Losing It
Rush Lyrics

The dancer slows her frantic pace
The dancer, exhausted and in pain, slows down her frantic movements

In pain and desperation
She experiences both physical and emotional pain and desperation

Her aching limbs and downcast face
Her body is in great pain and her facial expression shows exhaustion and sadness

Aglow with perspiration
Her face and body radiate with sweat from the intense physical strain

Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire
The dancer feels very tight and tense, especially in her chest and lungs

With just the briefest pause
She pauses only briefly before continuing her dance

The flooding through her memory
Memories of her past performances come rushing back to her

The echoes of old applause
She recalls the sound of applause from past performances ringing in her ears

She limps across the floor
She can barely walk due to the pain in her legs and feet

And closes her bedroom door
She retreats to her private space to rest and recover

The writer stares with glassy eyes
The writer's eyes are unfocused and devoid of emotion

Defies the empty page
He struggles to find the words to write on the empty page in front of him

His beard is white, his face is lined
He appears old and worn-out, with a white beard and wrinkles on his face

And streaked with tears of rage
He is frustrated by his lack of creativity and the tears show his anger with himself

Thirty years ago, how the words would flow
He recalls how easily he used to be able to write, 30 years ago in his prime

With passion and precision
He wrote with both strong emotions and accurate descriptions

But now his mind is dark and dulled
Now, his mind feels empty and dull

By sickness and indecision
He's been struggling with illness and lack of motivation

And he stares out the kitchen door
He looks outside at the kitchen door, lost in thought

Where the sun will rise no more
Implying that the writer sees no hope in the future for himself anymore.

Some are born to move the world
Some people are born to make a big impact and achieve great things

To live their fantasies
To live the life they dreamed of and to fulfill their aspirations

But most of us just dream about
But for most of us, our dreams remain as mere wishes and aspirations

The things we'd like to be
Proves that most of us only wish to be at a better place in life than what we already have

Sadder still to watch it die
It's even more heartbreaking to watch one's dreams and ambitions fade away

Than never to have known it
It is worse to have had dreams and lost them than to never have had them at all

For you, the blind who once could see
The song addresses those who were once able to see and understand their dreams and aspirations

The bell tolls for thee, bell tolls for
It's time for these people to accept that their dreams are coming to an end, and their time is running out

For you, the blind who once could see
Repeating the previous line for emphasis

Bell tolls for thee, bell tolls for thee
Reminds people that their dreams are crossing an end, so it's time to assess what one has accomplished and learned from the experience.