Another song by Rush

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I've always liked this song, thought it spoke to me...I think a lot of people here will be able to relate.

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
Opinions all provided
The future pre-decided
Detached and subdivided
In the mass production zone
Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone

[Chorus:]
(Subdivisions)
In the high school halls
In the shopping malls
Conform or be cast out
(Subdivisions)
In the basement bars
In the backs of cars
Be cool or be cast out
Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth

Drawn like moths we drift into the city
The timeless old attraction
Cruising for the action
Lit up like a firefly
Just to feel the living night

Some will sell their dreams for small desires
Or lose the race to rats
Get caught in ticking traps
And start to dream of somewhere
To relax their restless flight
Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights...

ok...now I can understand what he's actually saying... thanks. used to drum to this, it was a lot of fun.

Great song.

Here's another Rush song:


























That was YYZ.

I could have sworn those were the lyrics to "Where's My Thing (Part IV of the Gangster of Boats Trilogy)"...

That's some right on poetry by Neal Peart. That's one thing I always liked about Rush-- they aren't afraid to put some serious content into their songs. I don't think you can find "oooh baby," "party" or "rock and roll!" in any of their songs.

You can tell me that I got no class,
Look around, we'll see who's laughing last,
Don't give me speeches, 'cause they're oh so droll,
Leave me alone, let me rock and roll!

- "Best I Can", Fly By Night (the first album they did with Neil - apparently John Rutsey, their original drummer, was diabetic, and felt that controlling his condition on international tours was more than he could handle with the technology available in 1975.)

Ooh baby, it's quarter to eight,
I feel I got to move,
Hey baby, the hour is late,
I feel I'm in the mood...

- "In the Mood", Rush (in fairness, this was their first album, before Neil joined...)