Day 503 - Day 138
“Tough times demand tough talk, Demand tough hearts demand tough songs, Demand...”
Force Ten: Rush, Hold Your Fire
This is the intro song to Rush’s Hold Your Fire Album, and actually the first song that I ever heard Rush perform live. The album had a very strong attention to corporations, nature and spirituality- and this song seemed to bring them all into one.
As with every Rush song the instrumentals on the song is perfect as always- this song opens with sounds like I imagine one would hear when your reach (the Hollywood version of…) Heaven. I love their use of different styles all within this song. That opened my eyes to see the possibilities within music to know that my own composition ideas were not too far off in left field!
*** Artist Notes ***
Drawn by my hand- I’m a photographer and musician not a drawing man!
Lyrics:
Tough times demand tough talk
Demand tough hearts demand tough songs
Demand...
We can rise and fall like empires
Flow in and out like the tide
Be vain and smart, humble and dumb
We can hit and miss like pride
Just like pride
We can circle around like hurricanes
Dance and dream like lovers
Attack the day like birds of prey
Or scavengers under cover
Look in -- to the eye of the storm
Look out -- for the force without form
Look around -- at the sight and the sound
Look in look out look around...
We can move with savage grace
To the rhythms of the night
Cool and remote like dancing girls
In the heat of the beat and the lights
We can wear the rose of romance
An air of joie de vivre
Too-tender hearts upon our sleeves
Or skin as thick as thieves'
Thick as thieves'....
Tough times demand tough hearts
Demand tough songs demand...
Look into the eye of the storm...
Look out for the force without form
Look around at the sight and sound
Look in, look the storm in the eye
Look out for the sea and the sky
Look around at the sight and sound
Look in, look out, look around...
Tough times demand tough hearts
Tough times demand tough talk
Day 503 - Day 138
“Tough times demand tough talk, Demand tough hearts demand tough songs, Demand...”
Force Ten: Rush, Hold Your Fire
This is the intro song to Rush’s Hold Your Fire Album, and actually the first song that I ever heard Rush perform live. The album had a very strong attention to corporations, nature and spirituality- and this song seemed to bring them all into one.
As with every Rush song the instrumentals on the song is perfect as always- this song opens with sounds like I imagine one would hear when your reach (the Hollywood version of…) Heaven. I love their use of different styles all within this song. That opened my eyes to see the possibilities within music to know that my own composition ideas were not too far off in left field!
*** Artist Notes ***
Drawn by my hand- I’m a photographer and musician not a drawing man!
Lyrics:
Tough times demand tough talk
Demand tough hearts demand tough songs
Demand...
We can rise and fall like empires
Flow in and out like the tide
Be vain and smart, humble and dumb
We can hit and miss like pride
Just like pride
We can circle around like hurricanes
Dance and dream like lovers
Attack the day like birds of prey
Or scavengers under cover
Look in -- to the eye of the storm
Look out -- for the force without form
Look around -- at the sight and the sound
Look in look out look around...
We can move with savage grace
To the rhythms of the night
Cool and remote like dancing girls
In the heat of the beat and the lights
We can wear the rose of romance
An air of joie de vivre
Too-tender hearts upon our sleeves
Or skin as thick as thieves'
Thick as thieves'....
Tough times demand tough hearts
Demand tough songs demand...
Look into the eye of the storm...
Look out for the force without form
Look around at the sight and sound
Look in, look the storm in the eye
Look out for the sea and the sky
Look around at the sight and sound
Look in, look out, look around...
Tough times demand tough hearts
Tough times demand tough talk