Энциклопедия

Bastille day

(Lee/Lifeson/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



I think I'm going bald

(Lee/Lifeson/Peart)

I looked in the mirror today
My eyes just didn't seem so bright
I've lost a few more hairs
I think I'm going bald, I think I'm going bald

Seems like only yesterday
We would sit and talk of dreams all night
Dreams of youth and simple truths
Now we're so involved, so involved with life

Walk down vanity fair
Memory lane everywhere
Wall street shuffles there
Dressed in flowing hair

Once we loved the flowers
Now we ask the price of the land
Once we would take water
But now it must be wine

Now we've been
And now we've seen
What price peace of mind
Take a piece of my mind

My life is slipping away
I'm aging every day
But even when I'm grey
I'll still be grey my way



Lakeside park

(Lee/Lifeson/Peart)

Midway hawkers calling:
"Try your luck with me"
Merry go round wheezing
The same old melody

A thousand ten cent wonders
Who could ask for more?
A pocketful of silver
The key to heaven's door

Lakeside park, willows in the breeze
Lakeside park, so many memories
Laughing rides, midway lights
Shining stars on summer nights

Days of barefoot freedom
Racing with the waves
Nights of starlit secrets
Crackling driftwood flames

Drinking by the lighthouse
Smoking on the pier
Still we saw the magic
Was fading every year

Lakeside park, willows in the breeze
Lakeside park, so many memories
Laughing rides, midway lights
Shining stars on summer nights

Everyone would gather
On the twenty fourth of May
Sitting in the sand
To watch the fireworks display

Dancing fires on the beach
Singing songs together
Though it's just a memory
Some memories last forever



The Necromancer

(Lee/Lifeson/Peart)

1) Into the darkness

"As grey traces of dawn tinge the eastern sky
The three travelers, men of Willowdale, emerge from the forest shadow
Fording the River Dawn they turn south
Journeying into the dark and forbidding lands of the Necromancer
Even now the intensity of his dread power can be felt
Weakening the body and saddening the heart
Ultimately they will become empty, mindless spectres
Stripped of will and soul
Only their thirst for freedom gives them hunger for vengeance"

Silence shrouds the forest
As the birds announce the dawn
Three travellers forth the river
And southward journey on

The road is lined with peril
The air is charged with fear
The shadow of his nearness
Weighs like iron tears

2) Under the shadow

"Shreds of black cloud loom in overcast skies
The Necromancer keeps watch with his magic prism eyes
He views all his lands and is already aware
Of the three helpless invaders trapped in his lair"

Brooding in the tower
Watching over his land
Holding evvry creature
Helplessly they stand

Gaze into his prisms
Knowing they are near
Lead them to the dungeons
Spectres numb with fear

They bow defeated

3) Return of the prince

"Enter the champion, prince By-Tor appears
To battle for freedom from chains of long years
The spell has been broken, the dark lands are bright
The wrath of the Necromancer soars away in the night"

Stealthily attacking
By-Tor slays his foe
The men are free to run now
From labyrinths below

The wrath of Necromancer
Shadows through the sky
Another land to darken
With evil prism eye



The fountain of lamneth

(Lee/Lifeson/Peart)

1) In the valley

I am born, I am me
I am new, I am free
Look at me, I am young
Sight unseen, life unsung

My eyes have just been opened
And they're open very wide
Images around me
Don't identify inside

Just one blur I recognize
The one that soothes and feeds
My way of life is easy
And as simple are my needs

Yet my eyes are drawn toward
The mountain in the east
Fascinates and captivates
Gives my heart no peace

The mountain holds the sunrise
In the prison of the night
'Till bursting forth from rocky chains
The valley floods with light

Living one long sunrise
For to me all things are new
I've never watched the sky grow pale
Or strolled through fields of dew

I do not know of dust to dust
I live from breath to breath
I live to climb that mountain
To the fountain of lamneth

Yet my eyes are drawn toward
The mountain in the east
Fascinates and captivates
Gives my heart no peace

The mountain holds the sunrise
In the prison of the night
'Till bursting forth from rocky chains
The valley floods with light

2) Didacts and harpets

Stay! Go!
Work! No!
Learn! Live!
Earn! Give!

Stay or fight?
What's right?
Listen!

3) No one at the bridge

Crying back to consciousness
The coldness grips my skin
The sky is pitching violently
Drawn by shrieking winds

Seaspray blurs my vision
Waves roll by so fast
Save my ship of freedom
I'm lashed helpless to the mast

Remembering when first I held
The wheel in my own hands
I took the helm so eagerly
And sailed for distant lands

But now the sea's too heavy
And I just, I just don't understand
Why must my crew desert me?
When I need, I need a guiding hand

Call out for direction
And there's no one there to steer
Shout out for salvation
But there's no one there to hear

Cry out supplication
For the maelstrom is near
Scream out desperation
But no one cares to hear

4) Panacea

The whiteness of confusion
Is unfolding from my mind
I stare around in wonder
Have I left my life behind?

I catch the scent of ambergris
And turn my head surprised
My gaze is caught and held
And I am helpless, mesmerized

Panacea, liquid grace
Oh, let me touch your fragile face
Enchantment falls around me
And I know I cannot leave

Here's a meaning for my life
A shelter from the storm
Pacify my troubles with
Her body, soft and warm

Naked in our unity
A smile for every tear
Gentle hands that promise me
Comfort through the years

Yet I know I must be gone
Before the light of dawn

Panacea, passion pure
I can't resist your gentle lure
My heart will lie beside you
And my wandering body grieves

5) Bacchus Plateau

Another endless day
Silhouettes of grey
Another glass of wine
Drink with eyes that shine

To days without that chill at morning
Nights time out of mind

Draw another goblet
From the cask of forty three
Crimson misty memory
Hazy glimpse of me

Give me back my wonder
I've something more to give
I guess it doesn't matter
There's not much more to live

Another foggy dawn
The mountain almost gone
Another doubtful fear
The road is not so clear

My soul grows ever weary
And the end is ever near

Draw another goblet
From the cask of forty three
Crimson misty memory
Hazy glimpse of me

Give me back my wonder
I've something more to give
I guess it doesn't matter
There's not much more to live

6) The fountain

Look! The mist is rising
And the sun is peaking through
See the steps grow lighter
As I reach their final few

Hear the dancing waters
I must be drawing near
Feel my heart is pounding
With embattled hope and fear

Now at last I fall before
The fountain of lamneth
I thought I would be singing
But I'm tired, out of breath

Many journeys end here
But the secret's told the same
Life is just a candle
And a dream must give it flame

The key, the end, the answer
Stripped of their disguise
Still it's all confusion
And tears spring to my eyes

Though I've reached a signpost
It's really not the end
Like Old Sol behind the mountain
I'll be coming up again

I'm in motion, I am still
I am crying, I am still
I'm together, I'm apart
I'm forever at the start

Still I am