Rush - The Pass

The Pass by Rush/Neil Peart

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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[tracygalvin]

I'll be honest and say that I'm not a big Rush fan but this song is perfection. I love it and thank them for creating and performing it.

[DevoutlyAgnostic]

Brilliant musically and lyrically. These guys are true class. Thanks for posting this video.

[MrServThePerv]

@96gummyworms

Hell yeah man! I get chills on that part almost every time :) Rush is just so powerful

[DOMECHOPBRAINS]

I wish more people would 'listen' to amazing Rush songs such as this, not just hear it. So much depth and substance... where else can you get that? Nowhere else.

[unplannedcalamity]

it was interesting all the way to the end. *swallowing sword*

[96gummyworms]

"Christ what have you done?"Always gives me shivers...

All due respect to Rush

[B0Ka3]

4:52 .... yea...

[ejstamey]

4:12 to 4:17: awesome...

[ilbacato]

LoL 4:53 :D

[jorgempcunha]

thanks my friend for posting this video!!! one of the best rush`s songs!!!

[SkyHigh796]

Thank you so much for this. Totally forgot how much I loved this song.