We each pay a fabulous price For our visions of paradise But a spirit with a vision is a dream With a mission -- Mission (1987) - Neil Peart

The middle aged madonna
calls her neighbor on the phone.
Day by day, the seasons pass
and leave her life alone.
But she'll go walking out that door
on some bright afternoon
to go and paint big cities
from a lonely attic room. -- Middletown Dreams (1985)

They say there are strangers who threaten us
In our immigrants and infidels
They say there is strangeness too dangerous
In our theaters and bookstore shelves
That those who know what's best for us
Must rise and save us from ourselves -- Witch Hunt (Part III of 'Fear') (1980)

How can anybody be enlightened?
Truth is after all so poorly lit -- Turn The Page (1987)