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Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson |
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I. tide pools |
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When the ebbing tide retreats |
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Along the rocky shoreline |
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It leaves a trail of tidal pools |
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In a short-lived galaxy |
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Each microcosmic planet |
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A complete society |
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A simple kind mirror |
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To reflect upon our own |
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All the busy little creatures |
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Chasing out their destinies |
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Living in their pools |
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They soon forget about the sea... |
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Wheels within wheels |
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In a spiral array |
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A pattern so grand |
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And complex |
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Time after time |
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We lose sight of the way |
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Our causes can't see |
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Their effects |
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Ii. hyperspace |
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A quantum leap forward |
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In time and in space |
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The universe learned to expand |
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The mess and the magic |
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Triumphant and tragic |
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A mechanized world, out of hand |
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Computerized clinic |
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For superior cynics |
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Who dance to a synthetic band |
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In their own image |
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Their world is fashioned --- |
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No wonder they don't understand |
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Wheels within wheels |
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In a spiral array |
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A pattern so grand |
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And complex |
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Time after time |
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We lose sight of the way |
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Our causes can't see |
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Their effects |
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Iii. permanent waves |
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Science, like nature |
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Must also be tamed |
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With a view towards its preservation |
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Given the same |
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State of integrity |
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It will surely serve us well |
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Art as expression --- |
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Not as market campaigns |
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Will still capture our imaginations |
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Given the same |
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State of integrity |
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It will surely help us along |
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The most endangered species --- |
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The honest man |
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Will still survive annihilation |
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Forming a world --- |
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State of integrity |
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Sensitive, open, and strong |
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Wave after wave |
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Will flow with the tide |
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And bury the world as it does |
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Tide after tide |
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Will flow and recede |
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Leaving life to go on |
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As it was... |