High Water

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



When the waters rose

In the darkness

In the wake of the endless flood

It flowed into our memory --

It flowed into our blood



When something broke the surface

Just to see the starry dome --

We still feel that relation

When the water takes us home

In the flying spray of the ocean

The water takes you home --



Springing from the weight

Of the mountains

Like the heart of the earth

Would burst

Flowing out from marble fountains

In the dreams of a desert thirst



Something swam through

The jungles

Where the mighty rivers roam --

Something breaks the silence

When the water takes you home

I hear the wordless voices

When the water takes me home --



Waves that crash on the shoreline

Torrents of tropical rain

Streaming down

Beyond our memory

Streaming down inside our veins



When something left the ocean

To crawl high above the foam --

We still feel that elation

When the water takes us home

In a driving rain of redemption

The water takes me home...




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