2 hours ago, JamesSavik said:

Freewill by Rush from Permanent Waves (1980)

Lyrics by Neil Pearth

There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance

 

A planet of playthings, we dance on the strings of powers we cannot perceive
The stars aren't aligned or the Gods are malign, blame is better to give than receive

 

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Freewill

 

There are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them they weren't born in Lotus Land

 

All preordained, a prisoner in chains, a victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face, you can pray for a place, in heaven's unearthly estate

 

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Freewill

 

Each of us, a cell of awareness, imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends with uncertain ends on a fortune hunt that's far too fleet

 

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Freewill

 

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite Rush songs.

Those who are visiting or near Montecito, CA might plan a visit to Ganna Walska Lotusland to see the botanical gardens the opera singer created over. four decades.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotusland