1.2112
i. overture
Words：geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart
Music：geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart
'and the meek shall inherit the earth.'
Ii. the temples of syrinx
Words：neil peart
music：geddy lee and alex lifeson
... 'the massive grey walls of the temples rise from the
Heart of every federation city. i have always been awed
By them, to think that every single facet of every life is
Regulated and directed from within! our books, our music,
Our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent
Wisdom of the priests...'
We've taken care of everything
The words you hear the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
It's one for all and all for one
We work together common sons
Never need to wonder how or why
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within our walls
Look around this world we made
Equality our stock in trade
Come and join the brotherhood of man
Oh what a nice contented world
Let the banners be unfurled
Hold the red star proudly high in hand
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within our walls.
Iii. discovery
Words：neil peart
music：alex lifeson
... 'behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room that was
Hidden beneath the cave, i found it. i brushed away the
Dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it reverently in
My hands. i had no idea what it might be, but it was
Beautiful' ...
... 'i learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn
The keys to make them sound differently. as i struck the
Wires with my other hand, i produced my first harmonious
Sounds, and soon my own music! how different it could
Be from the music of the temples! i can't wait to tell the
Priests about it! ...'
What can this strange device be？
When i touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that i found？
See how it sings like a sad heart
And joyously screams out its pain
Sounds that build high like a mountain
Or notes that fall gently like rain
I can't wait to share this new wonder
The people will all see its light
Let them all make their own music
The priests praise my name on this night
Iv. presentation
Words：neil peart
music：alex lifeson
... 'in the sudden silence as i finished playing, i looked up
To a circle of grim, expressionless faces. father brown
Rose to his feet, and his somnolent voice echoed
Throughout the silent temple hall.' ...
... 'instead of the grateful joy that i expected, they were
Words of quiet rejection! instead of praise, sullen
Dismissal. i watched in shock and horror as father brown
Ground my precious instrument to splinters beneath his
Feet...'
I know it's most unusual
To come before you so
But i've found an ancient miracle
I thought that you should know
Listen to my music
And hear what it can do
There's something here as strong as life
I know that it will reach you
Yes, we know it's nothing new
It's just a waste of time
We have no need for ancient ways
The world is doing fine
Another toy will help destroy
The elder race of man
Forget about your silly whim
It doesn't fit the plan
I can't believe you're saying
These things just can't be true
Our world could use this beauty
Just think what we might do
Listen to my music
And hear what it can do
There's something here as strong as life
I know that it will reach you
Don't annoy us further
We have our work to do
Just think about the average
What use have they for you？
Another toy will help destroy
The elder race of man
Forget about your silly whim
It doesn't fit the plan
V. oracle： the dream
Words：neil peart
music：geddy lee and alex lifeson
... 'i guess it was a dream, but even now it all seems so
Vivid to me. clearly yet i see the beckoning hand of the
Oracle as he stood at the summit of the staircase' ...
... 'i see still the incredible beauty of the sculptured cities
And the pure spirit of man revealed in the lives and works
Of this world. i was overwhelmed by both wonder and
Understanding as i saw a completely different way to life,
A way that had been crushed by the federation long ago. i
Saw now how meaningless life had become with the loss
Of all these things ...'
I wandered home though silent streets
And fell into a fitful sleep
Escape to realms beyond the night
Dream can't you show me the light？
I stand atop a spiral stair
An oracle confronts me there
He leads me on light years away
Through astral nights, galactic days
I see the works of gifted hands
That grace this strange and wondrous land
I see the hand of man arise
With hungry mind and open eyes
They left the planets long ago
The elder race still learn and grow
Their power grows with purpose strong
To claim the home where they belong
Home, to tear the temples down...
Home, to change..
Vi. soliloquy
Words：neil peart
music：geddy lee and alex lifeson
... 'i have not left this cave for days now, it has become
My last refuge in my total despair. i have only the music of
The waterfall to comfort me now. i can no longer live
Under the control of the federation, but there is no other
Place to go. my last hope is that with my death i may pass
Into the world of my dream, and know peace at last.'
The sleep is still in my eyes
The dream is still in my head
I heave a sigh and sadly smile
And lie a while in bed
I wish that it might come to pass
Not fade like all my dreams
Just think of what my life might be
In a world like i have seen
I don't think i can carry on
Carry on this cold and empty life
Oh...noo!
My spirits are low in the depths of despair
My lifeblood spills over..
Vii. grand finale
Music：geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart
Attention all planets of the solar federation
Attention all planets of the solar federation
Attention all planets of the solar federation
We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.
We have assumed control.
2.Anthem
Words：geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart
Music：geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart
Know your place in life is where you want to be
Don't let them tell you that you owe it all to me
Keep on looking forward, no use in looking 'round
Hold your head above the ground and they won't bring you
Down
Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind
A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind
We marvel after those who sought
New wonders in the world, wonders in the world,
Wonders in the world they wrought
Live for yourself -- there's no one else
More worth living for
Begging hands and bleeding hearts will
Only cry out for more
Well, i know they've always told you
Selfishness was wrong
Yet it was for me, not you, i
Came to write this song
3.Bastille Day
Words：geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart
Music：geddy lee, alex lifeson, and 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
4.By-tor And The Snow Dog
Words：geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart
Music：geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart
I. at the tobes of hades
The tobes of hades
Lit by flickering torchlight
The netherworld is gathered in the glare
Prince by-tor takes the cavern
To the north light
The sign of eth is rising in the air
By-tor, knight of darkness,
Centurion of evil
Devil's prince
Ii. across the styx
Across the river styx
Out of the lamplight
His nemesis is waiting at the gate
The snow dog, ermine glowing
In the damp night
Coal-black eyes shimmering with hate
By-tor and the snow dog
Square for battle
Let the fray begin
Iii. of the battle
Instrumental
Iv. epilogue
The battle's over
And the dust is clearing
Disciples of the snow dog sound the knell
Rejoicing echoes
As the dawn is nearing
By-tor in defeat
Retreats to hell
Snow dog is victorious
The land of the overworld
Is saved again
5.Closer To The Heart
Words：neil peart and peter talbot,
Music：geddy lee and alex lifeson
And the men who hold high places
Must be the ones to start
To mould a new reality
Closer to the heart
The blacksmith and the artist
Reflect it in their art
Forge their creativity
Closer to the heart
Philosophers and ploughmen
Each must know his part
To sow a new mentality
Closer to the heart
You can be the captain
I will draw the chart
Sailing into destiny
Closer to the heart
6.Finding My Way
Words：geddy lee and alex lifeson
Music：geddy lee and alex lifeson
Yeah, oh yeah!
Ooh, said i,
I'm comin' out to get you
Ooh, sit down
I'm comin' out to find you
Ooh, yeah. ooh yeah
Findin' my way!
I've been gone so long
I've lost count of the years
Well, i sang some sad songs,
Oh yes, and cried some bad tears
Look out! i'm comin'
Whoa, whoa
Look out! i'm comin'
Whoa, yeah
I'm runnin',
Finding my way back home
Oh yeah!
Yeah, oh yeah!
Ooh, said i,
I'm comin' back to look for you
Ooh, sit down
I'm goin' by the back door
Ooh, yeah. ooh yeah
Findin' my way!
You've done me no right,
But you've done me some wrong
Left me lonely each night
While i sing my sad song
Look out! i'm comin'
Whoa, whoa
Look out! i'm comin'
Whoa, yeah
I'm runnin',
Findin' my way back home
I'm comin'
Ooh, babe, i said i'm runnin'
Whoa, babe, i said i'm comin'
To get you, mama
Said i'm runnin'
Ooh, babe, i said i'm comin'
For you, babe
I said i'm runnin'
Ooh yes, babe, i said i'm comin'
To get you, babe. i said i'm comin'
Ooh, yeah
I'm findin',
I'm findin' my way back home
Well, i've had it for now,
Livin' on the road
Ooh, yeah
Ooh, yeah
Findin' my way!
7.Fly By Night
Words：geddy lee and neil peart
Music：geddy lee and neil peart
(original first stanza)
Airport scurry flurry faces
Parade of passers by
People going many places
With a smile or just a sigh
Waiting waiting pass the time
Another cigarette
Get in line - gate thirty-nine
The time is not here yet (end)
Why try？ i know why
The feeling inside me says it's time i was gone
Clear head, new life ahead
I want to be king now not just one more pawn
Fly by night, away from here
Change my life again
Fly by night goodbye my dear
My ship isn't coming and i just can't pretend
Moon rise, thoughtful eyes
Staring back at me from the window beside
No fright or hindsight
Leaving behind that empty feeling inside
Start a new chapter
Find what i'm after
It's changing every day
The change of a season
Is enough of a reason
To want to get away
Quiet and pensive
My thoughts apprehensive
The hours drift away
Leaving my homeland
Playing a lone hand
My life begins today
8.Freewill
Words：neil peart
music：geddy lee and alex lifeson
There are those who think that life
Has nothing left to chance
With a host of holy horrors
To direct our aimless dance
A planet of playthings
We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive
'the stars aren't aligned ---
Or the gods are malign'
Blame is better to give than receive
You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will
There are those who think that they've been dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them ---
They weren't born in lotus-land
All preordained
A prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face
You can't pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate
Each of us
A cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt
That's far too fleet...
9.La Villa Strangiato
(an exercise in self-indulgence)
Music：geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart
Instrumental
I. buenas noches, mein froinds!
Ii. to sleep, perchance to dream ...
Iii. strangiato theme
Iv. a lerxst in wonderland
V. monsters!
Vi. danforth and pape
Vii. the waltz of the shreves
Viii. never turn your back on a monster!
Ix. monsters! (reprise)
X. strangiato theme (reprise)
Xi. a farewell to things
10.Something For Nothing
Words：neil peart
music：geddy lee
Waiting for the winds of change
To sweep the clouds away
Waiting for the rainbow's end
To cast its gold your way
Countless ways
You pass the days
Waiting for someone to call
And turn your world around
Looking for an answer to
The question you have found
Looking for
An open door
You don't get something for nothing
You don't get freedom for free
You won't get wise
With the sleep still in your eyes
No matter what your dreams might be
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 own song
11.The Spirit Of Radio
Inspired by 'the spirit of radio' in toronto, alive and well (so
far).
Words：neil peart
music：geddy lee and alex lifeson
Begin the day
With a friendly voice
A companion, unobtrusive
Plays that song that's so elusive
And the magic music makes your morning mood
Off on your way
Hit the open road
There is magic at your fingers
For the spirit ever lingers
Undemanding contact
In your happy solitude
Invisible airwaves
Crackle with life
Bright antennae bristle
With the energy
Emotional feedback
On a timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price ---
Almost free...
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
'for the words of the profits
Are written on the studio wall,
Concert hall ---
Echoes with the sounds...
Of salesmen.'
12.The Temples Of Syrinx
And the meek shall inherit the earth...
We've taken care of everything
The words you hear, the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
It's one for all, all for one
We work together, common sons
Never need to wonder how or why
We are the priests
Of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers
Fill the hollowed halls
We are the priests
Of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life
Are held within our walls
Look around this world we made
Equality our stock in trade
Come and join the brotherhood of man
Oh what a wide contented world
Let the banners be unfurled
Hold the red star proudly high in hand
We are the priests
Of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers
Fill the hollowed halls
We are the priests
Of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life
Are held within our walls
13.The Trees
Words：neil peart
music：geddy lee and alex lifeson
There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunligh
And the oaks ignore their pleas
The trouble with the maples
(and they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade？
There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream 'oppression!'
And the oaks, just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
'the oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw ...
14.Xanadu
'to seek the sacred river alph
To walk the caves of ice
To break my fast on honey dew
And drink the milk of paradise....'
I had heard the whispered tales
Of immortality
The deepest mystery
From an ancient book. i took a clue
I scaled the frozen mountain tops
Of eastern lands unknown
Time and man alone
Searching for the lost ---- xanadu
Xanadu ---- to stand within the pleasure dome
Decreed by kubla khan
To taste anew the fruits of life
The last immortal man
To find the sacred river alph
To walk the caves of ice
Oh, i will dine on honey dew
And drink the milk of paradise
A thousand years have come and gone
But time has passed me by
Stars stopped in the sky
Frozen in an everlasting view
Waiting for the world to end
Weary of the night
Praying for the light
Prison of the lost ---- xanadu
Xanadu ---- held within the pleasure dome
Decreed by kubla khan
To taste my bitter triumph
As a mad immortal man
Nevermore shall i return
Escape these caves of ice
For i have dined on honey dew
And drunk the milk of paradise
More than paradise
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