two realms of the manifest and unmanifest, that is "regained" to me, and are "regarded as both the same." (I love it!)

"All complete in the sights and seeds of life with you." Ok, my take on this - today - I'm aware is not what Jon meant. And, I'm aware that this is a very special line to all Yesfans. That said, lately the word complete has meant "whole." To me, bridging the two worlds of physical and non. - is whole, is holy, is "All complete." A wholeness can be personally experienced as we see within the "sights" of wholeness. And I believe that a natural wholeness of life is seeded in each human being. "With you." Jon is pointing to a beloved. The beloved I have always placed there is God. Now, IF the (or a) cord of life is this linking between physical and non-physical, then (to me) "you" (a beloved) IS God - IS Life.

Why do I believe such things? One reason is that I listen to Yes music.

Now, what I just said is of course a concept in the head, and idealology. And we all know that life ain't about living only the head, especially this song, which is one of the most heart-felt and beloved of all Yes songs (Ok, to be "politically correct" - I.M. HUMBLE O.)

Signing off affirmatively,

Mark