Something For Nothing Lyrics

Lyric discussion by CloudyStrife 

Cover art for Something For Nothing lyrics by Rush

Definitely my favorite lines in the song:

What you own is your own kingdom What you do is your own glory What you love is your own power What you live is your own story

Your life is YOUR story, nobody else's. Thats what this song is trying to say! Live your own lives! Don't rely on other people and follow your heart!

"Let your heart be the anchor And the beat to your own song!"

Its a call to find "your particular" inner monads divine will for your life. Its the need for us to come into contact with the consciousness of god so that our will-power over sensual desires that overwhelm us in our sensory being in this day and age. That is the metaphor "you won't get wise with the sleep still in your eyes" its not about laziness it is reference to most people sleepwalking letting their animal nature guide them forming haze eluded to the first opening line. Waiting for the winds of change to sweep the clouds away. This...