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<blockquote data-quote="Floyd" data-source="post: 460" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>The Spirit of Radio</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Inspired by 'the spirit of radio' in toronto, alive and well (so far).</p><p>Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson</p><p></p><p>Begin the day</p><p>With a friendly voice</p><p>A companion, unobtrusive</p><p>Plays that song that's so elusive</p><p>And the magic music makes your morning mood</p><p></p><p>Off on your way</p><p>Hit the open road</p><p>There is magic at your fingers</p><p>For the spirit ever lingers</p><p>Undemanding contact</p><p>In your happy solitude</p><p></p><p>Invisible airwaves</p><p>Crackle with life</p><p>Bright antennae bristle</p><p>With the energy</p><p>Emotional feedback</p><p>On a timeless wavelength</p><p>Bearing a gift beyond price ---</p><p>Almost free...</p><p></p><p>All this machinery</p><p>Making modern music</p><p>Can still be open-hearted</p><p>Not so coldly charted</p><p>It's really just a question</p><p>Of your honesty</p><p></p><p>One likes to believe</p><p>In the freedom of music</p><p>But glittering prizes</p><p>And endless compromises</p><p>Shatter the illusion</p><p>Of integrity</p><p></p><p>For the words of the profits</p><p>Are written on the studio wall,</p><p>Concert hall ---</p><p>Echoes with the sounds...</p><p>Of salesmen.</p><p><strong>Freewill</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson</p><p></p><p>There are those who think that life</p><p>Has nothing left to chance</p><p>With a host of holy horrors</p><p>To direct our aimless dance</p><p></p><p>A planet of playthings</p><p>We dance on the strings</p><p>Of powers we cannot perceive</p><p>The stars aren't aligned ---</p><p>Or the gods are malign</p><p>Blame is better to give than receive</p><p></p><p>You can choose a ready guide</p><p>In some celestial voice</p><p>If you choose not to decide</p><p>You still have made a choice</p><p></p><p>You can choose from phantom fears</p><p>And kindness that can kill</p><p>I will choose a path that's clear</p><p>I will choose free will</p><p></p><p>There are those who think that they've been dealt a losing hand</p><p>The cards were stacked against them ---</p><p>They weren't born in lotus-land</p><p></p><p>All preordained</p><p>A prisoner in chains</p><p>A victim of venomous fate</p><p>Kicked in the face</p><p>You can't pray for a place</p><p>In heaven's unearthly estate</p><p></p><p>Each of us</p><p>A cell of awareness</p><p>Imperfect and incomplete</p><p>Genetic blends</p><p>With uncertain ends</p><p>On a fortune hunt</p><p>That's far too fleet...</p><p><strong>Jacob's Ladder</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson</p><p></p><p>The clouds prepare for battle</p><p>In the dark and brooding silence</p><p>Bruised and sullen stormclouds</p><p>Have the light of day obscured</p><p>Looming low and ominous</p><p>In twilight premature</p><p>Thunderheads are rumbling</p><p>In a distant overture</p><p></p><p>All at once,</p><p>The clouds are parted</p><p>Light streams down</p><p>In bright unbroken beams</p><p></p><p>Follow men's eyes</p><p>As they look to the skies</p><p>The shifting shafts of shining</p><p>Weave the fabric of their dreams...</p><p><strong>Entre Nous</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson</p><p></p><p>We are secrets to each other</p><p>Each one's life a novel</p><p>No-one else has read</p><p>Even joined in bonds of love</p><p>We're linked to one another</p><p>By such slender threads</p><p></p><p>We are planets to each other</p><p>Drifting in our orbits</p><p>To a brief eclipse</p><p>Each of us a world apart</p><p>Alone and yet together</p><p>Like two passing ships</p><p></p><p>Just between us</p><p>I think it's time for us to recognize</p><p>The differences we sometimes feared to show</p><p>Just between us</p><p>I think it's time for us to realize</p><p>The spaces in between</p><p>Leave room</p><p>For you and I to grow</p><p></p><p>We are strangers to each other</p><p>Full of sliding panels</p><p>An illusion show</p><p>Acting well-rehearsed routines</p><p>Or playing from the heart?</p><p>It's hard for one to know</p><p></p><p>We are islands to each other</p><p>Building hopeful bridges</p><p>On the troubled sea</p><p>Some are burned or swept away</p><p>Some we would not choose</p><p>But we're not always free</p><p><strong>Different Strings</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Who's come to slay the dragon ---</p><p>Come to watch him fall?</p><p>Making arrows out of pointed words</p><p>Giant killers, at the call</p><p>Too much fuss and bother</p><p>Too much contradiction</p><p>And confusion</p><p>Peel away the mystery</p><p>Here's a clue to some real motivation</p><p></p><p>All there really is</p><p>The two of us</p><p>And we both know why we've come along</p><p>Nothing to explain</p><p>It's a part of us</p><p>To be found within a song</p><p></p><p>What happened to our innocence ---</p><p>Did it go out of style?</p><p>Along with our näivette</p><p>No longer a child</p><p>Different eyes see different things</p><p>Different hearts</p><p>Beat on different strings</p><p>But there are times</p><p>For you and me</p><p>When all such things agree</p><p><strong>Natural Science</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson</p><p></p><p>I. tide pools</p><p>When the ebbing tide retreats</p><p>Along the rocky shoreline</p><p>It leaves a trail of tidal pools</p><p>In a short-lived galaxy</p><p>Each microcosmic planet</p><p>A complete society</p><p></p><p>A simple kind mirror</p><p>To reflect upon our own</p><p>All the busy little creatures</p><p>Chasing out their destinies</p><p>Living in their pools</p><p>They soon forget about the sea...</p><p></p><p>Wheels within wheels</p><p>In a spiral array</p><p>A pattern so grand</p><p>And complex</p><p>Time after time</p><p>We lose sight of the way</p><p>Our causes can't see</p><p>Their effects</p><p></p><p>Ii. hyperspace</p><p>A quantum leap forward</p><p>In time and in space</p><p>The universe learned to expand</p><p></p><p>The mess and the magic</p><p>Triumphant and tragic</p><p>A mechanized world, out of hand</p><p></p><p>Computerized clinic</p><p>For superior cynics</p><p>Who dance to a synthetic band</p><p></p><p>In their own image</p><p>Their world is fashioned ---</p><p>No wonder they don't understand</p><p></p><p>Wheels within wheels</p><p>In a spiral array</p><p>A pattern so grand</p><p>And complex</p><p>Time after time</p><p>We lose sight of the way</p><p>Our causes can't see</p><p>Their effects</p><p></p><p>Iii. permanent waves</p><p>Science, like nature</p><p>Must also be tamed</p><p>With a view towards it's preservation</p><p>Given the same</p><p>State of integrity</p><p>It will surely serve us well</p><p></p><p>Art as expression ---</p><p>Not as market campaigns</p><p>Will still capture our imaginations</p><p>Given the same</p><p>State of integrity</p><p>It will surely help us along</p><p></p><p>The most endangered species ---</p><p>The honest man</p><p>Will still survive annihilation</p><p>Forming a world ---</p><p>State of integrity</p><p>Sensitive, open, and strong</p><p></p><p>Wave after wave</p><p>Will flow with the tide</p><p>And bury the world as it does</p><p>Tide after tide</p><p>Will flow and recede</p><p>Leaving life to go on</p><p>As it was...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floyd, post: 460, member: 1"] [B]The Spirit of Radio[/B] Inspired by 'the spirit of radio' in toronto, alive and well (so far). Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson Begin the day With a friendly voice A companion, unobtrusive Plays that song that's so elusive And the magic music makes your morning mood Off on your way Hit the open road There is magic at your fingers For the spirit ever lingers Undemanding contact In your happy solitude Invisible airwaves Crackle with life Bright antennae bristle With the energy Emotional feedback On a timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price --- Almost free... All this machinery Making modern music Can still be open-hearted Not so coldly charted It's really just a question Of your honesty One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity For the words of the profits Are written on the studio wall, Concert hall --- Echoes with the sounds... Of salesmen. [B]Freewill[/B] Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson There are those who think that life Has nothing left to chance With a host of holy horrors To direct our aimless dance A planet of playthings We dance on the strings Of powers we cannot perceive The stars aren't aligned --- Or the gods are malign Blame is better to give than receive You can choose a ready guide In some celestial voice If you choose not to decide You still have made a choice You can choose from phantom fears And kindness that can kill I will choose a path that's clear I will choose free will There are those who think that they've been dealt a losing hand The cards were stacked against them --- They weren't born in lotus-land All preordained A prisoner in chains A victim of venomous fate Kicked in the face You can't pray for a place In heaven's unearthly estate Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt That's far too fleet... [B]Jacob's Ladder[/B] Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson The clouds prepare for battle In the dark and brooding silence Bruised and sullen stormclouds Have the light of day obscured Looming low and ominous In twilight premature Thunderheads are rumbling In a distant overture All at once, The clouds are parted Light streams down In bright unbroken beams Follow men's eyes As they look to the skies The shifting shafts of shining Weave the fabric of their dreams... [B]Entre Nous[/B] Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson We are secrets to each other Each one's life a novel No-one else has read Even joined in bonds of love We're linked to one another By such slender threads We are planets to each other Drifting in our orbits To a brief eclipse Each of us a world apart Alone and yet together Like two passing ships Just between us I think it's time for us to recognize The differences we sometimes feared to show Just between us I think it's time for us to realize The spaces in between Leave room For you and I to grow We are strangers to each other Full of sliding panels An illusion show Acting well-rehearsed routines Or playing from the heart? It's hard for one to know We are islands to each other Building hopeful bridges On the troubled sea Some are burned or swept away Some we would not choose But we're not always free [B]Different Strings[/B] Who's come to slay the dragon --- Come to watch him fall? Making arrows out of pointed words Giant killers, at the call Too much fuss and bother Too much contradiction And confusion Peel away the mystery Here's a clue to some real motivation All there really is The two of us And we both know why we've come along Nothing to explain It's a part of us To be found within a song What happened to our innocence --- Did it go out of style? Along with our näivette No longer a child Different eyes see different things Different hearts Beat on different strings But there are times For you and me When all such things agree [B]Natural Science[/B] Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson I. tide pools When the ebbing tide retreats Along the rocky shoreline It leaves a trail of tidal pools In a short-lived galaxy Each microcosmic planet A complete society A simple kind mirror To reflect upon our own All the busy little creatures Chasing out their destinies Living in their pools They soon forget about the sea... Wheels within wheels In a spiral array A pattern so grand And complex Time after time We lose sight of the way Our causes can't see Their effects Ii. hyperspace A quantum leap forward In time and in space The universe learned to expand The mess and the magic Triumphant and tragic A mechanized world, out of hand Computerized clinic For superior cynics Who dance to a synthetic band In their own image Their world is fashioned --- No wonder they don't understand Wheels within wheels In a spiral array A pattern so grand And complex Time after time We lose sight of the way Our causes can't see Their effects Iii. permanent waves Science, like nature Must also be tamed With a view towards it's preservation Given the same State of integrity It will surely serve us well Art as expression --- Not as market campaigns Will still capture our imaginations Given the same State of integrity It will surely help us along The most endangered species --- The honest man Will still survive annihilation Forming a world --- State of integrity Sensitive, open, and strong Wave after wave Will flow with the tide And bury the world as it does Tide after tide Will flow and recede Leaving life to go on As it was... 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