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I. in the valley |
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Words and music by geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart |
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I am born |
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I am me |
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I am new |
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I am free |
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Look at me |
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I am young |
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Sight unseen |
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Life unsung |
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My eyes have just been opened |
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And they're open very wide |
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Images around me |
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Don't identify inside |
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Just one blur i recognize |
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The one that soothes and feeds |
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My way of life is easy |
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And as simple are my needs |
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Yet my eyes are drawn toward |
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The mountain in the east |
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Fascinates and captivates |
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Gives my heart no peace |
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The mountain holds the sunrise |
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In the prison of the night |
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Till bursting forth from rocky chains |
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The valley floods with light |
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Living one long sunrise |
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For to me all things are new |
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I've never watched the sky grow pale |
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Or strolled through fields of dew |
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I do not know of dust to dust |
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I live from breath to breath |
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I live to climb that mountain to |
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The fountain of lamneth |
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Ii. didacts and narpets |
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Words and music by geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart |
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Listen... |
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Iii. no one at the bridge |
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Words and music by geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart |
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Crying back to consciousness |
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The coldness grips my skin |
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The sky is pitching violently |
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Drawn by shrieking winds |
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Seaspray blurs my vision |
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Waves roll by so fast |
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Save my ship of freedom |
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I'm lashed helpless to the mast |
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Call out for direction |
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And there's no one there to steer |
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Shout out for salvation |
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But there's no one there to hear |
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Cry out supplication |
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For the maelstrom is near |
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Scream out desperation |
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But no one cares to hear |
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Remembering when first i held |
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The wheel in my own hands |
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I took the helm so eagerly |
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And sailed for distant lands |
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But now the sea's too heavy |
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And i just don't understand |
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Why must my crew desert me |
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When i need a guiding hand |
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Iv. panacea |
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Words and music by geddy lee and neil peart |
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The whiteness of confusion |
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Is unfolding from my mind |
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I stare around in wonder |
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Have i left my life behind |
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I catch the scent of ambergris |
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And turn my head... surprised |
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My gaze is caught and held |
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And i am helpless, mesmerized |
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Panacea -- liquid grace |
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Oh let me touch your gentle face |
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Enchantment falls around me |
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And i know i cannot leave |
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Here's a meaning for my life |
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A shelter from the storm |
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Pacify my troubles with |
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Her body, soft and warm |
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Naked in our unity |
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A smile for every tear |
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Gentle hands that promise me |
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Comfort through the years |
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Yet i know i must be gone |
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Before the light of dawn |
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Panacea -- passion pure |
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I can't resist your gentle lure |
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My heart will lie beside you |
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And my wandering body grieves |
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V. bacchus plateau |
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Words and music by geddy lee and neil peart |
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Another endless day |
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Silhouettes of grey |
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Another glass of wine |
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Drink with eyes that shine |
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To days without that chill at morning |
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Nights time out of mind |
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Draw another goblet |
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From the cask of '43 |
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Crimson misty memory |
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Hazy glimpse of me |
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Give me back my wonder |
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, i've something more to give |
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I guess it doesn't matter |
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, there's not much more to live |
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Another foggy dawn |
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The mountain almost gone |
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Another doubtful fear |
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The road is not so clear |
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My soul grows ever weary |
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And the end is ever near |
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Vi. the fountain |
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Words and music by geddy lee, alex lifeson, and neil peart |
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Look... the mist is rising |
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And the sun is peaking through |
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See, the steps grow lighter |
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As i reach their final few |
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Hear, the dancing waters |
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I must be drawing near |
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Feel, my heart is pounding |
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With embattled hope and fear |
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Now, at last i fall before |
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The fountain of lamneth |
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I thought i would be singing |
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But i'm tired... out of breath |
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Many journeys end here |
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But, the secret's told the same |
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Life is just a candle |
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And a dream must give it flame |
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The key, the end, the answer |
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Stripped of their disguise |
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Still it's all confusion |
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And tears spring to my eyes |
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Though i've reached a signpost |
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It's really not the end |
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Like old sol behind the mountain |
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I'll be coming up again... |
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I'm in motion |
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I am still |
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I am crying |
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I am still |
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I'm together |
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I'm apart |
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I'm forever |
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At the start |
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Still... i am |
