TIME STAND STILL
I turn my back to the wind
To catch my breath,
Before I start off again
Driven on,
Without a moment to spend
To pass an evening
With a drink and a friend
I let my skin get too thin
I’d like to pause,
No matter what I pretend
Like some pilgrim —
Who learns to transcend —
Learns to live
As if each step was the end
(Time stand still)
I’m not looking back
But I want to look around me now
(Time stand still)
See more of the people
And the places that surround me now
Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger
Experience slips away...Experience slips away...
I turn my face to the sun
Close my eyes,
Let my defenses down —
All those wounds
That I can’t get unwound
I let my past go too fast
No time to pause —
If I could slow it all down
Like some captain,
Whose ship runs aground —
I can wait until the tide
Comes around
(Time stand still)
I’m not looking back
But I want to look around me now
(Time stand still)
See more of the people
And the places that surround me now
Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger
Make each impression
A little bit stronger
Freeze this motion
A little bit longer
The innocence slips away...The innocence slips away...
Time stand still
(musical interlude)
I’m not looking back
But I want to look around me now
See more of the people
And the places that surround me now
Time stand still
Summer’s going fast —
Night’s growing colder
Children growing up —
Old friends growing older
Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger
Experience slips away...Experience slips away...
Experience slips away...
(words by Neil Peart, music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, parts in parentheses sung by Aimee Mann)
“The Trees” - Rush
There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas
The trouble with the maples
(And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can’t help their feelings
If they like the way they’re made
And they wonder why the maples
Can’t be happy in their shade
There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream ‘Oppression!’
And the oaks just shake their heads
(Insert most awsome bitch’n instumental here..)
So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
‘The oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light’
Now there’s no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By Hatchet! Axe! And saw!
Red Vines – Aimee Mann
They’re all still on their honeymoon
just read the dialogue balloon
everyone loves you—why should they not?
And I’m the only one who knows
that Disneyland’s about to close
I don’t suppose you’d give it a shot
knowing all that you’ve got
are cigarettes and Red Vines
just close your eyes, cause, baby—
you never do know
and I’ll be on the sidelines,
with my hands tied,
watching the show
Well, it’s always fun and games until
it’s clear you haven’t got the skill
in keeping the gag from going too far
So you’re running ‘round the parking lot
til every lightning bug is caught
punching some pinholes in the lid of a jar
while we wait in the car
With cigarettes and Red Vines
just close your eyes, cause, baby—
you never do know
and I’ll be on the sidelines,
with my hands tied,
watching the show
And tell me, would it kill you
would it really spoil everything
if you didn’t blame yourself
do you know what I mean?
Cigarettes and Red Vines
just close your eyes, cause, baby—
you never do know
and I’ll be on the sidelines,
with my hands tied,
watching the show
watching the show