Genius Lyrics
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Rush – BU2B
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BU2B and Caravan were both released as the first single off the twentieth studio album by Rush. The song tells the story of a young man who was brought up to believe in the world
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Rush – BU2B [Time Machine]
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I was brought up to believe / The universe has a plan / We are only human / It's not ours to understand / The universe has a plan / All is for the best / Some will be rewarded
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Rush – Caravan
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The opening track of Rush’s 2012 concept album Clockwork Angels, and the lead single of the album. Written by drummer Neil Peart, “Caravan” describes both the initial setting and
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Rush – BU2B2
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From the liner notes:
ii – The Pedlar 2
The ever-wandering pedlar.
“What do you lack?”
THOSE FATEFUL WORDS, “What do you lack?” spark an inner monologue about all that I have
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Rush – Carnies
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[Verse 1] / Under the gaze of the angels / A spectacle like he's never seen / Spinning lights and faces / Demon music and gypsy queens / [Chorus 1] / The glint of iron wheels / The
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Rush – The Camera Eye [Time Machine]
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I / Grim-faced and forbidding / Their faces closed tight / An angular mass of New Yorkers / Pacing in rhythm / Race the oncoming night / They chase through the streets of Manhattan
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Rush – Subdivisions [Time Machine]
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Sprawling on the fringes of the city / In geometric order / An insulated border / In between the bright lights / And the far unlit unknown / Growing up it all seems so one-sided
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Rush – Time Stand Still [Time Machine]
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I turn my back to the wind / To catch my breath / Before I start off again / Driven on without a moment to spend / To pass an evening / With a drink and a friend / I let my skin
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Rush – Seven Cities of Gold
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[Verse 1] / A man can lose his past, in a country like this / Wandering aimless / Parched and nameless / A Man could lose his way, in a country like this / Canyons and cactus
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Rush – Headlong Flight
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Geddy Lee explained to MusicRadar.com that the lyrics talk, “about our hero looking back over his life and seeing all the good and all the bad things he had done and yet he still
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Rush – Caravan [Time Machine]
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In a world lit only by fire / Long train of flares / Under piercing stars / I stand watching the steam-liners roll by / The caravan thunders onward / To the distant dream of the
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Rush – Wish Them Well
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[Chorus 1] / All that you can do is wish them well / All that you can do is wish them well / [Chorus 1] / All that you can do is wish them well / All that you can do is wish them
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Rush – The Wreckers
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[Verse 1] / The breakers roar / On an unseen shore / In the teeth of a hurricane / Oh, we struggle in vain / A hellish night / A ghostly light / Appears through the driving rain
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Rush – Halo Effect
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[Verse 1] / What did I see? / Fool that I was / A goddess, with wings on her heels / All my illusions / Projected on her / The ideal, that I wanted to see / [Chorus] / What did I
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Rush – The Anarchist
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The fourth track on Rush’s 2012 concept album Clockwork Angels, and the fourth single from the album. Written by drummer Neil Peart, “The Anarchist” introduces the album’s titular
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Rush – The Garden
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The title of this track echos the conclusion of Voltaire’s “Candide” where the protagonist decides that the ultimate duty of life is simply to “cultivate our garden.”
The entire
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Rush – Limelight [Time Machine]
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Living on a lighted stage / Approaches the unreal / For those who think and feel / In touch with some reality / Beyond the gilded cage / Cast in this unlikely role / Ill-equipped
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Rush – Clockwork Angels
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In “Clockwork Angels,” the protagonist has arrived in Crown City and finds himself in awe of the wonders there. He describes the angels, which hover high above Chronos Square.
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Rush – La Villa Strangiato [Time Machine]
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(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
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Rush – Tom Sawyer [Time Machine]
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A modern day warrior, mean, mean stride / Today's Tom Sawyer, mean, mean pride / Though his mind is not for rent / Don't put him down as arrogant / His reserve, a quiet defense
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