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Beneath, Between, And Behind Lyrics
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?
The guns replace the plow, facades are tarnished now
The principles have been betrayed
The dream's gone stale, but still, let hope prevail
History's debt won't be repaid
A wondrous dream came into being
Tame the trackless waste, no virgin land left chaste
All shining eyes, but never seeing
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?
The principles have been betrayed
The dream's gone stale, but still, let hope prevail
History's debt won't be repaid
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About the noble founding of the United States but then the corruption that soon followed
Peart wrote lyrics about the Military Industrial Complex better than anyone could hope to. He stays fairly vague but brings it all together at the end and once again speaks of the hope that it wont come back to bite us. Also, they left out the entire second verse.
Peart wrote lyrics about the Military Industrial Complex better than anyone could hope to. He stays fairly vague but brings it all together at the end and once again speaks of the hope that it wont come back to bite us. Also, they left out the entire second verse.
Watch the cities rise Another ship arrives Earths melting pot and ever growing Fantastic dreams come true Inventing something new The greatest minds, and never knowing...
Watch the cities rise Another ship arrives Earths melting pot and ever growing Fantastic dreams come true Inventing something new The greatest minds, and never knowing...
The first line of the chorus is "Beneath the noble bird", not "birth". The reference is to the bald eagle.
exactly right--none of my friends believe that the could go U2 on us though.
fail to see how rush could "go u2" when those irish pretentious clowns formed long after rush.
fail to see how rush could "go u2" when those irish pretentious clowns formed long after rush.
cracks* appear #typo
Bird not birth. They would have had a field day with this song now given the tool in office now. Nixon was a Saint compared to this malignant narcissist.