This was a song from Roll The Bones, which was not only about taking chances, but also about what to do when fate intervenes and messes up our plans. The lyrics cover people from all walks of life who are not as different as they seem because they are all gambling with their life in a reckless manner, whether you are doing something on a dare like a daredevil, or something dangerous. And then he follows up how people who don't take chances in life despise the ones who would gamble away their security and comfort in the "rambling-rap" part ---- it's funny that he is very deliberate when he talks about the parts of the gambling people and creates rhyming stanzas and then when he talks about the people who are laid back, he uses an almost mono-tone type of verse with all of the sentences ending in the same predictable "-ist"!
Cooincidentally, this whole album was about the fear of loss in one's life and right after this was released, Neil Peart lost his only daughter in a one-car accident and the following year lost his first wife to cancer.
This was a song from Roll The Bones, which was not only about taking chances, but also about what to do when fate intervenes and messes up our plans. The lyrics cover people from all walks of life who are not as different as they seem because they are all gambling with their life in a reckless manner, whether you are doing something on a dare like a daredevil, or something dangerous. And then he follows up how people who don't take chances in life despise the ones who would gamble away their security and comfort in the "rambling-rap" part ---- it's funny that he is very deliberate when he talks about the parts of the gambling people and creates rhyming stanzas and then when he talks about the people who are laid back, he uses an almost mono-tone type of verse with all of the sentences ending in the same predictable "-ist"!
Cooincidentally, this whole album was about the fear of loss in one's life and right after this was released, Neil Peart lost his only daughter in a one-car accident and the following year lost his first wife to cancer.