Rush is a Canadian rock Rock music band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale Willowdale, Toronto neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, composed of bassist bass guitar , keyboardist keyboard instrument , and lead vocalist singer Geddy Lee, guitarist electric guitar Alex Lifeson, and drummer drum kit and lyricist Neil Peart. The band and its membership went through a number of re-configurations between 1968 and 1974,... [read more] - Distant Early Warning
An ill wind comes arisingAcross the cities of the plainThere's no swimming in the heavy waterNo singing in the acid rainRed alertRed alertIt's so hard to stay togetherPassing through revolving doorsWe need someone to...
- SUBDIVISIONS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Sprawling on the fringes of the cityIn geometric orderAn insulated borderIn between the bright lightsAnd the far unlit unknown Growing up it all seems so...
- The Body Electric
One humanoid escapeeOne android on the runSeeking freedom beneath a lonely desert sunTrying to change its programTrying to change the mode -- crack the codeImages conflicting into data...
- LIMELIGHT
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Living on a lighted stageApproaches the unrealFor those who think and feelIn touch with some realityBeyond the gilded cage Cast in this unlikely...
- FORCE TEN
Words by Neil Peart and Pye Dubois,Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Tough times demand tough talkdemand tough hearts demand tough songsdemand -- We can rise and fall like empiresFlow in and out like the tideBe vain...
- TIME STAND STILL
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I turn my back to the windTo catch my breath,Before I start off againDriven on,Without a moment to spendTo pass an eveningWith a drink and a friend I let my...
- MYSTIC RHYTHMS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson So many things I think aboutWhen I look far awayThings I know -- things I wonderThings I'd like to sayThe more we think we know aboutThe greater the unknownWe...
- MISSION
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Hold your fire --Keep it burning brightHold the flame'Til the dream ignites --A spirit with a visionIs a dream with a mission I hear their passionate musicRead...
- THE ANALOG KID
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson A hot and windy August afternoonHas the trees in constant motionWith a flash of silver leavesAs they're rocking in the breeze The boy lies in the grass with one...
- Red Sector A
All that we can do is just surviveAll that we can do to help ourselves is stay aliveRagged lines of ragged greySkeletons, they shuffle awayShouting guards and smoking gunsWill cut down the unlucky onesI clutch the...
- MARATHON
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson It's not how fast you can goThe force goes into the flowIf you pick up the beatYou can forget about the heat More than just survival More than just a flash More...
- THE BIG MONEY
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Big money goes around the worldBig money undergroundBig money got a mighty voiceBig money make no soundBig money pull a million stringsBig money hold the...
- Priests Of Syrinx
... "The massive grey walls of the Temples rise from the heart of every Federation city. I have always been awed by them, to think that every single facet of every life is regulated and directed from within! Our...
- TEARS
Words and Music by Geddy Lee All of the seasonsAnd all of the daysAll of the reasonsWhy I've felt this waySo longSo long Then lost in that feelingI looked in your eyesI noticed emotionAnd that you had criedFor meI can...
- LESSONS
Words and Music by Alex Lifeson Sweet memories Flashing very quickly byReminding me Giving me a reason whyI know that My goal is more than a thoughtI'll be there When I teach what I've been taught You know we've told...
- THE TWILIGHT ZONE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson A pleasant faced man steps up to greet youHe smiles and says he's pleased to meet youBeneath his hat the strangeness liesTake it off, he's got three eyesTruth...
- 2112
I. OvertureWords and Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart "And the meek shall inherit the earth." II. The Temples of SyrinxWords by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson ... "The massive grey...
- A PASSAGE TO BANGKOK
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Our first stop is in BogotaTo check Columbian fieldsThe natives smile and pass alongA sample of their yieldSweet Jamaican pipe dreamsGolden Acapulco nightsThen...
- SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee Waiting for the winds of changeTo sweep the clouds awayWaiting for the rainbow's endTo cast its gold your wayCountless waysYou pass the days Waiting for someone to callAnd turn...
- DOUBLE AGENT
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Where would you rather be?Anywhere but hereWhen will the time be right?Anytime but now On the edge of sleep,I was driting for half the nightAnxious and...
- NOBODY'S HERO
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I knew he was different, in his ***ualityI went to his parties, as a straight minorityIt never seemed a threat to my masculinityHe only introduced me to a wider...
- ALIEN SHORE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson You and I, we are strangers by one chromosomeSlave to the hormone, body and soulIn a struggle to be happy and freeSwimming in a primitive sea You and I, we must...
- LEAVE THAT THING ALONE
Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Instrumental
- Cold Fire
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson It was long after midnightWhen we got to unconditional loveShe said sure, my heart is boundlessBut don't push my limits too far I said if love was so...
- CUT TO THE CHASE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson It is the fire that lights itselfBut it burns with a restless flameThe arrow on a moving targetThe archer must be sure of his aim It is the engine that drives...
- EVERYDAY GLORY
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson In the house where nobody laughsAnd nobody sleepsIn the house where love lies dyingAnd the shadows creepA little girl hides, shaking,With her hands on her...
- Between Sun And Moon
Words by Neil Peart and Pye DuBois,Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson There is a lake between sun and moonNot too many know aboutIn the silence between whisper and shoutThe space between wonder and doubt This is a...
- STICK IT OUT
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Trust to your instictsIf it's safely restrainedLightning reactionsMust be carefully trained Heat of the momentCurse of the youngSpit out your angerDon't swallow...
- THE SPEED OF LOVE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Love is born with lightning boltsElectro-magnetic forceBurning skin and fireworksA storm on a raging course Like a force of nature,Love can fade with the stars...
- ANIMATE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson POLARIZE MESENSITIZE MECRITICIZE MECIVILIZE MECOMPENSATE MEANIMATE MECOMPLICATE MEELEVATE ME Goddess in my gardenSister in my soulAngel in my armorActress in my...
- TERRITORIES
I see the Middle Kingdom between Heaven and EarthLike the Chinese call the country of their birthWe all figure that our homes are set aboveOther people than the ones we know and love In every place with a name They...
- MIDDLETOWN DREAMS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson The office door closed earlyThe hidden bottle came outThe salesman turned to close the blindsA little slow now, a little stout But he's still heading down those...
- EMOTION DETECTOR
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson When we lift the covers from our feelingsWe expose our insecure spotsTrust is just as rare as devotion --Forgive us our cynical thoughtsIf we need too much...
- Mahattan Project
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Imagine a time When it all began In the dying days of a war A weapon -- that would settle the score Whoever found it first Would be sure to do their worst --...
- GRAND DESIGNS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson A to B --Different degrees... So much style without substanceSo much stuff without styleIt's hard to recognize the real thingIt comes along once in a while Like...
- HERESY
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson All around that dull gray worldFrom Moscow to BerlinPeople storm the barricadesWalls go tumbling in The counter-revolutionPeople smiling through their tearsWho...
- THE BIG WHEEL
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Well, I was only a kid -- didn't know enough to be afraidPlaying the game, but not the way the big boys playedNothing to lose -- maybe I had something to...
- YOU BET YOUR LIFE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Just another hunter, like a wolf in the sunJust another junkie on a scoring runJust another victim of the things he has doneJust another day -- in the life of a...
- GHOST OF A CHANCE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Like a million little doorwaysAll the choices we madeAll the stages we passed throughAll the roles we played For so many different directionsOur separate paths...
- WHERE'S MY THING
(Part IV, "Gangster of Boats" Trilogy)Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Instrumental
- FACE UP
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson You turn my headI spin my wheelsRunning on empty --You know how that feels I'm on a roll now --Or is it a slide?Can't be too careful With that dangerous prideIf...
- NEUROTICA
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson You just don't get itWhat it is...well, you're not really sureYou move like you're walking on this iceTalking like you're still insecure Time is a spiral --...
- Kid Gloves
A world of differenceA world so out of touchOverwhelmed by everythingBut wanting more so muchCall it blind frustrationCall it blind man's bluffCall each other namesYour voices rude, Your voices roughThen you learn the...
- Afterimage
Suddenly, you were goneFrom all the lives you left your mark uponI remember How we talked and drank into the misty dawnI hear the voicesWe ran by the water on the wet summer lawnI see the footprintsI remember I feel...
- Red Lenses
i see redand it hurts my headguess it must be somethingthat i readit's the color of your heartbeata rising summer sunthe battle lost or wonthe flash to fashionand the pulse to passion feels redinside my headand truth...
- The Enemy Within (Part I Of Fear)
Things crawl in the darknessThat imagination spinsNeedles at your nerve endsCrawl like spiders on your skinPounding in your templesAnd a surge of adrenalineEvery muscle tense to fence the enemy withinI'm not giving in...
- Between The Wheels
To live between a rock and a hard placeIn between time Cruising in prime timeSoaking up the cathode raysTo live between the wars in our timeLiving in real timeHolding the good timeHolding on to yesterdaysChorusYou...
- One Little Victory
A certain measure of innocenceWilling to appear naiveA certain degree of imaginationA measure of make-believeA certain degree of surrenderTo the forces of light and heatA shot of satisfactionIn a willingness to risk...
- How It Is
Here's a little trapThat sometimes catches everyoneWhen today's as far as we can seeFaith in bright tomorrowsgiving way to resignationThat's how it is - how it's going to beIt's such a cloudy daySeems we'll never see...
- Nocturne
Did I have a dream?Or did the dream have me?Set off on a night-sea journeyWithout memory or desireDrifting through lost latitudesWith no compass and no chartFlying through hallucinationDistant voices, signal...
- Peaceable Kingdom
A wave toward the clearing the skyAll this time we're talking and sharing our Rational ViewA billion other voices are spreading other newsAll this time we're living and trying to understandWhy a billion other choices...
- Vapor Trail
Stratospheric traces of our transitory flightTrails of condensation heldin narrow paths of whiteThe sun is turning blackThe world is turning grayAll the stars fade from the nightThe oceans drain awayHorizon to...
- Stars Look Down
Like the fly on the wheel, who says"What a lot of dust we're raising"Are you under the illusionThat you're part of this scheme?Seems like a lifetime agoYou could look with prideOn your world of dreamsWhat is the...
- Sweet Miracle
I wasn't walking on waterI was standing on a reefWhen the tide came inSwept beneath the surfaceLost without a traceNo hope at allNo hope at allOh - sweet miracleOh - sweet miracleOf lifeI wasn't walking with angelsI...
- Earthshine
On certain nightsWhen the angles are rightAnd the moon is a slender crescentIt's circle showsIn a ghostly glowOf earthly luminescenceEarthshineA beacon in the nightI can raise my eyes toEarthshineEarthshineA jewel out...
- Ceiling Unlimited
It's not the heatIt's the inhumanityPlugged into the sweat of a summer streetMachine gun images passLike malice through the looking glassThe slackjaw gazeOf true profanityFeels more like surrender than defeatIf...
- Secret Touch
The way outIs the way inThe way outIs the way in...Out of touchWith the weather and the wind directionWith the sunriseAnd the phases of the moonOut of touchWith life in the land of the lovingWith the living nightAnd...
- Ghost Rider
Pack up all those phantomsShoulder that invisible loadKeep on riding north and westHaunting that wilderness roadLike a ghost riderCarry all those phantomsThrough bitter wind and stormy skiesFrom the desert to the...
- Freeze (Part IV Of Fear)
The city crouches, steamingIn the early morning half-lightThe sun is still a rumorAnd the night is still a threatSlipping through the dark streetsAnd the echoes and the shadowsSomething stirs behind meAnd my palms...
- Out Of The Cradle
It's not a placeIt's a yearningIt's not a raceIt's a journeyIt's not an actIt's attractionIt's not a styleIt's an actionIt's a dream for the wakingIt's a flower touched by flameIt's a gift for the givingIt's a power...
- The Rhythm Method (Drum Solo)
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- WITCH HUNT Part III Of 'Fear'
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson The night is black Without a moon The air is thick, and still The vigilantes gather on The lonely torchlit hill Features distorted in the flickering lightThe...
- MANHATTAN PROJECT
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Imagine a timeWhen it all began In the dying days of a warA weapon -- that would settle the scoreWhoever found it firstWould be sure to do their worst --They...
- TURN THE PAGE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Nothing can survive in a vacuumNo one can exists all aloneWe pretend things only happen to strangersWe've all got problems of our own It's enough to learnTo...
- CLOSER TO THE HEART
Words by Neil Peart and Peter Talbot, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson And the men who hold high placesMust be the ones to startTo mould a new realityCloser to the Heart The Blacksmith and the ArtistReflect it in...
- FREEWILL
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson There are those who think that lifeHas nothing left to chanceWith a host of holy horrorsTo direct our aimless dance A planet of playthingsWe dance on the...
- DREAMLINE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson He's got a road map of JupiterA radar fix on the starsAll along the highwayShe's got a liquid-crystal compass A picture book of the riversUnder the Sahara They...
- CYGNUS X-1
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart Book One ---- The VoyagePrologue In the constellation of CygnusThere lurks a mysterious, invisible forceThe Black HoleOf Cygnus X-1 Six Stars of...
- THE SPIRIT OF RADIO
Inspired by 'The Spirit of Radio' in Toronto, alive and well (so far). Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex LifesonBegin the dayWith a friendly voiceA companion, unobtrusivePlays that song that's so...
- BRAVADO
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson If we burn our wingsFlying too close to the sunIf the moment of gloryIs over before it's begunIf the dream is won --Though everything is lostWe will pay the...
- TEST FOR ECHO
Words by Neil Peart and Pye DuBois,Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Here we go --- vertigoVideo vertigoTest for echo Here we go --- in slo-moVideo vertigoTest for echo Some kind of trouble on the sensory...
- NATURAL SCIENCE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I. Tide PoolsWhen the ebbing tide retreatsAlong the rocky shorelineIt leaves a trail of tidal poolsIn a short-lived galaxyEach microcosmic planetA complete...
- YYZ
Music by Geddy Lee and Neil Peart Instrumental
- THE TREES
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson There is unrest in the ForestThere is trouble with the treesFor the Maples want more sunlighAnd the Oaks ignore their pleas The trouble with the Maples(And...
- RESIST
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I can learn to resistAnything but temptationI can learn to co-existWith anything but pain I can learn to compromiseAnything but my desiresI can learn to get...
- A FAREWELL TO KINGS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart When they turn the pages of historyWhen these days have passed long agoWill they read of us with sadnessFor the seeds that we let growWe turned our...
- XANADU
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson "To seek the sacred river Alph To walk the caves of ice To break my fast on honey dew And drink the milk of Paradise...." I had heard the whispered talesOf...
- DRIVEN
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Driven up and down in circlesSkidding down a road of black iceStaring in and out storm windowsDriven to a fool's paradise BUT IT'S MY TURN TO DRIVE Driven to...
- ROLL THE BONES
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Well, you can stake that claim --Good work is the key to good fortuneWinners take that praiseLosers seldom take that blameIf they don't take that gameAnd...
- CINDERELLA MAN
Words by Geddy Lee, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson A modest man from Mandrake Travelled rich to the city He had a need to discover A use for his newly-found wealth Because he was humanBecause he had...
- SHOW DON'T TELL
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson how many times do you hear it?it goes on all day longeveryone knows everythingand no one's ever wronguntil later who can you believe?it's hard to play it...
- THE FOUNTAIN OF LAMNETH
I. In the ValleyWords and Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart I am bornI am meI am newI am freeLook at meI am youngSight unseenLife unsung My eyes have just been openedAnd they're open very wideImages...
- THE NECROMANCER
Words and Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart I. Into DarknessAs grey traces of dawn tinge the eastern sky, the threetravelers, men of Willow Dale, emerge from the forestshadow. Fording the River Dawn,...
- LAKESIDE PARK
Words and Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart Midway hawkers callingTry your luck with meMerry-go-round wheezing The same old melodyA thousand ten cent wondersWho could ask for moreA pocketful of...
- I THINK I'M GOING BALD
Words and Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart I looked in the mirror todayMy eyes just didn't seem so brightI've lost a few more hairsI think I'm going baldI think I'm going bald! Seems like only...
- I Don't Wanna Wait
I could stay here in darkness to dream all aloneBut the daylight follows wherever you goI could fade out and back down like I always doI can't take the chance of losing you, noNow I couldn't lose youChorus:I don't...
- Written All Over Your Face
She'll dive into anythingShe's got the golden ringShe's got the moon in her hairTo touch her is permanentSalt on her satin skinIt's all OK when she's thereI don't want toBut I have toLeave it all up in the...
- BEFORE AND AFTER
Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Love won't see my comin'On a Sunday noon todayStill don't believe we're fadin'but now the world should wait And now you're fina'lly list'nin'To what I have to sayWell, the...
- HERE AGAIN
Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I said I played this songSo many times beforethat the melody keeps repeatingGrowing new ideasFlowing chords and notesLike a mountain river bleeding Well, I say as I look...
- Stay
All the maps on the wallAre held there with pinsTo show where we've beenA box of our memoriesAll packed by the doorThe end of our warAs I watch you sleepYour hand still reaches for mineYou are so beautifulYou...
- TAKE A FRIEND
Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Well, I'm lookin' at youAnd I'm wond'rin' what you're gonna doLooks like you got no friendsNo one to stick with you till the end Take yourself a friendKeep 'em till the...
- She Comes In Waves
She'll dive into anythingShe's got the golden ringShe's got the moon in her hairTo touch her is permanentSalt on her satin skinIt's all OK when she's thereI don't want toBut I have toLeave it all up in the...
- NEED SOME LOVE
Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I'm runnin' hereI'm runnin' thereI'm lookin' for a girl'Cause there's nothin' I needThere's nothin' I want moreIn the whole wide world Well, I need it quickAnd I need it...
- Rush
We'll run, we'll dance, we'll flyThis is our timeWe'll stay, all day, all nightSide by sideC'mon, we're goneSo put your hand in minePushin' on towards the sunLet's come undoneChorus:I get such a rushIt's almost too...
- I'll Be
The strands in your eyes that colour them wonderfulStop me and steal my breathEmeralds from mountains thrust towards the skyNever revealing their depthAnd tell me that we belong togetherDress it up with the trappings...
- If You Don't Mean It
Ladies and gentlemen I know what you want She�â??s hot as a stove Her name is Nicole I�â??ll do whatever you like I�â??ll do whatever you like I can do, I can do I do, I do whatever...
- Angel
She'll dive into anythingShe's got the golden ringShe's got the moon in her hairTo touch her is permanentSalt on her satin skinIt's all OK when she's thereI don't want toBut I have toLeave it all up in the...
- FLY BY NIGHT
Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Neil Peart (Original first stanza)Airport scurry flurry facesParade of passers byPeople going many placesWith a smile or just a sighWaiting waiting pass the timeAnother cigaretteGet in...
- IN THE MOOD
Words and Music by Geddy Lee Aw, hey now, baby,Well, I like your smileWon't you come and talk to meFor a little while Well, you're makin' me crazyThe way you roll them eyesWon't you come and sit with meI'll tell you...
- IN THE END
Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Well, I can see what you meanIt just takes me longerAnd I can feel what you feelIt just makes you stronger I know, I know, I knowOh, the feeling growsI see, I see, I...
- WORKING MAN
Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I get up at seven, yeahAnd I go to work at nineI got no time for livin'Yes, I'm workin' all the time It seems to meI could live my lifeA lot better than I think I amI...
- BASTILLE DAY
Words and Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart There's no bread, let them eat cakeThere's no end to what they'll takeFlaunt the fruits of noble birthWash the salt into the earth But they're marching to...
- FINDING MY WAY
Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Yeah, oh yeah!Ooh, said I,I'm comin' out to get youOoh, sit downI'm comin' out to find youOoh, yeah. Ooh yeahFindin' my way! I've been gone so longI've lost count of the...
- ANTHEM
Words and Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart Know your place in life is where you want to beDon't let them tell you that you owe it all to meKeep on looking forward, no use in looking 'roundHold your...
- WHAT YOU'RE DOING
Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Well, I see you standin' thereWith your finger in the airEv'rything we doYou wanna leave it up to you Who do you think you are?You think you are a starTry'n' to run the...
- BY-TOR AND THE SNOW DOG
Words and Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart I. At the Tobes of HadesThe Tobes of HadesLit by flickering torchlightThe Netherworld is gathered in the glarePrince By-Tor takes the cavernTo the north...
- AVAILABLE LIGHT
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson the restless windhas seen all thingsin every kind of lightrising with the full moonto go howling through the night the sleepless windhas heard all thingsbetween...
- PRESTO
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson if I could wave my magic wand... I am made from the dust of the starsand the oceans flow in my veinshere I hide in the heart of the citylike a stranger coming...
- ANAGRAM (for Mongo)
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson there's a snake coming out of the darknessparade from paradiseend the need for edenchase the dreams of merchandise there is tic and toc in atomicleaders make a...
- HAND OVER FIST
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson hand over fistpaper around the stonescissors cut the papercut the paper to the bonehand over fistpaper around the stonescissors cut the paperand the rock must...
- THE PASS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson proud swagger out of the schoolyardwaiting for the world's applauserebel without a consciencemartyr without a cause static on your frequencyelectrical storm in...
- CHAIN LIGHTNING
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson energy is contagiousenthusiasm spreadstides respond to lunar gravitationeverything turns in synchronous relation laughter is infectiou***citement goes to my...
- SCARS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I've stood upon my mountaintopand shouted at the skywalked above the pavementwith my sense amplified--- I get this feeling all my nerves are *** wirestender...
- SUPERCONDUCTOR
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson packaged like a rebel or a herotarget mass appealto make an audience feelhe really means it package the illusion of personacareful to concealthe fact that she's...
- RED TIDE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson nature has some new plagueto run in our streetshistory some new wrinklewe are doomed to repeatfugitives at the bedroom doorlovers pause to find an open...
- WAR PAINT
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson girl before the mirrorappraises her disguisechild become a mothertries to fix her eyesno more of his excusesit has to be todayshe can keep her fantasyif she can...
- CIRCUMSTANCES
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson A boy alone, and so far from homeEndless rooftops from my windowI felt the gloom of empty roomsOn rainy afternoons Sometimes, in confusionI felt so lost and...
- CYGNUS X-1 BOOK II: Hemispheres
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I. PreludeWhen our weary world was youngThe struggle of the ancients first beganThe gods of Love and ReasonSought alone to rule the fate of Man They battled...
- Tom Sawyer
A modern day warriorMean, mean strideToday's Tom SawyerMean, mean prideThough his mind is not for rentDon't put him down as arrogantHis reserve a quiet defenseRiding out the day's eventsThe riverWhat you say about his...
- THE CAMERA EYE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson IGrim-faced and forbiddingTheir faces closed tightAn angular mass of New YorkersPacing in rhythmRace the oncoming nightThey chase through the streets of...
- VITAL SIGNS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Unstable condition:A symptom of lifeIn mental,And environmentalChange Atmospheric disturbance ---The feverish flux,Of human interfaceAnd interchange The impulse...
- Red Barchetta
My uncle has a country placeThat no one knows aboutHe says it used to be a farmBefore the Motor LawAnd now on Sundays I elude the eyesAnd hop the turbine freightTo far outside the wire where myWhite-haired uncle...
- Beneath, Between And Behind
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Alex Lifeson Ten score years ago, defeat the kingly foeA wondrous dream came into beingTame the trackless waste, no virgin land left chasteAll shining eyes, but never seeing Beneath the...
- Jacob's Ladder
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson The clouds prepare for battleIn the dark and brooding silenceBruised and sullen stormcloudsHave the light of day obscuredLooming low and ominousIn twilight...
- LA VILLA STRANGIATO
(An exercise in self-indulgence)Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart Instrumental I. Buenas Noches, Mein Froinds!II. To sleep, perchance to dream ...III. Strangiato ThemeIV. A Lerxst in WonderlandV....
- LOCK AND KEY
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I don't want to faceThe killer instinct --Face it in your or me We carry a sensitive cargoBelow the waterline --Ticking like a time bombWith a primitive design...
- HIGH WATER
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson When the waters roseIn the darknessIn the wake of the endless floodIt flowed into our memory --It flowed into our blood When something broke the surfaceJust to...
- PRIME MOVER
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Basic elementalInstinct to surviveStirs the higher passionsThrill to be alive Alternating currentsIn a tidewater surgeRational resistanceTo an unwise...
- Rock You Tonight
Stand up get on you feetJust throw your hands in the airFeel the beat down in your soulLet the rhythm go to your headYa gotta get up, ya gotta make your moveYa gotta give it everything that you gotMake your play,...
- Reach For The Sky
Well I'm an outlawI make my living on the runMy life is lonelyBut I was born to need no oneAlways on my own My gun is loadedI'm a six-shot heart attackI pull the triggerSo you better watch your back Looking out...
- TAI SHAN
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson High on the sacred mountainUp the seven thousand stairsIn the golden light of autumnThere was magic in the air Clouds surrounded the summitThe wind blew strong...
- Hold Your Fire
I'm like a loaded gun I got you in my sightAnd you're the only one I want to shoot tonightReady and able the trigger to fireLocked on target for my desireGot you covered and there's nothing that you can doBut...
- OPEN SECRETS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson It went right by me --At the time it went over my headI was looking out the windowI should have lookedAt your face instead It went right by me --Just another...
- SECOND NATURE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson A memo to a higher officeOpen letter to the powers-that-beTo a god, a king, a head of stateA captain of industryTo the movers and the shakers --Can't everybody...
- TIME AND MOTION
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Time and motionWind and sun and rainDays connect like boxcars in a train Fill them up with precious cargoSqueeze in all that you can findSpontaneous elationAnd...
- THE COLOR OF RIGHT
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I don't have an explanationFor another lonely nightI just feel this sense of missionAnd the sense of what is right Take it easy on my now ---I'd be there if I...
- LIMBO
Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Instrumental
- TOTEM
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson I've got twelve disciples and a Buddha smileThe Garden of Allah, Viking ValhallaA miracle once in a while I've got a pantheon of animals in a pagan soulVishnu...
- CARVE AWAY THE STONE
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson You can roll that stoneTo the top of the hillDrag your ball and chainBehind you You can carry that weightWith an iron willOr let the pain remainBehind you Chip...
- VIRTUALITY
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Like a shipwrecked mariner adrift on an unknown seaClinging to the wreckage of the lost ship FantasyI'm a castaway, stranded in a desolate landI can see the...
- DOG YEARS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson In a dog's lifeA year is really more like sevenAnd all too soon a canineWill be chasing cars in doggie heaven It seems to meAs we make our own few circles...
- HALF THE WORLD
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Half the world hatesWhat half the world does every dayHalf the world waitsWhile half gets on with it anyway Half the world livesHalf the world makesHalf the...
- Making Memories
Words and Music by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart There's a time for feelin' as good as we canThe time is now, and there's no stoppin' usThere's a time for livin' as high as we canBehind us you will only see...
- Best I Can
Words and Music by Geddy Lee I've got a livin' that's rough, a future that's toughYou know what I meanBlankers and boasters, all the bluffers and posersI'm not into that scene You can tell me that I got no classLook...
- RIVENDELL
Words and Music by Geddy Lee and Neil Peart Sunlight dances through the leavesSoft winds stir the sighing treesLying in the warm grassFeel the sun upon your faceElfin songs and endless nightsSweet wine and soft...
- LOSING IT
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson The dancer slows her frantic paceIn pain and desperation,Her aching limbs and downcast faceAglow with perspiration Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire,With just...
- CHEMISTRY
Words by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart,Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Signals transmittedMessage receivedReaction making impact ---Invisibly Elemental telepathyExchange of energyReaction making contact...
- COUNTDOWN
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex LifesonDedicated with thanks to astronauts Young & Crippen and all the people of NASA for theirinspiration and cooperation Lit up with anticipationWe arrive at the...
- THE WEAPON Part II Of 'Fear'
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson We've got nothing to fear --- but fear itself?Not pain or failure, not fatal tragedy?Not the faulty units in this mad machinery?Not the broken contacts in...
- DIGITAL MAN
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson His world is under observation ---We monitor his stationUnder faces and the placesWhere he traces points of view He picks up scraps of conversation ---Radio and...
- ENTRE NOUS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson We are secrets to each otherEach one's life a novelNo-one else has readEven joined in bonds of loveWe're linked to one anotherBy such slender threads We are...
- DIFFERENT STRINGS
Words by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Who's come to slay the dragon ---Come to watch him fall?Making arrows out of pointed wordsGiant killers, at the callToo much fuss and botherToo much...
- The Temples Of Syrinx
And the meek shall inherit the earth...We've taken care of everythingThe words you hear, the songs you singThe pictures that give pleasure to your eyesIt's one for all, all for oneWe work together, common sonsNever...
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