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Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart The office door closed early The hidden bottle came out The salesman turned to close the blinds A little slow now, a little stout But he’s still heading down those tracks Any day now for sure Another day as drab as today Is more than a man can endure Dreams flow across the heartland Feeding on the fires Dreams transport desires Drive you when you’re down — Dreams transport the ones Who need to get out of town The boy walks with his best friend Through the fields of early May They walk awhile in silence One close — one far away But he’d be …

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart I see the Middle Kingdom between Heaven and Earth Like the Chinese call the country of their birth We all figure that our homes are set above Other people than the ones we know and love In every place with a name They play the same territorial game Hiding behind the lines Sending up warning signs The whole wide world An endless universe Yet we keep looking through The eyeglass in reverse Don’t feed the people But we feed the machines Can’t really feel What international means In different circles We keep holding our ground Indifferent circles We keep spinning round and round We see …

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart It’s not how fast you can go The force goes into the flow If you pick up the beat You can forget about the heat More than just survival More than just a flash More than just a dotted line More than just a dash It’s a test of ultimate will The heartbreak climb uphill Got to pick up the pace If you want to stay in the race More than just blind ambition More than just simple greed More than just a finish line Must feed this burning need — In the long run… From first to last The peak is never passed Something …

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart 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 — They always had before… Imagine a man Where it all began A scientist pacing the floor In each nation — always eager to explore To build the best big stick To turn the winning trick — But this was something more… The big bang — took and shook the world Shot down the rising sun The end was begun — it would hit everyone When the chain reaction was done The …

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart A to B — Different degrees… So much style without substance So much stuff without style It’s hard to recognize the real thing It comes along once in a while Like a rare and precious metal Beneath a ton of rock It takes some time and trouble To separate from the stock You sometimes have to listen to A lot of useless talk Shapes and forms Against the norms — Against the run of the mill Swimming against the stream Life in two dimensions Is a mass production scheme So much poison in power The principles get left out So much mind on the matter …

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart Big money goes around the world Big money underground Big money got a mighty voice Big money make no sound Big money pull a million strings Big money hold the prize Big money weave a mighty web Big money draw the flies Sometimes pushing people around Sometimes pulling out the rug Sometimes pushing all the buttons Sometimes pulling out the plug It’s the power and the glory It’s a war in paradise It’s a cinderella story On a tumble of the dice Big money goes around the world Big money take a cruise Big money leave a mighty wake Big money leave a bruise Big …

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart When the waters rose In the darkness In the wake of the endless flood It flowed into our memory — It flowed into our blood — When something broke the surface Just to see the starry dome — We still feel that relation When the water takes us home In the flying spray of the ocean The water takes you home — Springing from the weight Of the mountains Like the heart of the earth Would burst Flowing out from marble fountains In the dreams of a desert thirst Something swam through The jungles Where the mighty rivers roam — Something breaks the silence When …

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart High on the sacred mountain Up the seven thousand stairs In the golden light of autumn There was magic in the air Clouds surrounded the summit The wind blew strong and cold Among the silent temples And the writing carved in gold Somewhere in my instincts The primitive took hold… I stood at the top of the mountain And China sang to me In the peaceful haze of harvest time A song of eternity — If you raise your hands to heaven You will live a hundred years I stood there like a mystic Lost in the atmosphere The clouds were suddenly parted For a …

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart Nothing can survive in a vacuum No one can exists all alone We pretend things Only happen to strangers We’ve all got problems of our own It’s enough to learn To share our pleasures We can’t sooth pain with sympathy All that we can do is be reminded — We shake our heads at the tragedy Every day we’re standing In a time capsule Racing down a river from the past Every day we’re standing In a wind tunnel Facing down the future coming fast It’s just the age It’s just a stage — We disengage — We turn the page… Looking at The long-range …

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart Hold your fire — Keep it burning bright Hold the flame ‘Til the dream ignites — A spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission I hear their passionate music Read the words That touch my heart I gaze at their feverish pictures The secrets that set them apart When I feel the powerful visions Their fire has made alive I wish I had that instinct — I wish I had that drive Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire Focused high on soaring ambitions Consumed in a single desire In the grip Of a nameless possession — A slave to the …