Rush Songs - Circumstances Lyrics

Rush - Circumstances

Rush - Circumstances Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Hemispheres
Released: 1978

Circumstances Lyrics

A boy alone, so far from home
Endless rooftops from my window
I felt the gloom of empty rooms
On rainy afternoons
Sometimes in confusion
I felt so lost and disillusioned
Innocence gave me confidence
To go up against reality

All the same we take our chances
Laughed at by time
Tricked by Circumstances
Plus ca change
Plus c'est la meme chose
The more that things change
The more they stay the same

Now I've gained some understanding
Of the only world that we see
Things that I once dreamed of
Have become reality
These walls that still surround me
Still contain the same old me
Just one more who's searching for
A world that ought to be

All the same we take our chances
Laughed at by time
Tricked by circumstances
Plus ca change
Plus c'est la meme chose
The more that things change
The more they stay the same

Writer/s: GEDDY LEE WEINRIB, ALEX ; LIFESON, NEIL PEART
Publisher: OLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT
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Circumstances

Neil Peart wrote this about his time in Europe before returning to Canada and eventually joining Rush. He traveled to London to go to where he thought the hot music scene was at the time. While in London, since he wasn't getting anywhere with his drumming, he ended up working at a tourist gift shop just to get by. He returned to Canada about a year and a half later. (thanks, Mike - Mountlake Terrace, Washington and Chuck - Downingtown, PA)