#rush lyrics

[djzazzles]

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

[sigelfire]

"Ignorance and prejudice, and fear walk hand in hand." ~Neil Peart

[little-sad-ghostie]

[yourobedientserpent]

Bastille Day

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Lyrics: Neil Peart

There’s no bread let them eat cake There’s no end to what they’ll take Flaunt the fruits of noble birth Wash the salt into the earth

But they’re marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Free the dungeons of the innocent The king will kneel, and let his kingdom rise

Bloodstained velvet, dirty lace Naked fear on every face See them bow their heads to die As we would bow as they rode by

And we’re marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Sing, o choirs of cacophony The king has kneeled, to let his kingdom rise.

Lessons taught, but never learned All around us anger burns Guide the future by the past Long ago the mould was cast

For they marched up to Bastille Day La guillotine – claimed her bloody prize Hear the echoes of the centuries Power isn’t all that money buys

[sigelfire]

Rush question of the day: Who do you think the New World Man in question might actually be?

I didn't really think about it until recently, but I feel like it might be Neil himself. Which would actually be kind of sweet since Geddy's singing about one of his best friends 😊💛❤️

I think Neil speaks of himself and of all the North American men of his generation living in the 80s, that's why he compares this New World Man to the Old World Man and the Third World Man.

"The song was the last and most quickly composed song on the album, stemming from a suggestion by then-Rush producer Terry Brown to even out the lengths of the two sides of the cassette version." (Wikipedia)

I think Neil was having those ideas in mind already, so when he was asked to quickly write some lyrics, he did it about how he was feeling about those matters.

And yes, I think, as Geddy said he needs to identify with the lyrics if he has to sing them, he felt like a new world man and also saw his dear friends as ones of his kind, especially Neil :)

[invincible-selfxmade-punk]

I believe there's a ROAST of a chance we can find someone to love...

[sigelfire]

My daily Rush ...

"Like a shipwrecked mariner adrift on an unknown sea Clinging to the wreckage of the lost ship 'Fantasy'

I'm a castaway, stranded in a desolate land I can see the footprints in the virtual sand

Net boy, net girl Send your signal 'round the world Let your fingers walk and talk And set you free..."

Full lyrics

[sigelfire]

My Daily Rush Philosophy

"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

In your head is the answer Let it guide you along Let your heart be the anchor And the beat of your song"

If you don't like the music but still are interested, you can read the full lyrics here