The title is a condition of weather. It is the height ascribed to the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena when it is reported as broken, overcast, or obscuration and not classified as “thin” or “partial.” The ceiling is termed unlimited when these conditions are not satisfied.
Neil Peart:...
[Verse 1]
It's not the heat
It's the inhumanity
Plugged into the sweat of a summer street
Machine gun images pass
Like malice through the looking glass
The slack-jaw gaze
Of true profanity
Feels more like surrender than defeat
If culture is the curse of the thinking class
If culture is the curse of the thinking class
[Pre-Chorus]
Ceiling unlimited
World so wide
Turn and turn again
Turn again
[Chorus]
Feeling unlimited
Still unsatisfied
Changes never end
Never end
[Verse 2]
The vacant smile
Of true insanity
Dressed up in the mask of Tragedy
Programmed for the guts and glands
Of idle minds and idle hands
I rest my case
Or at least my vanity
Dressed up in the mask of Comedy
If laughter is a straw for a drowning man
If laughter is a straw for a drowning man
[Pre-Chorus]
Ceiling unlimited
Windows open wide
Look and look again
Look again
[Chorus]
Feeling unlimited
Eyes on the prize
Changes never end
Never end
[Bridge]
Winding like an ancient river
The time is now again
Winding like an ancient river
The time is now again
The time is now again
The time is now again
The time is now again
The time is now again
The time is now again
[Pre-Chorus]
Ceiling unlimited
World so wide
Turn and turn again
Turn again
[Chorus]
Ceiling unlimited
Still unsatisfied
Changes never end
Never end
Changes never end
Never end
[Outro]
Winding like an ancient river
Hope is like an endless river
The time is now again
Winding like an ancient river
The time is now again
Hope is like an endless river
The time is now again
The time is now again
The time is now again
The time is now again
Ceiling Unlimited was written by Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart.
Ceiling Unlimited was produced by Rush & Paul Northfield.
Rush released Ceiling Unlimited on Tue May 14 2002.