It would be so easy to get carried away here, sitting favorite lyrics of Neil Peart. I have selected only two. They have impacted and changed the way I see the world, and live my life.

From: Roll The Bones

"BRAVADO"
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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.

...and if love remains.

From: Test For Echo

"RESIST"

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

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