Beautiful and Meaningful Song Lyrics

Here are the complete lyrics for Hemispheres, by the Canadian rock band, Rush. I thought it would be interesting to reproduce the lyrics without supplying a video of the performance. The lyrics were written by the percussionist, Neil Peart. Just a note on the "Book 2" mentioned in the title. Book 1 was a song on the band's previous album, A Farewell To Kings and forms a (non-essential) prequel to Book 2.

Cygnus X-1, Book 2: Hemispheres

When our weary world was young
The struggle of the ancients first began.
The gods of Love and Reason
Sought alone to rule the fate of Man.
They battled through the ages,
But still neither force would yield.
The people were divided,
Every soul a battlefield.

Apollo

"I bring truth and understanding,
I bring wit and wisdom fair,
Precious gifts beyond compare.
We can build a world of wonder,
I can make you all aware.
I will find you food and shelter,
Show you fire to keep you warm
Through the endless winter storm.
You can live in grace and comfort
In the world that you transform."
The people were delighted
Coming forth to claim their prize
They ran to build their cities
And converse among the wise.
But one day the streets fell silent,
Yet they knew not what was wrong.
The urge to build these fine things
Seemed not to be so strong.
The wise men were consulted,
And the Bridge of Death was crossed
In quest of Dionysus,
To find out what they had lost.

Dionysus

"I bring love to give you solace
In the darkness of the night,
In the Heart's eternal light.
You need only trust your feelings;
Only love can steer you right.
I bring laughter, I bring music,
I bring joy and I bring tears.
I will soothe your primal fears.
Throw off those chains of reason
And your prison disappears."
The cities were abandoned,
And the forests echoed song.
They danced and lived as brothers;
They knew love could not be wrong.
Food and wine they had aplenty
And they slept beneath the stars.
The people were contented
And the Gods watched from afar.
But the winter fell upon them
And it caught them unprepared,
Bringing wolves and cold starvation,
And the hearts of men despaired.

The Battle Of Heart And Mind

The Universe divided
As the Heart and Mind collided,
With the people left unguided
For so many troubled years.
In a cloud of doubts and fears,
Their world was torn asunder into hollow Hemispheres.
Some fought themselves, some fought each other.
Most just followed one another,
Lost and aimless like their brothers,
For their hearts were so unclear,
And the truth could not appear.
Their spirits were divided into blinded Hemispheres.
Some who did not fight
Brought tales of old to light.
My Rocinante' sailed by night
On her final flight.
To the heart of Cygnus' fearsome force
We set our course.
Spiralled through that timeless space
To this immortal place.

Cygnus

I have memory and awareness,
But I have no shape or form.
As a disembodied spirit,
I am dead and yet unborn.
I have passed into Olympus
As was told in tales of old,
To the city of Immortals,
Marble white and purest gold.
I see the gods in battle rage on high
Thunderbolts across the sky.
I cannot move, I cannot hide,
I feel a silent scream begin inside.
Then all at once the chaos ceased.
A stillness fell, a sudden peace.
The warriors felt my silent cry
And stayed their struggle, mystified.
Apollo was astonished;
Dionysus thought me mad.
But they heard my story further,
And they wondered, and were sad.
Looking down from Olympus
On a world of doubt and fear,
Its surface splintered
Into sorry Hemispheres.
They sat a while in silence,
Then they turned at last to me.
"We will call you Cygnus,
The god of Balance you shall be."

The Sphere

We can walk our road together
If our goals are all the same.
We can run alone and free
If we pursue a different aim.
Let the truth of love be lighted,
Let the love of truth shine clear.
Sensibility, armed with sense and liberty,
With the Heart and Mind united in a single perfect Sphere.

Lyrics by Peart. Music by Lee and Lifeson.

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Arekuruu arashi ni asu ga mienaku tomo
Kokoronaki sekai ni fuminijirare you to

Kesshite kujikezu tachiagaru no da
Na mo naki kusa no inochi no gotoku

Hashire! WEED! Omae no kagayaku yuuki ga
Hoero! WEED! Yami o kirisaku hoshi ni naru no sa
Ginga densetsu WEED!

Mayonaka no fubuki ni ashiato kesare te mo
Kanashiki shukumei ni uchi hishigare you to

Wakaki chikara yo tadashiku nobi yo
Tomo to chikatta kizuna o mune ni

Moero! WEED! Omae no yasashii kokoro ga
Tatakae! WEED! Seigi tsuranuku kiba ni naru no sa
Ginga densetsu WEED!

Kesshite kujikezu tachiagaru no da
Na mo naki kusa no inochi no gotoku

Hashire! WEED! Omae no kagayaku yuuki ga
Hoero! WEED! Yami o kirisaku hoshi ni naru no sa
Ginga densetsu WEED!

Which somewhat translates to:
Even if tomorrow can not be seen in a raging storm
Let's be stomped by a world full of mind

It never stands and stands up
Like the life of weeds without name (Kusa)

WEED! Your shining courage is
Wow! Become a meteor shattering the darkness
Ginga Densetsu WEED!

Even if the footprints are erased in the midnight snowstorm
Sorrowfully trying to beat destiny

Young power, stretch correctly
With the bond that I swore with my friend

Burn it! WEED! Your gentle heart
Fight! WEED! Justice It becomes a tangle fang.
Ginga Densetsu WEED!

It never stands and stands up
Like the life of weeds without name (Kusa)

WEED! Your shining courage is
Wow! Become a meteor shattering the darkness
Ginga Densetsu WEED!


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Hei! Karosu wo Terasu ano asahi no you ni
(Nitoro chaaji Atsuku ikouze)
Saa! Susumouze itsudemo junbi wa OK!
(Katayaburi hengenjizai de)

Kasanariau omoi ga shinkuroshite
Keshite kienai kizuna ni naru kara
doko made mo tsuyoku nareru
oretachi nara woh woh woh yeah...

Iku Z!! Hageshiku moeru batoru
Iku Z!! Pinchi wa chansu daze
Ikou Z!! Kishikaisei
Zettai ni akiramenai
Oretachi wa akiramenai

Hei! Tatoe donna kabe ga michi fusaidatte
(itsudemo atatte kudakerode)
Saa! Kono te de shouri no hoshi wo tsukamunda
(Orenai fukutsu no kokoro de)

Oretachi wa itsudemo donna toki mo
Onaji kokoro de tsunagatteru kara
Nando demo tachiagaruze
Omae to nara

Iku Z!! Tegowai raibaru tachi
Iku Z!! Kimero ichigeki hissatsu
Ikou Z!! Makerarenai
Omoi ga koko ni aru kara
Yume ga are ni wa aru kara

Iku Z!! Kachi mo makeru itami mo
Iku Z!! Nandemo wakeaeru
Ikou Z!! Nakama ga iru
Oretachi wa hitori janai

Iku Z!! Hageshiku moeru batoru
Iku Z!! Pinchi wa chansu daze
Ikou Z!! Kishikaisei
Zettai ni akiramenai

Iku Z!! Yuzurenai yume ga aru
Iku Z!! Kanarazu getto daze
Ikou Z!! Te wo nobashite
Itsuka egaita mirai e
Dare mo shiranai takami e

Saa! Agete ikuze (Hyakuman boruto)
Sou! Tachimukatte tomo ni ikouze
Mita koto no nai yume no mukou made


Which translates to:
Hey! Just like the morning sun shining upon Kalos
(Rush in hot like a Flame Charge)
Come on! Just head on as we're ready anytime
(Be a Protean Mold Breaker)

Our overlapping feelings synchronize
As they become our unfading bonds
Growing stronger until the end
If it's just us, woh woh woh yeah...

Let'z go!! The fiercely burning battle
Let'z go!! Crises are chances
Let'z go!! Do a Reversal
Absolutely never giving up
We're never giving up

Hey! No matter what obstacles get in our way
(Always go for broke)
Come on! Gripping on to the Victory Star
(With a Steadfast heart)

Because no matter when
Our hearts are connected
I'll get up every time
If I'm just with you

Let'z go!! Formidable rivals
Let'z go!! Decide with a one-hit knockout
Let'z go!! I absolutely can't lose
Because my heart is here with me
Because my dreams are within me

Let'z go!! Whether it's victory or the pain of defeat
Let'z go!! We'll share them altogether
Let'z go!! Friends by each other's side
We're never alone now

Let'z go!! The fiercely burning battle
Let'z go!! Crises are chances
Let'z go!! Do a Reversal
Absolutely never giving up

Let'z go!! Holding tight to our dreams
Let'z go!! We're sure to get them
Let'z go!! Stretch out your hands
On to the sketched future
Up to the heights unknown

Come on! Raise it up (1,000,000 Volts)
Alright! Let's face our fears and head on together
Towards the side beyond our unseen dreams

Here's another breathtaking song with equally breathtaking lyrics.    Light The Fire Within was performed by LeAnn Rimes at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

             

Careless Love - Annie Haslam

Why do we love so carelessly
A broken heart can never feel the same
Why do we make everything so hollow, and then borrow
Someone's love, selfishly

Why do we take the easy way
No looking back, you never see the pain
Why do we hurt, people who we care for, and would bear for
If we thought, with understanding and with caring in our hearts
If we could see, if only we could see
All the love we lost - carelessly

Why do we take and not return
No going back, you never meet again
Why do we think, always of our selfish need and go with greed
When if we knew with certainty and caring in our hearts
If we could see, if only we could see, all the love we lost
All the love we lost - carelessly

Another gemstone from Whitney's The Preacher's wife movie (1996)