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GRACE UNDER PRESSURE Released: April 12th, 1984



Certified Gold by RIAA: June 26, 1984

Certified Platinum by RIAA: June 26, 1984

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Highest Billboard Chart Position: 10

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Distant Early Warning

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson / Lyrics: Neil Peart

Afterimage

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson / Lyrics: Neil Peart

Red Sector A

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson / Lyrics: Neil Peart

The Enemy Within

(Part I of Fear)

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson / Lyrics: Neil Peart

The Body Electric

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson / Lyrics: Neil Peart

Kid Gloves

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson / Lyrics: Neil Peart

Red Lenses

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson / Lyrics: Neil Peart

i see red

it hurts my head

guess it must be something

that i read

feels red

inside my head

and truth is often bitter --

left unsaid

said red red

thinking about the overhead --

the underfed

-- couldn't we talk about something else instead?

(it's true)

the reds

under your bed

lying --

in the darkness

dead ahead

feel red

still -- go ahead

you see black and white --

and i see red

Between the Wheels

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson / Lyrics: Neil Peart

- Bass Guitars, Synthesizers, Vocals- Guitars and Synthesizers- Drums, Percussion, and Electronic PercussionProduced by Rush and Peter HendersonEngineered by Peter HendersonAssisted by Frank Opolko and Robert Di GioiaRecorded at Le Studio, Quebec, between November 1983 and March 1984In memory of Robbie WhelanManagement by Ray Danniels, SRO Productions, Inc., TorontoExecutive Production by Moon RecordsArt Direction and cover painting by Hugh SymePortrait by Yousuf KarshPPG Synthesizer programming assisted by Jim Burgess and Paul NorthfieldPre-production engineering by Jon EricksonMastered by Bob Ludwig and Brian Lee atGateway Mastering Studios, Portland, MaineRoad Manager and Lighting Director: Howard UngerleiderStage Left Technician, Crew Chief, and President: Liam BirtStage Manager: Nick KotosConcert Sound Engineer: Jon EricksonStage Left Technican: Skip GildersleeveCentre Stage Technician: Larry AllenGuitar and Synthesizer Maintenance: Tony GeraniosMonitor Engineer: Steve ByronConcert Projectionist: Lee TennerPersonal Assistant: Kevin FlewittConcert Sound by National Sound: Tom Linthicum, Fuzzy Frazer, Dave FletcherConcert Lighting by See Factor: The Johnson Brothers: Mike Weiss, Tom Higgins, Mark Cherry, Dave Berman, Jeffrey T. MacDonald, Frank ScilingoConcert Rigging by Southfire Rigging: Billy Collins and Tom WendtBusheads and Truckfaces: Tom Whittaker, Pat Lynes, Bill Barlow, Mac and Candy MacLear, Harry Smith, Jack Stone, Red McBrine, Gordon ScottMille mercis à: les gens de Horseshoe Valley (Judy, Steve, Kevin, Kathy), Le Studio (André, Yaël, Paul Richard, Frank, Robert, Solange, Lina, Nancy, Yvon, Pierre, André et Michel et le Bouffe en Broche), the Mike Stone Happy Hour, the Franko Polko Singers, Trevor and the Commons, Frankie's Bar and Grill, Le Chasseur de Nuit, Bill Churchman, Barry Murphet, the International Scouting Organization of Cliff Burnstein, Peter Mensch, and Val Azzoli, the Griffin Family, NASA and the Johnson Space Centre, Roger Kneebend, Ann Uumellmahaye, Dr. Hfuhruhurr, Hentor the Barbarian, the Uglies, the Rory Gallagher Band and crew, Golden Earring and crew, Darrell and Werner en Allemagne, Yousuf and Estrellita Karsh (and Mary and Matthew), The B-Man, Tokyo Cro, Stuart Hall ("That's the weather, this is the time; now stay tuned for more news"), Jean Gallia et les autres proffesseurs de L'École Berlitz, et au bureau de SRO/Anthem: Ray, Val, Pegi, Sheila, Tom, and Marilyn, et toujours notre bon vielle ami--Broon.We appreciate the technical assistance of: The Music Shoppe (Thornhill), Bill Ward, Marcus, the Percussion Centre (Fort Wayne), Tama Drums, Avedis Zildjian Cymbals, Direct Synthesis, Quantec, Fostex, Loft, Richard Ealey and Bruce Anthony.© 1984 Mercury Records © 1984 Anthem Entertainment1. Distant Early Warning (4:59)2. Afterimage (5:04)3. Red Sector A (5:10)4. The Enemy Within (Part I of Fear) (4:34)5. The Body Electric (5:00)6. Kid Gloves (4:18)7. Red Lenses (4:42)8. Between the Wheels (5:44)An ill wind comes arisingAcross the cities of the plainThere's no swimming in the heavy water --No singing in the acid rainRed alertRed alertIt's so hard to stay togetherPassing through revolving doorsWe need someone to talk toAnd someone to sweep the floors --IncompleteIncompleteCruising under your radarWatching from satellitesTake a page from the red book --Keep them in your sightsRed alertRed alertLeft and rights of passageBlack and whites of youthWho can face the knowledgeThat the truth is not the truth?ObsoleteAbsoluteSuddenly --You were goneFrom all the livesYou left your mark uponI remember --How we talked and drankInto the misty dawn-- I hear the voicesWe ran by the waterOn the wet summer lawn-- I see the foot printsI remember ---- I feel the way you would-- I feel the way you wouldTried to believeBut you know it's no goodThis is somethingThat just can't be understoodI remember --The shouts of joySkiing fast through the woods-- I hear the echoesI learned your love for lifeI feel the way that you would-- I feel your presenceI remember --I feel the way you wouldThis just can't be understood...All that we can do is just surviveAll that we can do to help ourselvesIs stay alive...Ragged lines of ragged greySkeletons, they shuffle awayShouting guards and smoking gunsWill cut down the unlucky onesI clutch the wire fenceUntil my fingers bleedA wound that will not heal --A heart that cannot feel --Hoping that the horror will recedeHoping that tomorrow --We'll all be freedSickness to insanityPrayer to profanityDays and weeks and months go byDon't feel the hunger -- too weak to cryI hear the sound of gunfireAt the prison gateAre the liberators here --Ao I hope or do I fear?For my father and my brother, it's too lateBut I must help my motherStand up straight...Are we the last ones left alive?Are we the only human beingsTo survive?...Things crawl in the darknessThat imagination spinsNeedles at your nerve endsCrawl like spiders on your skinPounding in your templesAnd a surge of adrenalineEvery muscle tense --To fenceThe enemy withinSuspicious-looking strangerFlashes you a dangerous grinShadows across your window --Was it only trees in the wind?Every breath a static charge --A tongue that tastes like tinSteely-eyed outside --To hideThe enemy within...One humanoid escapeeOne android on the runSeeking freedom beneathA lonely desert sunTrying to change its programTrying to change the mode --Crack the codeImages conflictingInto data overload1-0-0-1-0-0-1S.O.S.1-0-0-1-0-0-1In distress1-0-0-1-0-0Memory banks unloadingBytes break into bitsUnit one's in troubleAnd it's scared out of its witsGuidance systems break downA struggle to exist --To resistA pulse of dying powerIn a clenching plastic fist...It replays each of the daysA hundred years of routinesBows its head and praysTo the mother of all machines...A world of differenceA world so out of touchOverwhelmed by everythingBut wanting more so much --Call it blind frustrationCall it blind man's bluffCall each other names --Your voices rude -- your voices roughThen you learn the lessonThat it's cool to be so toughA world of indifferenceHeads and hearts too fullCareless of the consequenceOf constant push and pullAnger got bare knucklesAnger play the foolAnger wear a crown of thornsReverse the golden ruleThen you learn the lessonThat it's tough to be so coolit's the colour of your heartbeata rising summer sunthe battle lost -- or wonwe've got mars on the horizonsays the national midnight starwhat you believe is what you areand the mercury is risingbarometer starts to fallyou know it gets to us all(not blue)To live between a rockAnd a hard placeIn between time --Cruising in prime time --Soaking up the cathode raysTo live between the warsIn our time --Living in real time --Holding the good time --Holding on to yesterdays...You know how that rabbit feelsGoing under your speeding wheelsBright images flashing byLike windshields towards a flyFrozen in the fatal climb --But the wheels of time --Just pass you by...It slips between your handsLike waterThis living in real timeA dizzying lifetimeReeling by on celluloidStruck between the eyesBy the big-time worldWalking uneasy streets --Hiding beneath the sheets --Got to try and fill the void...