The Pass Lyrics by Rush

The Pass Lyrics

    Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

    Proud swagger out of the schoolyard
    Waiting for the world's 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 you're trembling on a rocky ledge
    Staring down into a heartless sea
    Can't face life on a razor's edge
    Nothing's 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 razor's edge
    Don't turn your back
    And slam the door on me

    It's not as if this barricade
    Blocks the only road
    It's not as if you're 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 you're trembling on a rocky ledge
    Staring down into a heartless sea
    Done with life on a razor's edge
    Nothing's 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?

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