Letra de Grand designs

Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson
A to b --
different degrees...
So much style without substance
so much stuff without style
it's hard to recognize the real thing
it comes along once in a while
like a rare and precious metal
beneath a ton of rock
it takes some time and trouble
to separate from the stock
you sometimes have to listen to
a lot of useless talk
Shapes and forms
against the norms --
against the run of the mill
swimming against the stream
life in two dimensions
is a mass production scheme
So much poison in power
the principles get left out
so much mind on the matter
the spirit gets forgotten about
like a righteous inspiration
overlooked in haste
like a teardrop in the ocean
a diamond in the waste
some world-views are spacious --
and some are merely spaced
Against the run of the mill
static as it seems
we break the surface tension
with our wild kinetic dreams
curves and lines --
of grand designs...