Mission (Album Version)
Rush"Mission (Album Version)" is a song by Rush, released in 1987 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:35 long and contains 61 lines and 297 words.
Lyrics
0:02Album by: A Show Of Hands
0:03Artist by: Rush
0:09Hold your fire --
0:11Keep it burning bright
0:14Hold the flame
0:15Til the dream ignites --
0:18A spirit with a vision
0:20Is a dream with a mission
0:40I hear their passionate music
0:43Read the words
0:44That touch my heart
0:47I gaze at their feverish pictures
0:50The secrets that set them apart
0:54When I feel the powerful visions
0:57Their fire has made alive
1:01I wish I had that instinct --
1:04I wish I had that drive
1:14Spirits fly on dangerous missions
1:17Imaginations on fire
1:21Focused high on soaring ambitions
1:24Consumed in a single desire
1:28In the grip of
1:29A nameless possession --
1:31A slave to the drive of obsession --
1:35A spirit with a vision
1:37Is a dream with a mission
1:49I watch their images flicker
1:52Bringing light to a lifeless screen
1:55I walk through
1:56Their beautiful buildings
1:59And I wish I had their dreams
2:02But dreams dont need
2:04To have motion
2:06To keep their spark alive
2:09Obsession has to have action --
2:13Pride turns on the drive
2:19Spirits fly on dangerous missions
2:23Imaginations on fire
2:26Focused high on soaring ambitions
2:31Consumed in a single desire
2:33In the grip of
2:34A nameless possession --
2:36A slave to the drive of obsession --
2:40A spirit with a vision
2:42Is a dream with a mission
3:45Its cold comfort
3:48To the ones without it
3:51To know how they struggled --
3:54How they suffered about it
3:57If their lives were
3:59Exotic and strange
4:01They would likely have
4:02Gladly exchanged them
4:04For something a little more plain
4:07Maybe something a little more sane
4:11We each pay a fabulous price
4:15For our visions of paradise
4:17But a spirit with a vision
4:21Is a dream with a mission
4:31A spirit with a vision
4:35Is a dream
Album by: A Show Of Hands Artist by: Rush Hold your fire -- Keep it burning bright Hold the flame Til the dream ignites -- A spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission I hear their passionate music Read the words That touch my heart I gaze at their feverish pictures The secrets that set them apart When I feel the powerful visions Their fire has made alive I wish I had that instinct -- I wish I had that drive Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire Focused high on soaring ambitions Consumed in a single desire In the grip of A nameless possession -- A slave to the drive of obsession -- A spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission I watch their images flicker Bringing light to a lifeless screen I walk through Their beautiful buildings And I wish I had their dreams But dreams dont need To have motion To keep their spark alive Obsession has to have action -- Pride turns on the drive Spirits fly on dangerous missions Imaginations on fire Focused high on soaring ambitions Consumed in a single desire In the grip of A nameless possession -- A slave to the drive of obsession -- A spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission Its cold comfort To the ones without it To know how they struggled -- How they suffered about it If their lives were Exotic and strange They would likely have Gladly exchanged them For something a little more plain Maybe something a little more sane We each pay a fabulous price For our visions of paradise But a spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission A spirit with a vision Is a dream
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