Mission

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



Hold your fire --

Keep it burning bright

Hold the flame

'til the dream ignites --

A spirit with a vision

Is a dream with a mission



I hear their passionate music

Read the words

That touch my heart

I gaze at their feverish pictures

The secrets that set them apart



When i feel the powerful visions

Their fire has made alive

I wish i had that instinct --

I wish i had that drive



Spirits fly on dangerous missions

Imaginations on fire

Focused high on soaring ambitions

Consumed in a single desire



In the grip of

A nameless possession --

A slave to the drive of obsession --

A spirit with a vision

Is a dream with a mission...



I watch their images flicker

Bringing light to a lifeless screen

I walk through

Their beautiful buildings

And i wish i had their dreams



But dreams don't need

To have motion

To keep their spark alive

Obsession has to have action --

Pride turns on the drive



It's cold comfort

To the ones without it

To know how they struggled --

How they suffered about it



If their lives were

Exotic and strange

They would likely have

Gladly exchanged them

For something a little more plain

Maybe something a little more sane



We each pay a fabulous price

For our visions of paradise

But a spirit with a vision

Is a dream with a mission...


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