He's got a roadmap of Jupiter
A radar fix on the stars
All along the highway
She's got a liquid-crystal compass
A picture book of the rivers
Under the Sahara
They travel in the time of the prophets
On a desert highway straight to the heart of the sun
Like lovers and hereos, and the restless part of everyone
We're only at home when we're on the run
On the run
He's got a starmap of Hollywood
A list of cheap motels
All along the freeway
She's got a sister out in Vegas
Promise of a decent job
Far away from her home town
They travel on the road to redemption
A highway out of yesterday -- that tomorrow will bring
Like lovers and heroes, birds in the last days of spring
We're only at home when we're on the wing
On the wing
WE ARE YOUNG
WANDERING THE FACE OF THE EARTH
WONDERING WHAT OUR DREAMS MIGHT BE WORTH
LEARNING THAT WE'RE ONLY IMMORTAL --
FOR A LIMITED TIME
Time is a gypsy caravan
Steals away in the night
To leave you stranded in Dreamland
Distance is a long-range filter
Memory a flickering light
Left behind in the heartland
We travel in the dark of the new moon
A starry highway traced on the map of the sky
Like lovers and heroes, lonely as the eagle's cry
We're only at home when we're on the fly
On the fly
We travel on the road to adventure
On a desert highway straight to the heart of the sun
Like lovers and hereos, and the restless part of everyone
We're only at home when we're on the run
On the run...
A radar fix on the stars
All along the highway
She's got a liquid-crystal compass
A picture book of the rivers
Under the Sahara
On a desert highway straight to the heart of the sun
Like lovers and hereos, and the restless part of everyone
We're only at home when we're on the run
On the run
A list of cheap motels
All along the freeway
She's got a sister out in Vegas
Promise of a decent job
Far away from her home town
A highway out of yesterday -- that tomorrow will bring
Like lovers and heroes, birds in the last days of spring
We're only at home when we're on the wing
On the wing
WANDERING THE FACE OF THE EARTH
WONDERING WHAT OUR DREAMS MIGHT BE WORTH
LEARNING THAT WE'RE ONLY IMMORTAL --
FOR A LIMITED TIME
Steals away in the night
To leave you stranded in Dreamland
Distance is a long-range filter
Memory a flickering light
Left behind in the heartland
A starry highway traced on the map of the sky
Like lovers and heroes, lonely as the eagle's cry
We're only at home when we're on the fly
On the fly
On a desert highway straight to the heart of the sun
Like lovers and hereos, and the restless part of everyone
We're only at home when we're on the run
On the run...
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Great line: "Learning that we're only immortal, For a limited time"
@davethebald I think of this line all the time, especially since I have more years behind me now than ahead.
@davethebald I think of this line all the time, especially since I have more years behind me now than ahead.
Ahh, how nice to be young, adventurous, in love and following dreams.
Alex's solo is brilliant in this song. It just flows so nicely.
@NUMBER 4 It's a good one with great runs.
@NUMBER 4 It's a good one with great runs.
I love the line "learning that we're only immortal...for a limited time." I think that sums up the meaning of this tune very well. As someone just getting started in composing and performing music in his 50s...I understand that "limited time" thing VERY well.
@Phx4stringer as someone who took up drums in his 40's, I say "Get out there and rock, and roll the bones".
@Phx4stringer as someone who took up drums in his 40's, I say "Get out there and rock, and roll the bones".
@Phx4stringer So.. so true. Indeed, we are all eventually able to look back and realize what this means, and no matter what, you would never be able to capitalize on it without the wisdom of your years that you don't yet possess.
@Phx4stringer So.. so true. Indeed, we are all eventually able to look back and realize what this means, and no matter what, you would never be able to capitalize on it without the wisdom of your years that you don't yet possess.
"Time is a gypsy caravan Steals away in the night To leave you stranded in dreamland Distance is a long-range filter Memory a flickering light Left behind in the heartland"
Doesn't that just paint the most incredible picture of constantly putting your dreams away and never chasing them down. Something we're all so guilty of, expectation grinds us down until we're just left with nothing but regret. Never get so tied down that you don't leave a glimmer of hope to chase your dreams not matter your age.
Beautiful song about the youth who are willing to travel the entire world & run around the entire earth to follow their dreams.....Plain & simple.....Neil Peart's brilliance
love the goat,s neil,s lyrics
^ Word. This song makes a great opening track.
This is a song about when we were all young and thought the world was our oyster and that all of our dreams were going to come true. This is a great song and I love seeing it live (with all the lasers).
Distance is a long-range filter...Memory a flickering light
Just a few words, in a song, that are so meaningful. What is time? Time is distance. Distance not just me to you, but the larger view of time. The earth rotates around the sun, the sun around the galaxy, the galaxy around the universe. So as days go by we forget most things that happen on a daily basis, which is the long range filter. We remember events, places, people, smells, etc. stored in our brain somewhere still "flickering". How does Neil use so few words for so much meaning? Rush songs to me are so much more than just music and words. I look at things differently sometimes through Neil's lyrics and Rush's music.