RUSH - Natural Science lyrics
rate meWords by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson<br><br>I. tide pools<br>When the ebbing tide retreats<br>Along the rocky shoreline<br>It leaves a trail of tidal pools<br>In a short-lived galaxy<br>Each microcosmic planet<br>A complete society<br><br>A simple kind mirror<br>To reflect upon our own<br>All the busy little creatures<br>Chasing out their destinies<br>Living in their pools<br>They soon forget about the sea...<br><br>Wheels within wheels<br>In a spiral array<br>A pattern so grand<br>And complex<br>Time after time<br>We lose sight of the way<br>Our causes can't see<br>Their effects<br><br>Ii. hyperspace<br>A quantum leap forward<br>In time and in space<br>The universe learned to expand<br><br>The mess and the magic<br>Triumphant and tragic<br>A mechanized world, out of hand<br><br>Computerized clinic<br>For superior cynics<br>Who dance to a synthetic band<br><br>In their own image<br>Their world is fashioned ---<br>No wonder they don't understand<br><br>Wheels within wheels<br>In a spiral array<br>A pattern so grand<br>And complex<br>Time after time<br>We lose sight of the way<br>Our causes can't see<br>Their effects<br><br>Iii. permanent waves<br>Science, like nature<br>Must also be tamed<br>With a view towards it's preservation<br>Given the same<br>State of integrity<br>It will surely serve us well<br><br>Art as expression ---<br>Not as market campaigns<br>Will still capture our imaginations<br>Given the same<br>State of integrity<br>It will surely help us along<br><br>The most endangered species ---<br>The honest man<br>Will still survive annihilation<br>Forming a world ---<br>State of integrity<br>Sensitive, open, and strong<br><br>Wave after wave<br>Will flow with the tide<br>And bury the world as it does<br>Tide after tide<br>Will flow and recede<br>Leaving life to go on<br>As it was...
