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Rush – Vital Signs Lyrics 16 years ago
One thing about this song no one mentioned, and I remember this from an interview, is that Neil is playing with a lot of recording studio and electrical jargon, and then he is taking those words and applying them to human interactions:

impulse
circuits shorted
external interference
balance distorted
reverse polarity
half speed
pause rewind replay
soft filter
memory chip
random sample hold - sample and hold is a type of circuit, he puts in a comma to change the meaning
mixed feelings - my favorite - an analogy between a multichannel mixing board and various levels of emotion inside someone.

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