Well, it rocks!

Ok, so I picked up the Rush CD on the way down to visit Mom. I had a good 3 hours in the car to listen. There are some really good songs on there as well as a couple of clunkers. But of course after a while the clunkers may turn into gold as I listen more and more. There is one song on the CD which was written as a pantoum. Pantoums have certain structures to follow, like a haiku, but it also involves a pattern of repetition within the structure. The music was written to go with the same pattern. So there is no bridge or chorus, its not structured like an other rock song out there and its really good. Here are the words:

if we're so much the same, like I always hear
why such different fortunes and fates?
some of us live in a cloud of fear
some live behind iron gates

why such different fortunes and fates?
some are blessed and some are cursed
some live behind iron gates
while other see only the worst

Some are blessed and some are cursed
the golden one or scarred from birth
while others see only the worst
such a lot of pain on the earth

the golden one or scarred from birth
some things can never be changed
such a lot of pain on this earth
it's somehow so badly arranged

some things can never be changed
some reasons will never come clear
it's somehow so badly arranged
if we're all the same, like I always hear

Copyright - 2007 Neil Peart

Here is the image for the song, from Rush.com


Good stuff there, deep but not pompous.











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