Rush - Natural Science lyrics

When the ebbing tide retreats

Along the rocky shoreline,

It leaves a trail of tidal pools

In a short-lived galaxy.

Each microcosmic planet

A complete society.

A simple kind mirror

To reflect upon our own.

All the busy little creatures

Chasing out their destinies.

Living in the pools,

They soon forget about the sea...

Wheels within wheels in a spiral array,

A pattern so grand and complex,

Time after time we lose sight of the way,

Our causes can't see their effects.

2. Hyerspace

A quantum leap forward

In time and in space,

The universe learned to expand.

Myths and the magic,

Triumphant and tragic,

A mechanized world out of hand.

Computerized clinic

For superior cynics

Who dance to a synthetic band.

In their own image,

Their world is fashion.

No wonder they don't understand.

3. Permanent Waves

Science, like nature

Must also be tamed

With a view toward its preservation.

Given the same

State of integrity,

It will surely serve us well.

Art as expression,

Not as market campaigns

Will still capture our imaginations.

Given the same

State of integrity,

It will surely help us along.

The most endangered species,

The honest man,

Will still survive annihilation.

Forming a world

State of integrity,

Sensitive, open and strong.

Wave after wave will flow with the tide, and bury the world as it does.

Tide after tide will flow and recede, leaving life to go on as it was...

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