Second Nature Lyrics - Hold Your Fire - Rush

A memo to a higher office 

Open letter to the powers that be 

To a god, a king, a head of state 

A captain of industry 

To the movers and the shakers 

Can't everybody see? 

It ought to be a second nature 

I mean the places where we live 

Let's talk about this sensibly 

We're not insensitive 

I know progress has no patience 

But something's got to give. 

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I know you're different 

You know I'm the same 

We're both too busy 

To be taking the blame. 

I'd like some changes 

But you don't have the time 

We can't go on thinking 

It's a victimless crime. 

No one is blameless 

But we're all without shame 

We fight the fire 

While we're feeding the flames. 

Folks have got to make choices 

And choices got to have voices 

Folks are basically decent 

Conventional wisdom would say 

Well we read about the exceptions 

In the papers everyday. 

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It ought to be second nature 

At least that's what I feel 

Now I lay me down in dreamland 

I know perfect's not for real 

I thought we might get closer 

But I'm ready to make a deal. 

Today is different 

And tomorrow the same 

It's hard to take the world 

The way that it came. 

Too many rapids 

Keep us sweeping along 

Too many captains 

Keep on steering us wrong 

It's hard to take the heat 

It's hard to lay blame 

To fight the fire 

While we're feeding the flames