They forgot:
"The more that things change, the more they stay the same."
Circumstances

This headline makes my head hurt.

They also forgot "Down with liberals, and bring me a pair of Dominican boys."

You won't get wise with the sleep still in your eyes
No matter what your dreams might be

/Something For Nothing, but you all knew that already....

"All of us get lost in the darkness; dreamers learn to steer by the stars"

"That wasn't chicken..."

strangeguitar: They forgot:
"The more that things change, the more they stay the same."
Circumstances

Dude, that was Snake Plissken.

Conform or be cast out

"Hang on to your plans. Try as they might they cannot steal your dreams."

"Follow men's eyes as they look to the skies."

"A pocket full of silver, the key to heaven's door."

"My goal is more than a thought."

"I feel the sense of possibilities."

"You better start changin'. Your life needs rearrangin'."

"Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand."

"Hey baby, the hour is late. I feel I've got to move."

Cue the Rush h8rs.... NOW.

/Sorry, I too think Rush lyrics are generally a little juvenile. The 15-year-old nerd boy equivalent of high-school poetry.
//Still a moderate fan, tho'.
///Are they metal, prog, or pop? We'll never know...

"I jizzed in my pants"

Let the truth of love be lighted; let the love of truth shine clear ...

/or was it the other way around?

I think I'm going bald

/wooo

"Ten bucks is ten bucks"

Yep, number one wasn't hard to guess on that one.

PeaceBoy
"All of us get lost in the darkness; dreamers learn to steer by the stars"

ah yes. "The Pass".
I listened to that song once, years and years ago, when i first listened to the album in a cd store.
i completely forgot about the song until i came across it on youtube the other week. That finding and re-listening made me realize how completely wicked awesome the song is.
same with the video.
both sound and look like they could've been made in the mid to late 90's...
not the late 80's... [ "presto"]

Celebrate the moment
As it turns into one more

rush?

Third_Uncle_Eno: i completely forgot about the song until i came across it on youtube the other week. That finding and re-listening made me realize how completely wicked awesome the song is.

its also, at least according to Geddy when they play it on Rush in Rio, one of the Band's favorite songs.

"Take off to the Great White North. Take off, it's a beauty way to go."

"Those who know what's best for us / Must rise and save us from ourselves."

"Catch the spit."

"The suburbs have no charms to sooth the restless dreams of youth"

"The spaces in between leave room for you and I to grow."

"For you, the blind who once could see, the bell tolls for thee"

"The hypocrites are slandering the sacred halls of truth"

"Life is but the candle, and the dream must give it flame"

"All of us get lost in the darkness, Dreamers learn to steer by the stars"

"All of us do time in the gutter, Dreamers turn to look at the cars"

"we only stop for the best"

Tough-talking hood boys in pro-team logo knock-offs
Conform to uniforms of some corporate entity
Don't change that station
It's gangster nation
Now crime's in syndication on TV

He's old enough to know what's right
But young enough not to choose it

I'm sitting here poking around my Rush folder and it's kind of amazing how many lyrics fit. "Anthem" and "Something for Nothing" are fortune cookie goldmines.

"Know your place in life is where you want to be"
"Keep on looking forward no use in looking around"
"Live for yourself, there's no one else more worth living for"

"You don't get something for nothing"
"You can't have freedom for free"
"What you own is your own kingdom"
"What you do is your own glory"
"What you love is your own power"
"What you live is your own story"

Throw off those chains of reason
And your prison disappears

We're only at home when we're on the run

One likes to believe in the freedom of baseball...

Each one's life a novel
No-one else has read

Blame is better to give than receive

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

Hey, baby, it's a quarter to eight
I feel I'm in the mood
Hey baby, the hour is late
I feel I've got to move


/ IGot an itchin' to rock . . .

Runs_With_Scissors_: This headline makes my head hurt.

What song is that from? Is that from Centrifrugal?


/ "Crucible in the Ocean" rocks my world!

Jimi5A1: If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

My personal favorite.

Yeah, Rush lyrics are a little juvenile. They're certainly not as profound as I thought they were when I was 17. But consider the context - in their heyday, the lyrics were written by a guy in his mid-20s himself (not exactly a wise old man just yet), and like most rock and roll music, it was geared towards kids. In a day and age of "Shout at the devil!" and "I wanna rock and roll all night!", the lyrics to "Limelight" or "The Spirit of Radio" were pretty sweet.

"His mind is not for rent to any God or Government."

This thread makes my head ache.

If their lives were exotic and strange
They would likely have gladly exchanged them
For something a little more plain
Maybe something a little more sane

But dreams don't need to have motion
To keep their spark alive
Obsession has to have action
Pride turns on the drive

bogey: I'm sitting here poking around my Rush folder......
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You have a RUSH folder? I thought I was hardcore.

I'm going with this gem:

"the world is, the world is,
love and life are deep"

I have no idea what that means, and it has the sound of being written, then translated into a second language, translated once again into a third, and then back into the original.

"Big Money Goes Around The World"

/And all the lyrics from La Villa Strangiato

"Now it's come to this.
Wide-eyed armies of the faithful
from the Middle East to the Middle West.
Pray, and pass the ammunition."

~The Way The Wind Blows


One of the best-written songs from the newest album.

Theological Farker
This thread makes my head ache.

ah yes, but is it your *favourite* one?

/obscure?

TomServo0: "Ten bucks is ten bucks"

Well played.