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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (86403)3/25/2013 12:44:30 AM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 104145
 
I've always enjoyed your back to the earth hippie values and drug induced paranoia but you really don't know good music.




To: Wharf Rat who wrote (86403)3/25/2013 1:14:27 AM
From: average joe  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 104145
 
This song is about the discovery of America and the birth of the nation. It refers to the rapid growth, immigration, wars, and the American Dream. According to Geddy Lee on VH1-Classic's "Hanging With", this was the first Rush song with lyrics written by Neil Peart.



"Beneath, Between And Behind"

Ten score years ago, defeat the kingly foe
A wondrous dream came into being
Tame the trackless waste, no virgin land left chaste
All shining eyes, but never seeing

Beneath the noble bird
Between the proudest words
Behind the beauty, cracks appear
Once with heads held high
They sang out to the sky
Why do their shadows bow in fear?

Watch the cities rise
Another ship arrives
Earth's melting pot and ever growing
Fantastic dreams come true
Inventing something new
The greatest minds, and never knowing

The guns replace the plow, facades are tarnished now
The principles have been betrayed
The dreams's gone stale, but still, let hope prevail
History's debt won't be repaid