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The Next Hemisphere (A Rush Tribute)

by Fleesh

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1.
Limelight 04:20
Living on a lighted stage Approaches the unreal For those who think and feel In touch with some reality Beyond the gilded cage Cast in this unlikely role, Ill-equipped to act With insufficient tact One must put up barriers To keep oneself intact Living in the Limelight The universal dream For those who wish to seem Those who wish to be Must put aside the alienation Get on with the fascination The real relation The underlying theme Living in a fisheye lens Caught in the camera eye I have no heart to lie I can’t pretend a stranger Is a long-awaited friend All the world’s indeed a stage And we are merely players Performers and portrayers Each another’s audience Outside the gilded cage
2.
Like the fly on the wheel, who says “What a lot of dust we’re raising” Are you under the illusion That you’re part of this scheme? Seems like a lifetime ago You could look with pride On your world of dreams What is the meaning of this? And the stars look down What are you trying to do? And the stars look down Was it something I said? And the stars look down Like the rat in a maze who says, “Watch me choose my own direction” Are you under the illusion The path is winding your way? Are you surprised by confusion When it leads you astray? Have you lived a lifetime today – Or do you feel like you just got carried away? What is the meaning of this? And the stars look down What are you trying to do? And the stars look down Was it something I said? And the stars look down Something you’d like me to do? And the stars look down The stars look down
3.
And the men who hold high places Must be the ones who start To mold a new reality Closer to the heart Closer to the heart The blacksmith and the artist Reflected in their art They forge their creativity Closer to the heart Yeah, closer to the heart Philosophers and plowmen Each must know his part To sow a new mentallity Closer to the heart Closer to the heart You can be the captain And I will draw the chart Sailing into destiny Closer to the heart Closer to the heart Well, closer to the heart Yeah, closer to the heart Close to the heart I said, closer to the heart
4.
I knew he was different, in his sexuality I went to his parties, as a straight minority It never seemed a threat to my masculinity He only introduced me to a wider reality As the years went by, we drifted apart When I heard that he was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart But he’s nobody’s — Hero — saves a drowning child Cures a wasting disease Hero — lands the crippled airplane Solves great mysteries Hero — not the handsome actor Who plays a hero’s role Hero — not the glamor girl Who’d love to sell her soul If anybody’s buying NOBODY’S HERO I didn’t know the girl, but I knew her family All their lives were shattered in a nightmare of brutality They try to carry on, try to bear the agony Try to hold some faith in the goodness of humanity As the years went by, we drifted apart When I heard that she was gone I felt a shadow cross my heart But she’s nobody’s — Hero — the voice of reason Against the howling mob Hero — the pride of purpose In the unrewarding job Hero — not the champion player Who plays the perfect game Not the glamor boy Who loves to sell his name Everybody’s buying NOBODY’S HERO As the years went by, we drifted apart When I heard that you were gone I felt a shadow cross my heart Hero
5.
Losing It 04:52
The dancer slows her frantic pace In pain and desperation, Her aching limbs and downcast face Aglow with perspiration Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire, With just the briefest pause — The flooding through her memory, The echoes of old applause. She limps across the floor And closes her bedroom door… The writer stares with glassy eyes — Defies the empty page, His beard is white, his face is lined And streaked with tears of rage. Thirty years ago, how the words would flow With passion and precision, But now his mind is dark and dulled By sickness and indecision And he stares out the kitchen door Where the sun will rise no more… Some are born to move the world — To live their fantasies But most of us just dream about The things we’d like to be Sadder still to watch it die Than never to have known it For you — the blind who once could see — The bell tolls for thee…
6.
Tears 03:39
All of the seasons and all of the days All of the reasons why I've felt this way So long... So long Then lost in that feeling I looked in your eyes I noticed emotion and that you had cried For me I can see What would touch me deeper... Tears that fall from eyes that only cry? Would it touch you deeper Than tears that fall from eyes that know why? A lifetime of questions, tears on your cheek I tasted the answers and my body was weak For you The truth What would touch me deeper... Tears that fall from eyes that only cry? Would it touch you deeper Than tears that fall from eyes that know why?
7.
Resist 04:11
I can learn to resist Anything but temptation I can learn to co-exist With anything but pain I can learn to compromise Anything but my desires I can learn to get along With all the things I can’t explain I can learn to resist Anything but frustration I can learn to persist With anything but aiming low I can learn to close my eyes To anything but injustice I can learn to get along With all the things I don’t know You can surrender Without a prayer But never really pray Pray without surrender You can fight Without ever winning But never ever win Without a fight
8.
Now it’s come to this It’s like we’re back in the Dark Ages From the Middle East to the Middle West It’s a world of superstition Now it’s come to this Wide-eyed armies of the faithful From the Middle East to the Middle West Pray, and pass the ammunition So many people think that way You gotta watch what you say To them and them, and others too Who don’t seem to see things the way you do We can only grow the way the wind blows On a bare and weathered shore We can only bow to the here and now In our elemental war We can only grow the way the wind blows We can only bow to the here and now Or be broken down blow by blow Now it’s come to this Hollow speeches of mass deception From the Middle East to the Middle West Like crusaders in unholy alliance Now it’s come to this Like we’re back in the Dark Ages From the Middle East to the Middle West It’s a plague that resists all science It seems to leave them partly blind And they leave no child behind While evil spirits haunt their sleep While shepherds bless and count their sheep Like a solitary pine On a bare wind-blasted shore We can only grow the way the wind blows
9.
Here Again 07:05
I said I played this song so many times before that the melody keeps repeating growing new ideas, flowing chords and notes like a mountain river bleeding. Well, I say as I look back, And all the thoughts I’ve had, They reflect just what I’m learning. Yes, you know that the hardest part, Yes, I say it is to stay on top, On top of a world forever churning. Well, you say you can laugh, But I can see that your eyes are glass. Well, do you see, can’t you see, what I’m feeling? Yes, I’ve seen your face before. Why, I’ve seen it everywhere, Showing up to me without a scent revealing. Well, I said will it ever change? Will it stay the same? I’d surely like to know before it’s over. Well, I said I played some. I said it won’t be long, Won’t be long before I stop and play it over. Oh, oh I’ve, I’ve seen your face before. Is it ever gonna, ever gonna change again? Oh, oh I’ve, I’ve been in one place too long. Is it ever gonna, ever gonna change again?
10.
The Trees 04:32
There is unrest in the Forest There is trouble with the trees For the Maples want more sunlight And the Oaks ignore their pleas. The trouble with the Maples (And they’re quite convinced they’re right) They say the Oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light But the Oaks can’t help their feelings If they like the way they’re made And they wonder why the Maples Can’t be happy in their shade? There is trouble in the Forest And the creatures all have fled As the Maples scream ‘Oppression!’ And the Oaks, just shake their heads So the Maples formed a Union And demanded equal rights ‘The Oaks are just too greedy We will make them give us light’ Now there’s no more Oak oppression For they passed a noble law And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, Axe, And saw…
11.
Mission 05:19
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…
12.
Bravado 04:31
If we burn our wings Flying too close to the sun If the moment of glory Is over before it’s begun If the dream is won — Though everything is lost We will pay the price, But we will not count the cost When the dust has cleared And victory denied A summit too lofty River a little too wide If we keep our pride — Though paradise is lost We will pay the price, But we will not count the cost And if the music stops There’s only the sound of the rain All the hope and glory All the sacrifice in vain If love remains Though everything is lost We will pay the price, But we will not count the cost
13.
The Pass 05:09
proud swagger out of the schoolyard waiting for the world’s applause rebel without a conscience martyr without a cause static on your frequency electrical storm in your veins raging at unreachable glory straining at invisible chains and now you’re trembling on a rocky ledge staring down into a heartless sea can’t face life on a razor’s edge nothing’s what you thought it would be All of us get lost in the darkness Dreamers learn to steer by the stars All of us do time in the gutter Dreamers turn to look at the cars turn around and turn around and turn around Turn around and walk the razor’s edge Don’t turn your back And slam the door on me it’s not as if this barricade blocks the only road it’s not as if you’re all alone in wanting to explode someone set a bad example made surrender seem all right the act of a noble warrior who lost the will to fight and now you’re trembling on a rocky ledge staring down into a heartless sea done with life on a razor’s edge nothing’s what you thought it would be no hero in your tragedy no daring in your escape no salutes for your surrender nothing noble in your fate Christ, what have you done?
14.
The Garden 06:57
In this one of many possible worlds, all for the best, or some bizarre test? It is what it is – and whatever Time is still the infinite jest The arrow flies when you dream, the hours tick away – the cells tick away The Watchmaker keeps to his schemes The hours tick away – they tick away The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect So hard to earn, so easily burned In the fullness of time A garden to nurture and protect In the rise and the set of the sun ‘Til the stars go spinning – spinning ’round the night It is what it is – and forever Each moment a memory in flight The arrow flies while you breathe, the hours tick away – the cells tick away The Watchmaker has time up his sleeve The hours tick away – they tick away The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time It’s the only return that you expect The future disappears into memory With only a moment between Forever dwells in that moment Hope is what remains to be seen

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"The Next Hemisphere" is Fleesh's Rush Tribute, released on October 2017 available in all digital platforms and in a Digipack format.

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released March 10, 2018

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Celo Oliveira at Kolera Home Studio
Guest Hammond on "Here Again" by Rodrigo Boechat
Artwork by Gabby Vessoni

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