Rush, 1981
Unstable condition:
A symptom of life,
In mental,
And environmental change
Atmospheric disturbance –
The feverish flux,
Of human interface
And interchange
The impulse is pure –
Sometimes our circuits get shorted,
By external interference
Signals get crossed –
And the balance distorted
By internal incoherence
A tired mind become a shape-shifter
Everybody need a mood lifter
Everybody need reverse polarity
Everybody got mixed feelings
About the function and the form.
Everybody got to deviate
From the norm
An ounce of perception –
A pound of obscure
Process information
At half speed
Pause:
Rewind – replay –
Warm memory chip
Random-sample –
Hold the one you need
Leave out the fiction
The fact is;
This friction
Will only be worn by persistence
Leave out conditions
Courageous convictions
Will drag the dream into existence
A tired mind become a shape-shifter
Everybody need a soft filter
Everybody need reverse polarity
Everybody got mixed feelings
About the function and the form
Everybody got to elevate
From the norm…
Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Lyrics: Neil Peart
