Last track from the album "Signals" of the great canadian power trio RUSH!
This album was recorded and released in 1982.
Band´s formation:
Drums: Neil Peart
Guitar: Alex Lifeson
Bass, Synthesizers and Vocals: Geddy Lee
Produced by Rush and Terry Brown
Music video made by Tony.
COUNTDOWN
Lit up with antecipation,
We arrive at the launching site!
The sky is still dark, nearing dawn,
On the Florida coastline!
Circling choppers slash the night
With roving searchlight beams!
This magic day when super-science
Mingles with the bright stuff of dreams!
Floodlit in the hazy distance,
The star of this unearthly show!
Venting vapours, like the breath
Of a sleeping white dragon!
Crackling speakers, voices tense,
Resume the final count!
All systems check, T minus nine!
As the sun and the drama start to mount!
The air is charged!
A humid, motionless mass!
The crowds and the cameras,
The cars full of spectators pass!
Excitement so thick you could cut it with a knife!
Technology... high, on the leading edge of life!!!
The earth beneath us starts to tremble
With the spreading of a low black cloud!
A thunderous roar shakes the air
Like the whole world exploding!!!
Scorching blast of golden fire
As it slowly leaves the ground!
Tears away with a mighty force
The air is shattered by the awesome sound!!!
Excitement so thick you could cut it with a knife!
Technology... high, on the leading edge of life!!!
Like a pillar of cloud
The smoke lingers high in the air!
In fascination with the eyes of the world, we stare...
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