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Rush – Presto Lyrics 15 years ago
Looking at my last post, I should have just said this is more about dreams than anythig else. I think the "I am made from the dust of the stars" that whole opening verse is a reference to dreams.

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Rush – Presto Lyrics 15 years ago
I always felt like I understood some of the parts but not the song as a whole. The verse
"The evening plane rises up from the runway
Over constellations of light
I look down into a million houses
And wonder what you're doing tonight"

I felt was a reference to always being on the go and not able to enjoy a family or a more simple life. But when I look at the "you're" as an individual instead of a "millon" people and also the same individual that I use to be a "fool" for, the song made more sense. Seems to be about this, someone lost a romantic partner(girlfriend, wife, ect.) for whatever reason.(lost contact, break-up, divorce, ect.) The person thinks that they are "over" the lost partner until a vivid dream or even a full out return of the person brings back lost memories. And so "Presto" that person is back in their life. Kinda like losing a parent or wife beacause of death and then seeing them in a dream. Plus "I'm just improvising
My illusion of careless flight" sounds like a dream.

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