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Artist: Rush
Track: Time Stand Still

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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 get too thin
I'd like to pause,
No matter what I pretend
Like some pilgrim
Who learns to transcend
Learns to live
As if each step was the end

Time stand still
I'm not looking back
But I want to look around me now
Time stands still
See more of the people
And the places that surround me now

Time stands still

Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger

Experience slips away
Experience slips away

Time stands still

I turn my face to the sun
Close my eyes
Let my defenses down
All those wounds
That I can't get unwound

I let my past go too fast
No time to pause
If I could slow it all down
Like some captain
Whose ship runs aground
I can wait until the tide comes around

Time stand still
I'm not looking back
But I want to look around me now
Time stands still
See more of the people
And the places that surround me now

Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger

Make each impression
A little bit stronger
Freeze this motion
A little bit longer

The innocence slips away
The innocence slips away

Time stands still
Time stands still

I'm not looking back
But I want to look around me now
See more of the people
And the places that surround me now

Time stands still

Summer's going fast
Nights growing colder
Children growing up
Old friends growing older

Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger

Experience slips away
Experience slips away
The innocence slips away
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Rush – Time Stand Still
The second track on Rush’s 1987 album Hold Your Fire, and the second single from the album. Written by drummer Neil Peart, “Time Stand Still” is based on his experiences with the
Rush – Time Stand Still [Time Machine]
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
Nelly Furtado – Time Stand Still
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
Rush – Time Stand Still [A Show of Hands]
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
Unleash the Archers – Time Stands Still
[Chorus] / Abandon this sun, what’s done is done, and time will go on and on / It won’t be long, we will come, and time will go on and on / [Verse 1] / Hold on, though it seems
Amy Ruffle – Time Stands Still
[Verse 1] / Something goes wrong, hard to hold on / I must be brave / With you in my life, and everything's right / I can't be afraid / [Pre-Chorus] / With those thoughts in my
Sabrina Claudio – Stand Still
“Stand Still” is the sixth song of the album About Time by Sabrina Claudio In this song, Sabrina is reassuring her partner of what she wants. She believes they have time to get
Blind Guardian – Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)
Light fails at dawn / The moon is gone / And deadly the night reigns / Deceit / Finally I've found myself in these lands / Horror and madness I've seen here / For what I became a
Beau Vallis (Ft. Kelly Rowland) – Love Stand Still
[Verse 1: Kelly Rowland] / Maybe he's perfect / Maybe he's no good / Maybe I should then maybe I shouldn't / But I'll never know unless I give it a try / Maybe he's too late / It
Dan Avidan & Super Guitar Bros (Ft. Sally Minnear) – Time Stand Still
[Verse 1: Dan Avidan] / 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
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music (Ft. Brandon Lake & Naomi Raine) – Used To This
[Verse 1: Naomi Raine] / Time stands still whenever I'm with You / No more important place to go / There's no rush, not in a hurry / It's okay to take it slow / [Pre-Chorus: Naomi
Aaron Watson – You On My Hands
[Verse 1] / Let's turn the world off, let's turn the lights down low / Let's turn on something sexy on the stereo / Let's call room service, let's order drinks for two / You're
Funkapolitan – As The Time Goes By (Rap)
[Verse 1] / It's Sam the man with a master plan (Hello) / As time goes by / When I'm finished, you'll know why / As the time stands still, you probably will / [?] don't stop / I'm
Rush – Freewill
[Verse 1] / There are those who think that / Life has nothing left to chance / A host of holy horrors / To direct our aimless dance / [Pre-Chorus 1] / A planet of playthings / We
Balsam Range – Echo Canyon
[Verse 1] / Even in the hinterlands / Of Eastern California / Far beyond the eerie sands / Where there's no one there to warn you / About the ghosts of the Gold Rush / Spirits
Rush – Witch Hunt [Time Machine]
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 light / Faces are
Rush – Freewill [Time Machine]
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
Rush – Faithless [Time Machine]
I've got my own moral compass to steer by / A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky / And all the preaching voices / Empty vessels ringing so loud / As they move among the crowd
Nathaniel Rateliff – Time Stands
[Verse 1] / For a moment, I could wait to see it fall apart / Every empty bed in every city I've been / I sit and contemplate all the moments you said / Time stands in a duel and I
Emily Soon – Rush
[Verse 1] / I remember the soul of the summer that day / The unpredictable melting of memories we'd made / Oh, my home, my home has aged / People come and go and I have no control
Rush – Working Man [Time Machine]
Well, I get up at seven, yeah / And I go to work at nine / I got no time for livin' / Yes, I'm workin' all the time / It seems to me I could live my life / A lot better than I
Rush – Presto [Time Machine]
If I could wave my magic wand... / I am made from the dust of the stars / And the oceans flow in my veins / Here I hide in the heart of the city / Like a stranger coming out of the
Rush – The Camera Eye [Time Machine]
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
Jennifer Rush – Just This Way
Tic-toc the clock stops / When you enter the room / Picture perfect I pause / Just to make in the view / And then you come near me / I can hardly breath / So soft we rock / And it'
Rush – Caravan [Time Machine]
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
Rush – BU2B [Time Machine]
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
Polly Paulusma – Over the Hill
Take me back to the evening that it all began / There was you and me and some drunkards in a black London taxi cab / And we said, "Driver, over the hill / There's a place where
Molina (Ft. Jonas Bjerre) – Cold
[Verse 1: Molina & Jonas Bjerre] / I feel alive / In the rush of time / Sadly / Time stands still / At night it's cold, and time stands still / [Chours] / In the cold, who are you
Ice Nine Kills – A Rash Decision
[Intro: Spencer Charnas] / It's underneath our skin, no medicine can stop the bleeding / Far from all we know, we're caught without a prayer / It's underneath our flesh, and it won
Rush – O'Malley's Break
[Instrumental]
Rush – Marathon [Time Machine]
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
Trick Pony – Stay In The Moment
Before you must leave this evening, this hour / And the rush of this moment is through / I want to tell you, how good it felt to completely surrender to you / Feeling you close
TravizWILDE – Goodbye / Rush (Interlude)
[Verse 1] / I could find a million words / But no words on this ball of earth / Could categorise you / See you would never put me first / Zero times Infinity / That’s what your
SupaRed – A Bit Of Her
[Kiske] / She walked by without a trace of life / It's torments on her face / Years ago my heart seemed just like hers / Whenever I remember her / A little more of light is there
Rush – Moto Perpetuo/Love for Sale
[Drum Solo]
Rush – Closer to the Heart [Time Machine]
And the men who hold high places / Must be the ones who start / To mold a new reality / Closer to the heart / Closer to the heart / The blacksmith and the artist / Reflect it in
Curses (Rock) – Stick Up
[Verse 1] / I think I’m going out of my mind / I’m cutting loose and nobody can stop me / It’s time to kick it into overdrive / You won't hear it from me if we don’t make it alive
Trick Pony – Stay In This Moment
[Verse 1] / Before you must leave / This evening, this hour / And the rush of the moment is through / I want to tell you / How good it felt to / Completely surrender to you
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Rush "Time Stand Still": I turn my back to the wind To catch my breath Before I start off again Driven on without a moment to...
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Q:Who wrote “Time Stand Still” by Rush?
“Time Stand Still” by Rush was written by Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart.
Q:When did Rush release “Time Stand Still [Time Machine]”?
Rush released “Time Stand Still [Time Machine]” on November 8, 2011.
Q:Who produced “Time Stand Still [A Show of Hands]” by Rush?
“Time Stand Still [A Show of Hands]” by Rush was produced by Rush.
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Portuguese translation of lyrics for Time Stand Still by Rush. I turn my back to the wind To catch my breath before I start off again Driven on without a...
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... Time Stand Still”). Accordingly, Rush also kept their sound updated, adding New Wave-friendly synthesizers during the '80s, dabbling in hulking grunge ...