Fly By Night

• Released February 15, 1975 by Mercury Records
• Went Platinum (1,000,000 copies) on December 1, 1993
• Purchase This Album

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1. Anthem (4:21)
2. Best I Can (3:25)
3. Beneath, Between & Behind (3:01)
4. By-Tor & The Snow Dog (8:37)
   (I.) At The Tobes Of Hades
   (II.) Across the Styx
   (III.) Of The Battle
   (IV.) Epilogue
5. Fly By Night (3:21)
6. Making Memories (2:57)
7. Rivendell (4:56)
8. In The End (6:46)

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Lyrics

• Anthem (Lee, Lifeson, Peart)
  Know your place in life is where you want to be
  Don't let them tell you that you owe it all to me
  Keep on looking forward; no use in looking 'round
  Hold your head above the ground and they won't bring you down
  
  Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind
  A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind
  We marvel after those who sought
  New wonders in the world, wonders in the world,
  Wonders in the world they wrought.
  
  Live for yourself -- there's no one else
  More worth living for
  Begging hands and bleeding hearts will
  Only cry out for more
  
  Well, I know they've always told you
  Selfishness was wrong
  Yet it was for me, not you, I
  Came to write this song
  
  
• Best I Can (Lee)
  I've got a livin' that's rough, a future that's tough
  You know what I mean
  Blankers and boasters, all the bluffers and posers
  I'm not into that scene
  
  You can tell me that I got no class
  Look around, you'll see who's laughin' last
  Don't give me speeches 'cause they're oh so droll
  Leave me alone, let me rock and roll
  
  Got an itchin' to rock, a hate for small talk
  I'm funny that way
  Got my sights on the stars, won't get that far
  But I'll try anyway
  I just like to please, don't like to tease
  I'm easy like that
  Don't like long rests, I must confess
  I'm an impatient cat
  
  I do the best that I can
  I'm just what I am
  I do the best I can
  Well, I know what I am
  
  Rock and roll-in's a scream, makin' millions my dream
  Well, I do that a lot
  I'll just give it a try, won't let good times pass me by
  They're all I've got
  
  
• Beneath, Between, & Behind (Lifeson, Peart)
  Ten score years ago, defeat the kingly foe
  A wondrous dream came into being
  Tame the trackless waste, no virgin land left chaste
  All shining eyes, but never seeing
  
  Beneath the noble birth
  Between the proudest words
  Behind the beauty, cracks appear
  Once, with heads held high
  They sang out to the sky
  Why do their shadows bow in fear?
  
  Watch the cities rise
  Another ship arrives
  Earth's melting pot and ever growing
  Fantastic dreams come true
  Inventing something new
  The greatest minds, and never knowing...
  
  The guns replace the plow, facades are tarnished now
  The principles have been betrayed
  The dreams's gone stale, but still, let hope prevail
  History's debt won't be repaid
  
  
• By-Tor And The Snow Dog (Lee, Lifeson, Peart)
  I. AT THE TOBES OF HADES
  
  The Tobes of Hades, lit by flickering torchlight
  The netherworld is gathered in the glare
  Prince By-Tor takes the cavern to the north light
  The sign of Eth is rising in the air.
  By-Tor, knight of darkness,
  Centurion of evil, devil's prince.
  
  II. ACROSS THE STYX
  
  Across the River Styx, out of the lamplight
  His nemesis is waiting at the gate
  The Snow Dog, ermine glowing in the damp night
  Coal-black eyes shimmering with hate.
  By-Tor and the Snow Dog
  Square for battle, let the fray begin.
  
  III. OF THE BATTLE
  
  (Instrumental)
  
  IV. EPILOGUE
  
  The battle's over and the dust is clearing
  Disciples of the Snow Dog sound the knell
  Rejoicing echoes as the dawn is nearing
  By-Tor in defeat retreats to Hell
  Snow Dog is victorious
  The land of the Overworld is saved again.
  
  Fly By Night (Lee, Peart)
  Why try? I know why
  The feeling inside me says it's time I was gone
  Clear head, new life ahead
  I want to be king now not just one more pawn
  
  (CHORUS)
  Fly by night, away from here
  Change my life again
  Fly by night goodbye my dear
  My ship isn't coming and I just can't pretend
  
  Moon rise, thoughtful eyes
  Staring back at me from the window beside
  No fright or hindsight
  Leaving behind that empty feeling inside
  
  (CHORUS)
  
  Start a new chapter
  Find what I'm after
  It's changing every day
  The change of a season
  Is enough of a reason
  To want to get away
  
  Quiet and pensive
  My thoughts apprehensive
  The hours drift away
  Leaving my homeland
  Playing a lone hand
  My life begins today
  
  (CHORUS)
  
  
• Making Memories (Lee, Lifeson, Peart)
  There's a time for feelin' as good as we can
  The time is now, and there's no stoppin' us
  There's a time for livin' as high as we can
  Behind us you will only see our dust.
  
  You know we're havin' good days
  And we hope they're gonna last
  Our future still looks brighter than our past
  We feel no need to worry
  No reason to be sad
  Our mem'ries remind us, maybe road life's not so bad.
  
  Just keep smilin', move onward ev'ry day
  And try to keep our thoughts away from home
  We're trav'lin' around, no time to settle down
  And satisfy our wanderlust to roam.
  
  Well from sea to shining sea, and a hundred points between
  Still we go on diggin' ev'ry show
  The cities in the land all extend a welcome hand
  Till morning when it's time for us to go.
  
  
• Rivendell (Lee, Peart)
  Sunlight dances through the leaves
  Soft winds stir the sighing trees
  Lying in the warm grass
  Feel the sun upon your face
  Elfin songs and endless nights
  Sweet wine and soft relaxing lights
  Time will never touch you
  Here in this enchanted place
  
  You feel there's something calling you
  You're wanting to return
  To where the misty mountains rise and friendly fires burn
  A place you can escape the world
  Where the dark lord cannot go
  Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud water's flow
  
  I've traveled now for many miles
  It feels so good to see the smiles of
  Friends who never left your mind
  When you were far away
  From the golden light of coming dawn
  Till the twilight where the sun is gone
  We treasure ev'ry season
  And ev'ry passing day
  
  We feel the coming of a new day
  Darkness gives way to light a new way
  Stop here for a while until the world,
  The world calls you away
  Yet you know I've had the feeling
  Standing with my senses reeling
  This is the place to grow old till
  I reach my final day.
  
  
• In The End (Lee, Lifeson)
  Well, I can see what you mean
  It just takes me longer
  And I can feel what you feel
  It just makes you stronger
  
  I know, I know, I know
  Oh, the feeling grows
  I see, I see, I see
  It's got to be
  You can take me for a little while
  You can take me, you can make me smile in the end
  
  Well, I can do what you do
  You just do it better
  And I can cry like you cry
  It just makes me sadder
  
  Well, I can shine like you shine
  It doesn't make me brighter
  But if I think like you think
  It don't make my load much lighter