Prive Mover
Rush (Hold Your Fire)

Basic elemental instinct to survive
Stirs the higher passions
Thrill to be alive

Alternating currents in a tidewater surge
Rational resistance to an unwise urge

Anything can happen...

From the point of conception
To the moment of truth
At the point of surrender
To the burden of proof

From the point of ignition
To the final drive
The point of the journey is not to arrive

Anything can happen...

Basic temperamental filters on our eyes
Alter our perceptions
Lenses polarize

Alternating currents force a show of hands
Rational responses force a change of plans

Anything can happen...

From a point on the compass
To magnetic north
The point of the needle moving back and forth

From the point of entry
Until the candle is burned
The point of departure is not to return

Anything can happen...

I set the wheels in motion
Turn up all the machines
Activate the programs
And run behind the scene

I set the clouds in motion
Turn up light and sound
Activate the window
And watch the world go 'round

From the point of conception
To the moment of truth
At the point of surrender
To the burden of proof

From the point of ignition
To the final drive
The point of a journey
Is not to arrive

Anything can happen...

It's funny how things don't really change, no matter how much time passes. Prime Mover has always been one of my favorite Rush songs. It speaks about enjoying the travel itself as much as the destination, to remember that the point of the journey is not the place you depart from or the place you arrive to but the journey itself... the people, the places and the situations you find yourself in.

After Amsterdam this song takes on a whole new meaning.

Saw this story in Chris Guillebeau's website and it made me think about a lot of things. Sure, it's always easier to do this kind of crazy things in Europe where you need one passport for 13+ countries.

But there also has to be a willingness to do it. There has to be a passion and an idealism that it's not always there.

There's another Rush song from this era that came to mind when writing this for its own reasons.