“The world weighs on my shouldersBut what am I to do?You sometimes drive me crazyBut I worry about youI know it makes no differenceTo what you’re going throughBut I see the tip of the icebergAnd I worry about you…-- Distant Early Warning (1984)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“All the busy little creatureschasing out their destinies.Living in their poolsthey soon forget about the sea…-- Natural Science (1980)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“When we are youngWandering the face of the EarthWondering what our dreams might be worthLearning that we're only immortalFor a limited time-- Dreamline (1991)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Now there's no more oak oppressionFor they passed a noble lawAnd the trees are all kept equalBy hatchet, axe and saw-- The Trees (1978)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“There's no bread, let 'em eat cakeThere's no end to what they'll takeFlaunt the fruits of noble birthWash the salt into the earth-- Bastille Day (1975)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“You move me, you move me.with your buildings and your eyesAutumn woods and Winter skies.You move me, you move me.Open sea and city lights, busy streets and dizzy heights.You call me, you call me.-- The Analog Kid (1982)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Growing up it all seems so one-sidedOpinions all providedThe future pre-decidedDetached and subdividedIn the mass production zoneNowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone-- Subdivisions (1982)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Imagine a man when it all beganThe pilot of 'Enola Gay'Flying out of the shockwave on that August dayAll the powers that be, and the course of historyWould be changed forevermore-- Manhattan Project (1985)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Some are born to move the world, to live their fantasiesBut most of us just dream about the things we'd like to beSadder still to watch it die, then never to have known itFor you, the blind who once could seeThe bell tolls for thee…-- Losing It (1982)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“A scorching blast of golden fire as it slowly leaves the groundTears away with a mighty forceThe air is shattered by the awesome sound-- Countdown (1982)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Today is different, and tomorrow the same.It's hard to take the world the way that it came.Too many rapids keep us sweeping along.Too many captains keep on steering us wrong.It's hard to take the heat.It's hard to lay blame.To fight the fire, while we're feeding the flames.-- Second Nature (1987)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Quick to judge -- Quick to anger -- Slow to understandIgnorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand-- Witch Hunt (Part III of 'Fear') (1981)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Wave after waveWill flow with the tideAnd bury the world as it doesTide after tideWill flow and recedeLeaving life to go onAs it was…-- Natural Science (1980)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“How I prayed just to get awayTo carry me anywhereSometimes the angels punish usBy answering our prayers-- Carnies (2012)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“How can anybody be enlightened?Truth is after all so poorly lit-- Turn The Page (1987)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Sometimes I freeze…until the light comesSometimes I fly…into the nightSometimes I fight…against the darknessSometimes I'm wrong…sometimes I'm right-- Freeze”Neil Peart Part IV of 'Fear' 2002 Rush Lyrics
“An ounce of perception, a pound of obscureProcess information at half speedPause, rewind, replayWarm memory chipRandom sample, hold the one you need-- Vital Signs (1981)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“You don't get something for nothingYou can't have freedom for free.You won't get wiseWith the sleep still in your eyesNo matter what your dream might be.-- Something for Nothing (1976)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics