Circumstances
- Written by: Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee
- Taken from: Hemispheres (1978)
- Last update: 2017-07-18 08:12:11
Lyrics
A boy alone, and so far from home
Endless rooftops from my window
I felt the gloom of empty rooms
On rainy afternoons.
Sometimes in confusion
I felt so lost and disillusioned
Innocence gave me confidence
To go up against reality
All the same
We take our chances,
Laughed at by Time,
Tricked by circumstances
Plus a change,
Plus c'est la meme chose,
The more that things change
The more they stay the same
Now I've gained some understanding
Of the only world that we see
Things that I once dreamed of
Have become reality
These walls that still surround me
Still contain the same old me
Just one more who's searching for
The world that ought to be