RUSH LYRICS - Prime Mover

"Prime Mover"



Basic elemental instinct to survive

Stirs the higher passions

Thrill to be alive



Alternating currents in a tidewater surge

Rational resistance to an unwise urge



Anything can happen...



From the point of conception

To the moment of truth

At the point of surrender

To the burden of proof



From the point of ignition

To the final drive

The point of the journey is not to arrive



Anything can happen...



Basic temperamental filters on our eyes

Alter our perceptions

Lenses polarize



Alternating currents force a show of hands

Rational responses force a change of plans



Anything can happen...



From a point on the compass

To magnetic north

The point of the needle moving back and forth



From the point of entry

Until the candle is burned

The point of departure is not to return



Anything can happen...



I set the wheels in motion

Turn up all the machines

Activate the programs

And run behind the scene



I set the clouds in motion

Turn up light and sound

Activate the window

And watch the world go 'round



From the point of conception

To the moment of truth

At the point of surrender

To the burden of proof



From the point of ignition

To the final drive

The point of a journey

Is not to arrive



Anything can happen...