L is for Limelight

Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded cage.

Cast in this unlikely role,
Ill-equipped to act,
With insufficient tact,
One must put up barriers
To keep oneself intact.

Living in the Limelight,
The universal dream
For those who wish to seem.
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation,
Get on with the fascination,
The real relation,
The underlying theme.

Living in a fisheye lens,
Caught in the camera eye.
I have no heart to lie,
I can't pretend a stranger
Is a long-awaited friend.

All the world's indeed a stage,
And we are merely players,
Performers and portrayers,
Each another's audience
Outside the gilded cage.


I had to get to Rush at some point. Limelight is one of their great songs, off of Moving Pictures (probably my favorite album from them). Little known fact, Neil Pert is the lyricist for Rush. But Geddy is just a better singer and great bass player.

Limelight is a great song by Rush. It is a classic song for those who actually listen to Rush and not just YYZ (which is hard...but great). I don't know what other praises I can sing for this song, it's just that good.