"The Pass"
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* Proud swagger out of the schoolyard
* Waiting for the world's applause
* Rebel without a conscience
* Martyr without a cause
Asuka, it's your first day at school...so much attention, so
much fascination and adoration, even from the three stooges,
in their own way....
* Static on your frequency
* Electrical storm in your veins
* Raging at unreachable glory
* Straining at invisible chains
Baka Shinji, you call him as you talk. To fight the angels,
what else would their purpose be? As if Shinji could have a
better idea, you think....
"It's defiling my mind..."
* And now you're trembling on a rocky ledge
* Staring down into a heartless sea
* Can't face life on a razor's edge
* Nothing's what you thought it would be
Drowning in a sea of your own emotions and demons, afraid
that every helping hand is trying to duck your head further
under. The blackest shade of water.
* All of us get lost in the darkness
* Dreamers learn to steer by the stars
* All of us do time in the gutter
* Dreamers turn to look at the cars
Do you not dream Asuka, as you lie there? Must your purpose
only but what others give you, not one you find within
yourself? Your own reason to live? Is there no more than
this?
* Turn around and turn around and turn around
* Turn around and walk the razor's edge
* Don't turn your back and slam the door on me
"I'll think for myself and I'll live by myself. And then...
I won't cry anymore."
* It's not as if this barricade
* Blocks the only road
* It's not as if you're all alone
* In wanting to explode
"I can't be beaten! I can't!" But you were.
Misato was - did she give up? Rei? Shinji?
Kaji?
* Someone set a bad example
* Made surrender seem all right
* The act of a noble warrior
* Who lost the will to fight
Untie the ribbon, take off the skirt. There's nothing left,
you say. A city gone, your only purpose taken away. What's
left to live for?
Nothing, if you don't look for something more.
* And now you're trembling on a rocky ledge
* Staring down into a heartless sea
* Done with life on the razor's edge
* Nothing's what you thought it would be
Things you won't tell, though Misato knows...things you
won't admit, though you know you feel. Things you won't
deal with, though they hold you captive.
That's why things are how you've made them. Because you
let other's make them for you. Why aren't thinking for
yourself, and living for yourself?
* All of us get lost in the darkness
* Dreamers learn to steer by the stars
* All of us do time in the gutter
* Dreamers turn to look at the cars
"If you don't...that girl over there...will laugh at you."
* Turn around and turn around and turn around
* Turn around and walk the razor's edge
* Don't turn your back and slam the door on me
"Asuka, I'm glad you're alright..."
"I hate you, Shinji! I HATE EVERYONE!"
* No hero in your tragedy
A child's joy, accomplishing something at such a young age.
But did it get you anything?
* No daring in your escape
The desire to be needed, to be appreciated.
But did anyone praise you?
* No salutes for your surrender
The people you most want to share with, your family.
But do they care?
* Nothing noble in your fate
"Look, mama, I'm an elite pilot..."
* Christ, what have you done?
Did you open the door, or close one behind you?
* All of us get lost in the darkness
* Dreamers learn to steer by the stars
Naked in the ruins, staring at the sky. All for naught,
nor at all fought, these feelings, these regurgitated
memories of yours.
That's your problem, that you make them only your problem.
No one can help if you don't ask, Asuka.
* All of us do time in the gutter
* Dreamers turn to look at the cars
Because even baka Shinji finds reasons, even when everything
important to him is ripped away, when he's betrayed.
Why does he carry on? Why, Asuka? Why don't you?
* Turn around and turn around and turn around
* Turn around and walk the razor's edge
* Turn around and walk the razor's edge
* Turn around and walk the razor's edge
"I hate everything...but most of all...I hate myself."
* Don't turn your back and slam the door on me
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"The Pass", from RUSH's 1989 album "Presto"
Lyrics by Neil Peart, music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
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Didn't know the man.
That's one more person I'll never get to meet.
Mecha-ohki