Rush - The Pass

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Rush music video and lyrics

Words by Neil Peart, music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson

Proud swagger out of the schoolyard
Waiting for the worlds applause
Rebel without a conscience
Martyr without a cause

Static on your frequency
Electrical storm in your veins
Raging at unreachable glory
Straining at invisible chains

And now youre trembling on a rocky ledge
Staring down into a heartless sea
Cant face life on a razors edge
Nothings what you thought it would be

All of us get lost in the darkness
Dreamers learn to steer by the stars
All of us do time in the gutter
Dreamers turn to look at the cars
Turn around and turn around and turn around
Turn around and walk the razors edge
Dont turn your back
And slam the door on me

Its not as if this barricade
Blocks the only road
Its not as if youre all alone
In wanting to explode

Someone set a bad example
Made surrender seem all right
The act of a noble warrior
Who lost the will to fight

And now youre trembling on a rocky ledge
Staring down into a heartless sea
Done with life on a razors edge
Nothings what you thought it would be

No hero in your tragedy
No daring in your escape
No salutes for your surrender
Nothing noble in your fate
Christ, what have you done?

Channel: Music
Uploaded: June 22, 2007 at 2:23 am
Author: Rammy72

Length: 00:04:51
Rating: 4.94
Views: 98443

Tags: Rock

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Video Comments:
danrush64 (December 2, 2008 at 6:07 pm)
There are great bands, and then there is Rush. Out of range...out of reach. Singularly, music with a mind...not just a soul.
wurttemberger (November 26, 2008 at 1:17 pm)
This video actually conjures the opposite emotion you would think. Right after the first time I heard this I got an email from someone really special to me saying that they got of the hospital where they were for suicide watch.
superiorswagon (November 25, 2008 at 10:44 pm)
every single rush song is just mind blowing?!?! you have to put them up there with zeppelin and the beatles, imo they are the trifecta of best bands ever RUSH ON TOP
dbj31469 (November 24, 2008 at 8:29 pm)
one of the best.rips my heart out everytime a listen to it.one person said here,there is no one great rush song,and i totally agree.one thing i love about neils writing,taks a minute to figure out what he is talking about.
then we you do,your thoughts are like,my god what an amazing writer!that's what i think anyway.
pelagic6 (November 27, 2008 at 1:02 pm)
Exactly, well put. This songs gets to me every time.
Frenchqueencoverband (November 22, 2008 at 5:40 am)
I have listened to this song countless times and still moves me every single time I play it it's just craftsman's work, despite the serious subject, one of these immortal songs...
DethLeppard666 (November 20, 2008 at 9:54 pm)
What amazes me is that this is a song about suicide, yet it's so beautiful. This and A Tout Le Monde are the most amazing death songs I've ever heard. Obviously very different, but amazing.

Also, I don't think Rush really has a best song. Everything fits together as a part of their catalog. That's why I love their albums, especially Hold Your Fire, because they're ALBUMS, not just a few good songs with a bunch of B-Sides.
burnhigh (November 18, 2008 at 3:03 am)
What a great song and video. The black/white imagery with the angst of the solitude I am certain connected and saved a few from the idiocy. Amen.
darrenroskam (November 16, 2008 at 11:33 pm)
Normally RUSH doesn't have much of a heart. They're very clinical, and I don't care for them.

But this song blows me away. The atmospheric playing of Lifeson, the power of Peart, and the sad whine of Lee come together with the music and lyrics, and even this video, too, and just kick huge amounts of ass. I hope they got a gold medal for this.
daffyduck789 (November 15, 2008 at 8:28 pm)
Nirvana and Rush are great but i like Nirvana more......Nirvana and rush forever =)