Natural Science Lyrics - Permanent Waves - Rush

I - Tide Pools 

When the ebbing tide retreats along the rocky shoreline 

It leaves a trail of tide pools in a short-lived galaxy 

Each microcosmic planet a complete society 

A simple kind of mirror to reflect upon our own 

All the busy little creatures chasing out their destinies 

Living in their pools they soon forget about the sea... 

Wheel within wheels in a spiral array - 

A pattern so grand and complex 

Time after time we lose sight of the way - 

Our causes can't see their effects 

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II - Hyperspace 

A quantum leap forward in time and space 

The universe learned to expand 

Mess and magic, triumphant and tragic 

A mechanized world out of hand 

Computerized clinic for superior cynics 

Who dance to a synthetic band 

In their own image their world is fashioned 

No wonder they don't understand 

Wheel within wheels in a spiral array - 

A pattern so grand and complex 

Time after time we lose sight of the way - 

Our causes can't see their effects 

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III - Permanent Waves 

Science, like nature, must also be tamed 

With a view towards its preservation 

Given the same state of integrity, it will surely serve us well. 

Art as expression, not as market campaigns 

Will still capture our imaginations 

Given the same state of integrity, it will surely help us along. 

The most endangered species - the honest man - 

Will still survive annihilation 

Forming a world, a state of integrity - 

Sensitive, open, and strong. 

Wave after wave will flow with the tide 

And bury the world as it does 

Tide after tide will flow and recede 

Leaving life to go on as it was.