The Camera Eye Lyrics
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Album | Moving Pictures(1981) |
Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
Genres | Progressive Rock, Hard Rock |
Labels | Anthem Records, Mercury Records |
Ranked | #1 for 1981 , #42 all-time |
Album rating : 94.2 / 100
Votes : 63
Votes : 63
5. The Camera Eye (10:58)
I. Grim-faced and forbidding
Their faces closed tight
An angular mass of New Yorkers
Pacing in rhythm
Race the oncoming night
They chase through the streets of Manhattan
Head-first humanity
Pause at a light
Then flow through the streets of the city
They seem oblivious
To a soft spring rain
Like an English rain
So light, yet endless
From a leaden sky
The buildings are lost
In their limitless rise
My feet catch the pulse
And the purposeful stride
I feel the sense of possibilities
I feel the wrench of hard realities
The focus is sharp in the city
II.
Wide-angle watcher
On life's ancient tales
Steeped in the history of London
Green and grey washes
In a wispy white veil
Mist in the streets of Westminster
Wistful and weathered
The pride still prevails
Alive in the streets of the city
Are they oblivious
To this quality?
A quality
Of light unique to
Every city's streets
Pavements may teem
With intense energy
But the city is calm
In this violent sea
Their faces closed tight
An angular mass of New Yorkers
Pacing in rhythm
Race the oncoming night
They chase through the streets of Manhattan
Head-first humanity
Pause at a light
Then flow through the streets of the city
They seem oblivious
To a soft spring rain
Like an English rain
So light, yet endless
From a leaden sky
The buildings are lost
In their limitless rise
My feet catch the pulse
And the purposeful stride
I feel the sense of possibilities
I feel the wrench of hard realities
The focus is sharp in the city
II.
Wide-angle watcher
On life's ancient tales
Steeped in the history of London
Green and grey washes
In a wispy white veil
Mist in the streets of Westminster
Wistful and weathered
The pride still prevails
Alive in the streets of the city
Are they oblivious
To this quality?
A quality
Of light unique to
Every city's streets
Pavements may teem
With intense energy
But the city is calm
In this violent sea
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Moving Pictures - Lyrics
1. Tom Sawyer Lyrics | 2. Red Barchetta Lyrics |
3. YYZ Lyrics | 4. Limelight Lyrics |
▶ 5. The Camera Eye Lyrics | 6. Witch Hunt (Part III of Fear) Lyrics |
7. Vital Signs Lyrics |
Moving Pictures - Album Credits
Members
- Geddy Lee : Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Bass Pedals, Mini Moog, Moog Taurus, Music (all tracks)
- Alex Lifeson : Guitars, Moog Taurus, Music (tracks 1, 2, 4-7)
- Neil Peart : Drums, Percussion, Timbales, Gong, Bells, Glockenspiel, Wind Chimes, Bell Tree, Lyrics (all tracks), Music (track 3)
Additional musicians
- Hugh Syme : Keyboards (track 6)
- Pye Dubois : Lyrics (track 1)
Other staff
- Terry Brown : Producer, Mixing Engineer
- Rush : Producer
- Paul Northfield : Engineer
- Robbie Whelan : Assistant Engineer
- Peter Jensen : Digital Mastering Engineer
- Bob Ludwig : Mastering, Remastering Engineer
- Hugh Syme : Cover Art, Design, Cover Concept
- Deborah Samuel : Photography
Best Rush Songs
Rank | Song | Album | Rating | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | YYZ | Moving Pictures (1981) | 97.4 | 29 | |
2 | Tom Sawyer | Moving Pictures (1981) | 96.6 | 26 | |
3 | 2112 | 2112 (1976) | 97.2 | 18 | |
4 | Limelight | Moving Pictures (1981) | 95.7 | 26 | |
5 | Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage | A Farewell to Kings (1977) | 98.8 | 8 | |
6 | Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres | Hemispheres (1978) | 96.3 | 10 | |
7 | Xanadu | A Farewell to Kings (1977) | 96.9 | 8 | |
8 | Here Again | Rush (1974) | 98 | 5 | |
9 | A Farewell to Kings | A Farewell to Kings (1977) | 96.4 | 7 | |
10 | The Trees | Hemispheres (1978) | 95 | 11 | |
11 | La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise in Self-Indulgence) | Hemispheres (1978) | 95 | 11 | |
12 | Red Barchetta | Moving Pictures (1981) | 92.8 | 22 | |
13 | Anthem | Fly by Night (1975) | 97 | 5 | |
14 | By-Tor and the Snow Dog | Fly by Night (1975) | 97 | 5 | |
15 | Finding My Way | Rush (1974) | 97 | 5 |
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