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How It Is
Rush

Here's a little trap
That sometimes catches everyone
When today's as far as we can see
Faith in bright tomorrows
giving way to resignation
That's how it is - how it's going to be

It's such a cloudy day
Seems we'll never see the sun
Or feel the day has possibilities
Frozen in the moment -
the lack of imagination
Between how it is and how it ought to be

Here's a little trap
That sometimes trips up everyone
When we tire of our own company
Sometimes we're the last to see beyond the day's frustrations
That's how it is - how it's going to be

It's such a cloudy day
Seems we'll never see the sun
I feel the day is all uncertainty
Burning in the moment - trapped by the desperation
Between how it is and how it ought to be

Foot upon the stair
Shoulder to the wheel
You can't tell yourself not to care
You can't tell yourself how to feel

That's how it is
Another cloudy day


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  1979 Interview, Hamilton, Ivor Wynne Stadium   Der Trommler   O Baterista   The Boys In Brazil   2112   2112 (Live)   2112 [DVD]   2112 Overture   2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx   2112 Presentation   2112 Soliloquy   2112: Discovery   2112: Grand Finale   2112: III. Discovery   2112: Overture/The Temples of Syrinx/Discovery/Pre...   2112: The Temples of Syrinx   2112xanaduworking man   A Farewell to Kings [R30]   A FAREWELL TO KINGS   A Farewell To Kings (A Farewell To Kings)   A PASSAGE TO BANGKOK   A Passage to Bangkok [*]   A Passage to Bangkok [Live]   Afterimage   ALIEN SHORE   Anagram   ANAGRAM (for Mongo)   Analog Kid   ANIMATE   Annihilation Gun   ANTHEM   Anthem (Fly By Night)   Anthem [Capitol Theatre, December 10, 1976, Passai...   Anthem [Live]   AVAILABLE LIGHT   BASTILLE DAY   Bastille Day (Caress Of Steel)   Bastille Day [Live]   Bastille Day [R30]   BEFORE AND AFTER   Beneath, Between & Behind   Beneath, Between & Behind   Beneath, Between And Behind   Beneath, Between, Behind   Best I Can   Between Sun & Moon   Between Sun & Moon (Live)   Between Sun and Moon   Between the Wheels   Between the Wheels [R30]   Big Money   Big Wheel   BRAVADO   Bravado (Live)   Bravest Face   BU2B2   BY-TOR AND THE SNOW DOG   By-Tor and the Snow Dog (Live)   By-Tor And The Snow Dog/Cygnus X-1/Working Man   Carnies   Ceiling Unlimited   Ceiling Unlimited [Remixed]   CHAIN LIGHTNING   CHEMISTRY   Cinderalla Man   CINDERELLA MAN   CIRCUMSTANCES   Clockwork Angels   Closer To The Heart   Closer To The Heart (A Farewell To Kings)   Closer to the Heart [DVD]   Closer to the Heart [Live Birmingham England, 1988...   Closer to the Heart [Rush in Rio]   Cold Fire   COUNTDOWN   Crossroads   CUT TO THE CHASE   Cygnus X - 1 Book ii: Hemispheres   CYGNUS X-1   Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage   Cygnus X-1 Book II   Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres: Prelude/Apollo Bri...   Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres   Cygnus X-1 Book Ii: Hemispheres I Prelude   Cygnus X-1, Book II Hemispheres: Prelude/Appollo B...   Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres   Cygnus X-1, Book One: The Voyage   Cygnus X1   Der Trommler   DIFFERENT STRINGS   DIGITAL MAN   Distant Early Warning   Distant Early Warning (Grace Under Pressure)   Distant Early Warning (Live)   Distant Early Warning [DVD]   DOG YEARS   Double Agent   DREAMLINE   Dreamline (Live)   DRIVEN   Driven (Live)   Earthshine   Earthshine (Live)   Earthshine [R30]   Earthshine [Remix]   EMOTION DETECTOR   ENTRE NOUS   Everyday Glory   FACE UP   Faithless   Far Cry   FINDING MY WAY   Finding My Way (intro)   Finding My Way (Rush)   Finding My Way [Mpeg 1 from Rock Concert]   FLY BY NIGHT   Fly By Night (Fly By Night)   Fly by Night [DVD]   Fly By Night / In The Mood   Fly by Night/In the Mood   For What It's Worth   For What It's Worth   FORCE TEN   Force Ten (Phoenix, AZ)   Force Ten (Hold Your Fire)   Force Ten (Phoenix, AZ)   Force Ten [Live Phoenix Arizona, 1988]   Free Will   FREEWILL   Freewill (Live)   Freewill (Permanent Waves)   Freeze   Freeze -- Part IV Of 'Fear'   Freeze (Fear, Pt. 4)   Freeze (Part IV of "Fear")   Freeze (Part IV of Fear)   Freeze (Pt. 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Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart And Mind   Jacob's Ladder   Jacob's Ladder   Kid Gloves   LA VILLA STRANGIATO   La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise In Self-Indulgenc   La Villa Strangiato (Instrumental) (Hemispheres)   LAKESIDE PARK   Lakeside Park (Caress Of Steel)   Lakeside Park [Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jerse...   Larger Bowl   LEAVE THAT THING ALONE   Leave That Thing Alone [DVD]   Lessons   LIMBO   LIMELIGHT   Limelight (Live)   Limelight (Moving Pictures)   LOCK AND KEY   LOSING IT   Losing It [*]   MADRIGAL   Main Monkey Business   Making Memories   Malignant Narcissism/De Slagwerker   Mandrigal   MANHATTAN PROJECT   Manhattan Project (Power Windows)   MARATHON   Marathon [DVD]   Marc Live   MIDDLETOWN DREAMS   MISSION   Moving To Bohemia   Mr. Soul   My Favorite Headache   Mystic Rhythms   Mystic Rhythms (Grace Under Pressure)   Mystic Rhythms (Live)   Mystic Rhythms [Live]   Mystic Rhythms [R30]   NATURAL SCIENCE   Natural Science [Rush in Rio]   Natural Science: I. Tide Pools/II. Hyperspace/III....   NEED SOME LOVE   NEUROTICA   New World Man   New World Man (Live)   New World Man (Signals)   New World Man [*]   No country for old hens   NOBODY'S HERO   Nobody's Hero   Nobodys Hero   Nocturne   Nocturne [Remixed]   Not Fade Away (The Crickets cover)   One Little Victory   One Little Victory (Live)   One Little Victory [#]   One Little Victory [Remix]   One Little Victory [Remixed]   OPEN SECRETS   Out Of The Cradle   Outro   Panacea   Peaceable Kingdom   Peaceable Kingdom [Remixed]   PRESTO   Priests Of Syrinx   Prime Mover   R30 Overture   Red Barchetta   Red Barchetta (Moving Pictures)   Red Barchetta [*]   red lenses   Red Sector 'A'   Red Sector 'A' (Live)   Red Sector A   Red Sector A (Grace Under Pressure)   Red Sector A [Clockwork Angels Tour]   RED TIDE   RESIST   Resist (Live)   Rivendell   ROLL THE BONES   Roll the Bones (Live)   Runaway Train   Rush   Rush - Subdivisions   Rush - Tom Sawyer   SCARS   SECOND NATURE   Secret Touch   Secret Touch [R30]   Secret Touch [Remixed]   Seven And Seven Is   Seven Cities Of Gold   SHOW DON'T TELL   Show Don't Tell (Presto)   Show Don't Tell   Since You've Been Gone   Since You've Been Gone   Slipping   SOMETHING FOR NOTHING   Something for Nothing [*]   Something For Nothing [Live]   Spindrift   Spirit of Radio (Live)   Stars Look Down   STICK IT OUT   Still   Subdivisions   Subdivisions (Signals)   Subdivisions [Clockwork Angels Tour]   Subdivisions [Live Birmingham England, 1988]   Summertime Blues   Summertime Blues [R30]   SUPERCONDUCTOR   Sweet Miracle   Sweet Miracle [Remixed]   TAI SHAN   TAKE A FRIEND   Tears   TERRITORIES   TEST FOR ECHO   THE ANALOG KID   The Analog Kid [Clockwork Angels Tour]   The Anarchist   The Angel's Share   The Angel's Share   THE BIG MONEY   The Big Money (Power Windows)   The Big Money [Clockwork Angels Tour]   The Big Money [Live Birmingham England, 1988]   THE BIG WHEEL   The Body Electric   The Body Electric [Clockwork Angels Tour]   THE CAMERA EYE   The Camera Eye [*]   THE COLOR OF RIGHT   The Enemy Within   The Enemy Within (Part I of Fear)   The Enemy Within (Part One Of Fear)   THE FOUNTAIN OF LAMNETH   The Fountain of Lamneth: In the Valley/Didacts and...   The Garden   THE NECROMANCER   The Necromancer: Into Darkness/Under the Shadow/Re...   The Pass   The Pass (Live)   The Present Tense   The Seeker   THE SPEED OF LOVE   The Sphere: A Kind Of Dream   THE SPIRIT OF RADIO   The Spirit Of Radio (Permanent Waves)   The Spirit of Radio [DVD]   The Spirit of Radio [DVD][Take]   The Spirit Of Radio [Live]   The Stars Look Down [Remixed]   The Temples Of Syrinx   The Temples Of Syrinx (2112)   The Trees   The Trees (Hemispheres)   The Trees (Live)   The Trees [R30]   THE TWILIGHT ZONE   The Weapon   The Weapon (Part Ii Of Fear)   The Weapon (Part Two of Fear)   The Weapon [*]   THE WEAPON Part II of 'Fear'   The world is the world is   The Wreckers   TIME STAND STILL   Time Stand Still (Hold Your Fire)   Time Stand Still [Live Birmingham England, 1988]   Time Stands Still   Tom Sawyer   Tom Sawyer (Live)   Tom Sawyer (Moving Pictures)   Tom Sawyer [*]   Tom Sawyer [Clockwork Angels Tour]   Trees   TURN THE PAGE   V Cygnus: Bringer Of Balance   V. 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