This song as its vibe gives off, is very dark. This whole song is about letting life pass by as we freeze ourselves into our technology and past memories. “Wheels” is a metaphors for time as the wheels of time keep on spinning as the pass is by. We have slipped ourselves into a void unable to esc...
[Verse 1]
To live between a rock and a hard place
In between time
Cruising in prime time
Soaking up the cathode rays
To live between the wars in our time
Living in real time
Holding the good time
Holding on to yesterdays
[Pre-Chorus]
You know how that rabbit feels
Going under your speeding wheels
Bright images flashing by
Like windshields towards a fly
Frozen in that fatal climb
But the wheels of time
Just pass you by
[Chorus 1]
Wheels can take you around
Wheels can cut you down
We can go from boom to bust
From dreams to a bowl of dust
We can fall from rockets' red glare
Down to "Brother can you spare..."
Another war
Another wasteland
And another lost generation
[Verse 2]
It slips between your hands like water
This living in real time
A dizzying lifetime
Reeling by on celluloid
Struck between the eyes
By the big-time world
Walking uneasy street
Hiding beneath the sheets
Got to try and fill the void
[Pre-Chorus]
You know how that rabbit feels
Going under your speeding wheels
Bright images flashing by
Like windshields towards a fly
Frozen in that fatal climb
But the wheels of time
Just pass you by
[Chorus 2]
We can go from boom to bust
From dreams to a bowl of dust
We can fall from rockets' red glare
Down to "Brother can you spare..."
Another war
Another wasteland
And another lost generation
[Chorus 3]
Wheels can take you around
Wheels can cut you down
From rockets' red glare
Down to "Brother can you spare..."
Another war
Another wasteland
Another lost generation
Between the Wheels was written by Neil Peart & Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee.
Between the Wheels was produced by Rush & Peter Henderson.
Rush released Between the Wheels on Thu Apr 12 1984.