Rush - Red Tide Lyrics
Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifesonNature has some new plagueTo run in our streetsHistory some new wrinkleWe are doomed to repeatFugitives at the bedroom doorLovers pause to find an open storeRain is burning on the forest floorAnd the red tide kisses the shoreThis is not a false alarmThis is not a testStay out of the sunIt only burns my skinSky full of poisonAnd the atmospheres too thinBless the sun, the rain no moreRiver running like an open soreBlack wind falling to the ocean floorAnd the red tide washes ashoreThis is not a false alarmThis is not a testNowhere we can fly awayNowhere we can restThe party is disrupted byAn uninvited guestDeadline approachesFor the weary landIt used to be somethingBut we let it run down in our handsToo late for debate, too bad to ignoreQuiet rebellion leads to open warBring a sea-change to the factory floorAs the red tide covers the shoreNows the time to turn the tideNows the time to fightLet us not go gentlyTo the endless winter nightNows the time to make the timeWhile hope is still in sightLet us not go gentlyTo the endless winter night
