"Yes"

I spent most of the day today doing reading for school. Hours and hours of dull academic articles. But it’s okay, because I feel like I’m maybe getting it. The last time I was in school was in Boston. My major was finance, but the classes I most enjoyed were those I took in religious studies. The poetic style of the lyrics for “Yes” reflects all the Old Testament reading I’d been doing at the time.

Yes

© 1992 Brian Hutzell

There's a question sitting between us,

Sitting between us a question I'd like to ask

Am I up to the task, when I know what the answer will be?

It's a subject we seldom mention

We seldom mention the subject 'cause we have seen the trouble it brings,

So he answer will be?

It's a subject we seldom mention

We seldom mention the subject 'cause we have seen the trouble it brings,

So why should I take that chance?

But I persist

I can't resist the urge to humiliate myself by dreaming of the day you say...

Yes!

I confess I'm gonna keep on trying till you acquiesce

I guess, with each caress, I'm hoping I'll be that much closer to success

Yes, I believe in love; yes, I believe in us

And yes, I believe that someday the answer will be "Yes!"

There's a problem with a solution,

A simple solution I'd like to suggest for the pain in my chest

All you have to do is say, "Yes."

You answer me, "It can never be."

Tell me why before I die

No! I don't want to know--it can only make our problems grow

Wait! I take it back!

Unless you tell me what I lack, I'll be wondering

And wondering is worse than knowing

Yes!

I confess I'm gonna keep on trying till you acquiesce

I guess, with each caress, I'm hoping I'll be that much closer to success

Yes, I believe in love; yes, I believe in us

And yes, I believe that someday the answer will be "Yes!"

I've grown so accustomed to "no"

I get more than a little depressed

Although there's no reason to expect it,

Something in me still harbors hopes of "yes."

Yes!

I confess I'm gonna keep on trying till you acquiesce

I guess, with each caress, I'm hoping I'll be that much closer to success

Yes, I believe in love; yes, I believe in us

And yes, I believe that someday the answer will be "Yes!"

"W5"

Brian Hutzell