Tai Shan
Rush * Track #9 On Hold Your Fire
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Tai Shan by Rush
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Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee & Neil PeartAbout
The 9th track on Rush’s 1987 album Hold Your Fire. Written by drummer Neil Peart, “Tai Shan” is inspired by the holy mountain Mount Tai in Shandong province, China, a mountain that Peart first learned about during a bicycle trip there. It is a slower, more experimental track inspired by Chinese clas...
Tai Shan Lyrics
[Verse 1]
High on the sacred mountain
Up the seven thousand stairs
In the golden light of autumn
There was magic in the air
The clouds surrounded the summit
The wind blew strong and cold
Among the silent temples
And the writings carved in gold
[Bridge]
Somewhere in my instincts
The primitive took hold
[Chorus]
I stood at the top of the mountain
And China sang to me
In the peaceful haze of harvest time
A song of eternity
[Verse 2]
If you raise your hands to heaven
You will live a hundred years
I stood there like a mystic
Lost in the atmosphere
The clouds were suddenly parted
For a moment I could see
The patterns of the landscape
Reaching to the eastern sea
[Bridge]
I looked upon a presence
Spanning forty centuries
[Chorus]
I stood at the top of the mountain
And China sang to me
In the peaceful haze of harvest time
A song of eternity
[Outro]
I thought of time and distance
The hardships of history
I heard the hope and the hunger
When China sang to me...
When China sang to me
Tai Shan Q&A
Who wrote Tai Shan's ?
Tai Shan was written by Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee & Neil Peart.
Who produced Tai Shan's ?
Tai Shan was produced by Rush & Peter Collins.
What did Rush say about "Tai Shan"?
Guitarist Alex Lifeson has declared in a 2012 interview with Total Guitar magazine that “Tai Shan” is his least favorite Rush song:
I just think that it didn’t quite work as an idea; it’s a little corny and I think we were trying to be a little too cinematic with it and a little cute. I don’t think...