“…if the music stops and there's only the sound of the rainAll the hope and glory -- All the sacrifice in vain(And) If love remains, though everything is lostWe will pay the price, but we will not count the cost-- Bravado”Neil Peart 1991 Rush Lyrics
“To you, is it movement, or is it action?Is it contact or just reaction?And you, revolution, just resistance?Is it living, or just existence?-- The Enemy Within (Part I of 'Fear') (1984)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Faith is cold as ice.Why are little ones born only to sufferfor the want of immunity, or a bowl of rice?Well, who would hold a price on the heads of the innocent childrenif there's some immortal power to control the dice?-- Roll The Bones (1991)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Life is like an aimless riverThe time is now again-- Ceiling Unlimited (2002)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Miracles will have their claimersMore will bow to RomeHe and she are in the houseBut there's only me at home.-- Anagram (For Mongo) (1989)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“Features distorted in the flickering lightFaces are twisted and grotesqueSilent and stern in the sweltering nightThe mob moves like demons possessedQuiet in conscience, calm in their rightConfident their ways are best-- Witch Hunt (Part III of 'Fear') (1981)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“They say there are strangers who threaten usIn our immigrants and infidelsThey say there is strangeness too dangerousIn our theaters and bookstore shelvesThat those who know what's best for usMust rise and save us from ourselves-- Witch Hunt (Part III of 'Fear') (1980)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics
“The middle aged madonnacalls her neighbor on the phone.Day by day, the seasons passand leave her life alone.But she'll go walking out that dooron some bright afternoonto go and paint big citiesfrom a lonely attic room.-- Middletown Dreams (1985)”Neil Peart Rush Lyrics