Soft winds stir the signing trees
Lying in the warm grass
Feel the sun upon your face
Elfin songs and endless nights
Sweet wine and soft relaxing lights
Time will never touch you
Here in this enchanted place
You're wanting to return
To where the misty mountains rise and friendly fires burn
A place you can escape the world
Where the dark lord cannot go
Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud water's flow
It feels so good to see the smiles of
Friends who never left your mind
When you were far away
>From the golden light of coming dawn
Till the twilight where the sun is gone
We treasure ev'ry season
And ev'ry passing day
Darkness gives way to light a new way
Stop here for a while until the world,
The world calls you away
Yet you know I've had the feeling
Standing with my senses reeling
This is the place to grow old till
I reach my final day.
"Rivendell" refers to the home of the elves in the "Lord of the Rings" books. Neal Peart was a huge J.R.R Tolkien enthusiast, and he uses references from those books to talk about his utopia, a place where you are totally at peace and completely safe. In the books, Rivendell was the one place that Sauron (the dark lord)'s powers had no effect on. Tolkien decribes Rivendell in unbelievable detail in the books, it's really quite amazing. The films also capture it beautifully. Perhaps this was Tolkien's own idea of Utopia.
The fact that Rush was geeky enough to make this song makes them kick so much more ass in this geek's humble opinion.
@MasterDuncan03 The idea that loving the "Lord of the Rings" makes you a "geek" is funny, at best. These are merely "talking points" created by society to control how we view ourselves and life. NOTHING in this world is good or bad, right or wrong...everything is just experiences that help to define us...Neal Peart has such a reverence for the LOTR, as I do, b/c it is a catalyst for each of us (if we wish it to be) to reach beyond the "norm", what others expect of us, to search and discover who we truly are...I am certain that...
@MasterDuncan03 The idea that loving the "Lord of the Rings" makes you a "geek" is funny, at best. These are merely "talking points" created by society to control how we view ourselves and life. NOTHING in this world is good or bad, right or wrong...everything is just experiences that help to define us...Neal Peart has such a reverence for the LOTR, as I do, b/c it is a catalyst for each of us (if we wish it to be) to reach beyond the "norm", what others expect of us, to search and discover who we truly are...I am certain that Tolkien's works also inspired the song, Fly by Night, as well.
When we judge other human beings, we are only ever judging ourselves. Judgment, hatred of others, is a slippery slope that always leads us right back to ourselves...
if you consider rush geeks for writing songs about lotr then i guess you would have to consider led zep geeks too-their songs are packed with lotr references. let me get this straight-in the 70s reading lotr did not make you a geek. i mean, has anyone accussed robert plant of being a geek? i think not
Geekiness isn't necessarily a bad thing. =)
Geekiness isn't necessarily a bad thing. =)
I've been a Rush fan since 1975....i found such a place .... in a few remote mountain passes in the Rio Grande primitive area of the San Juan mountains in southwestern Colorado. ...didn't see anyone for a week....snow capped peaks in early June...Crystal clear rivers.....sweet air to breathe.....
As an extreme LOTR enthusiast, stumbling on this jewel after being introduced to Rush made the band for me.
"Sunlight dances through the leaves Soft winds stir the signing trees Lying in the warm grass Feel the sun upon your face "
we all know what he's actually thinking instead of that last word...
@Achory what you think?
@Achory what you think?