The Anarchist
by Rush

Album: Clockwork Angels (2012)
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  • Will there be world enough and time for me to sing that song?
    A voice so silent for so long
    For all those years I had to get along
    They told me I was wrong
    I never wanted to belong
    I was so strong

    (I lack their smiles and their diamonds
    I lack their happiness and love
    I envy them for all those things
    I never got my fair share of, my fair share of)

    The lenses inside of me that paint the world black
    The pools of poison, the scarlet mist, that spill over into rage
    The things I've always been denied
    An early promise that somehow died
    A missing part of me that grows around me like a cage
    A missing part of me that grows around me like a cage

    In all your science of the mind
    Seeking blind through flesh and bone
    Find the blood inside this stone, whoa
    What I know, I've never shown what I feel, I've always known
    I plan my vengeance on my own
    And I was always alone

    (I lack their smiles and their diamonds
    I lack their happiness and love
    I envy them for all those things
    I never got my fair share of my fair share of)

    The lenses inside of me that paint the world black
    The pools of poison, the scarlet mist, that spill over into rage
    The things I've always been denied
    An early promise that somehow died
    A missing part of me that grows around me like a cage
    A missing part of me that grows around me like a cage

    Oh, they tried to get me
    Oh, they'll never forget me

    The lenses inside of me that paint the world black
    The pools of poison, the scarlet mist, that spill over into rage
    The things I've always been denied
    An early promise that somehow died
    A missing part of me that grows around me like a cage
    A missing part of me that grows around me like a cage
    A missing part of me that grows around me like a cage Writer/s: Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Elwood Peart
    Publisher: Anthem Entertainment
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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