Rush Natural Science song lyrics

I - Tide Pools

When the ebbing tide retreats along the rocky shoreline

It leaves a trail of tide pools in a short-lived galaxy

Each microcosmic planet a complete society

A simple kind of mirror to reflect upon our own

All the busy little creatures chasing out their destinies

Living in their pools they soon forget about the sea...

Wheel within wheels in a spiral array -

A pattern so grand and complex

Time after time we lose sight of the way -

Our causes can't see their effects

II - Hyperspace

A quantum leap forward in time and space

The universe learned to expand

Mess and magic, triumphant and tragic

A mechanized world out of hand

Computerized clinic for superior cynics

Who dance to a synthetic band

In their own image their world is fashioned

No wonder they don't understand

Wheel within wheels in a spiral array -

A pattern so grand and complex

Time after time we lose sight of the way -

Our causes can't see their effects

III - Permanent Waves

Science, like nature, must also be tamed

With a view towards its preservation

Given the same state of integrity, it will surely serve us well.

Art as expression, not as market campaigns

Will still capture our imaginations

Given the same state of integrity, it will surely help us along.

The most endangered species - the honest man -

Will still survive annihilation

Forming a world, a state of integrity -

Sensitive, open, and strong.

Wave after wave will flow with the tide

And bury the world as it does

Tide after tide will flow and recede

Leaving life to go on as it was.