Unicorn Theme

For convenience of reference, the 7:02 long studio version of the composition Unicorn Theme is virtually indexed for this discography at two points:

• 00:00 - (Section One) 4:00
• 04:00 - (Section Two) 3:02

There are several official versions of this composition:

• the original short instrumental studio recording of Section 1 from 1985
• the original long studio recording of Section 1 and 2, but abridged and overdubbed with vocals by Jon Anderson from 1985, titled Loved By The Sun
• two long, slightly different live recordings of Section 1 and 2 from 1986
• a live recording of Section 1 from 1997, titled Unicorn Saga
• a studio re-recording and a live recording of Section 1 both from 2006, titled Loved By The Sun
• a studio re-recording of Section 1 from 2007, titled Loved By The Sun
• a studio re-recording of Section 2 from 2008, titled Beyond The Cottage And The Lake
• five live recordings of Section 1 from 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 (based on the 2007 re-recording), titled Loved By The Sun
• two live recordings of Section 2 from 2009 and 2014 (based on the 2008 re-recording), titled Beyond The Cottage And The Lake

There is as well the before-mentioned long studio recording (as played live in 1986), and there is another vocal version of Section 1 with vocals by Susanne Pawlitzki, but none of these two versions has been officially released yet.

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Lyrics

Loved By The Sun

I have seen the mystics play there
Once or twice but I knew they had a reason
Enchantment plays its cards all right
Hand in hand with the working of the seasons

Legends can be now and forever
Teaching us to love for goodness sake
Legends can be now and forever
Loved by the sun
Loved by the sun
Loved

Two and two go so close together
Whether there is hope that is torn apart
In the words of all that's singing
Hand in hand the beginning is at the start

Legends can be now and forever
Teaching us to reach for goodness sake
Legends can be now and forever
Loved by the sun
Loved by the sun
Loved

Who sings of all of love's eternity
Whose shines so bright
In all the songs of love's unending spells

Only lightning strikes all that's evil
Teaching us to love for goodness sake
Hear the music of love eternal
Teaching us to reach for goodness sake
Legends can be now and forever
Teaching us to love for goodness sake

Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom
Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom
Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom
Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom
To believe in the good in man
To believe in the good in man
To believe in the good in man

(Written by Jon Anderson, transcribed by Dave Datta, clarified by James Owens)

The Angel

I dreamt a dream! What can it mean?
I dreamt that I was a maiden Queen
Guarded by an Angel mild:
Witless woe was never beguiled!

And I wept both night and day,
And he wiped my tears away;
I was so sad in a while he wiped my tears away;
Came to me night and day
I kept on crying
And hid from him my heart's delight.

So he took his wings, and fled;
Then the morn blushed rosy red.
I dried my tears, I armed my fears
With ten-thousand shields and spears.

And soon my Angel came again;
I was armed, he came in vain;
For the time of youth was fled,
And grey hairs were on my head.

Soon my Angel came again;
I was armed, he came in vain;
For the time of youth was fled,
And I found grey hair was on my head.

(Adapted from a poem written by William Blake)