Actually, I think the song is about Rush-mate Neil Peart. Two of the lines fit me, but also seem to fit Peart:
"He likes to work with his hands.
He's an apolitical man."
Neil, of course, keeps his hands busy drumming and writing. And I've never heard any of his lyrics showing a political view. Quite the opposite. Also, the subject of the song is called "A Canadian icon" in one verse.
And I think the line, repeated frequently, "And he don't like change" is some serious ribbing at him. He'd never, ever write or speak a sentence that way. And "change" is a frequent theme in his lyrics. Like one of my favorite lines, from Tom Sawyer, "He knows changes aren't permanent but change is."
I really like that song ("Home on the Strange"). It's the 8th track on the new Geddy Lee CD. Anyone who's a Rush fan definitely needs that CD.
And now I'm wondering: Just what's considered off-topic here? <g>
And, in a similar vein, if you see a cop blow past you on the highway at about 90 MPH, without the sirens or lights, surely it's legal to match his pace, eh? |
