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Rush for fun and profit (Long) - jpub - 10-28-2003 I'm sorry, I can't help myself. I'm waaaaay to much a Rush fan to resist. I can see all sorts of fun powers with these. The last one is the title track to my own little megacrossover. "Presto" If I could wave my magic wand... I am made from the dust of the stars And the oceans flow in my veins Here I hide in the heart of the city Like a stranger coming out of the rain The evening plane rises up from the runway Over constellations of light I look down into a million houses And wonder what you're doing tonight If I could wave my magic wand I'd make everything all right I'm not one to believe in magic But I sometimes have a second sight I'm not one with a sense of proportion When my heart still changes overnight I had a dream of a winter garden A midnight rendezvous Silver, blue and frozen silence What a fool I was for you I had a dream of the open water I was swimming away out to sea So deep I could never touch bottom What a fool I used to be If I could wave my magic wand I'd set everybody free I'm not one to believe in magic Though my memory has a second sight I'm not one to go pointing my finger When I radiate more heat than light Don't ask me I'm just improvising My illusion of careless flight Can't you see My temperature's rising I radiate more heat than light Don't ask me I'm just sympathizing My illusions a harmless flight Can't you see My temperature's rising I radiate more heat than light "Marathon" Its not how fast you can go The force goes into the flow If you pick up the beat You can forget about the heat More than just survival More than just a flash More than just a dotted line More than just a dash Its a test of ultimate will The heartbreak climb uphill Got to pick up the pace If you want to stay in the race More than just blind ambition More than just simple greed More than just a finish line Must feed this burning need -- In the long run... From first to last The peak is never passed Something always fires the light That gets in your eyes One moments high And glory rolls on by Like a streak of lightning That flashes and fades In the summer sky Your meters may overload You can rest at the side of the road You can miss a stride But nobody gets a free ride More than high performance More than just a spark More than just the bottom line Or a lucky shot in the dark -- In the long run... You can do a lot in a lifetime If you dont burn out too fast You can make the most of the distance First you need endurance -- First youve got to last... "Scars" I've stood upon my mountaintop And shouted at the sky Walked above the pavement With my sense amplified I get this feeling... All my nerves are naked wires Tender to the touch Sometimes super sensitive But who can care too much? I get this feeling... Scars of pleasure Scars of pain Atmospheric changes Make them sensitive again Each emotional injury Leaves behind its mark Sometimes they come tumbling out Like shadows in the dark I get this feeling... When I think about all I have seen And all I'll never see When I think about the people Who have opened up to me I get this feeling... Snow falls deep around my house And holds the winter light I've heard the lions hunting In the Serengeti night I get this feeling... Forests turned to factories And river, sea, and sky Hungry child in the desert And the flies that cloud her eyes I get this feeling... Pleasure leaves a fingerprint As surely as mortal pain In memories they resonate And echo back again... Scars of pleasure Scars of pain Atmospheric changes Make them sensitive again "Mission" Hold your fire, Keep it burning bright. Hold the flame 'Til the dream ignites. A spirit with a vision Is a dream... with a mission. I hear their passionate music, Read the words that touch my heart. I gaze at their feverish pictures, The secrets that set them apart. When I feel the powerful visions Their fire has made alive, I wish I had that instinct, I wish I had that drive. Spirits fly on dangerous missions, Imaginations on fire Focused high on soaring ambitions, Consumed in a single desire. In the grip of a nameless possession, Slave to the drive of obsession. A spirit with a vision Is a dream... with a mission... I watch their images flicker Bringing light to a lifeless screen. I walk through their beautiful buildings And I wish I had their dreams. But dreams don't need to have motion To keep their spark alive. Obsession has to have action, Pride turns on the drive. Spirits fly on dangerous missions, Imaginations on fire Focused high on soaring ambitions, Consumed in a single desire. In the grip of a nameless possession, Slave to the drive of obsession. A spirit with a vision Is a dream... with a mission... It's cold comfort To the ones without it. To know how they struggled, How they suffered about it. If their lives were exotic and strange, They would likely have gladly exchanged them For something a little more plain, Maybe something a little more sane. We each pay a fabulous price For our visions of paradise, But a spirit with a vision Is a dream... with a mission... A spirit with a vision is a dream... "Turn the Page" Nothing can survive in a vacuum, No one can exist all alone. We pretend things only happen to strangers, We've all got problems of our own. It's enough to learn to share our pleasures, We can't soothe pain with sympathy. All that we can do is be reminded, We shake our heads at the tragedy. Every day we're standing in a time capsule Racing down a river from the past. Every day we're standing in a wind tunnel Facing down the future coming fast. It's just the age. It's just a stage. We disengage. We turn the page... Looking at the long-range forecast Catching all the names in the news. Checking out the state of the nation, Learning the environmental blues. Truth is after all a moving target, Hairs to split and pieces that don't fit. How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is after all so poorly lit. Every day we're standing in a time capsule Racing down a river from the past. It's just the age. It's just a stage. We disengage. We turn the page. We turn the... It's just the age. It's just a stage. We disengage. We turn the page. Every day we're standing in a time capsule. We disengage. We turn the page. Racing down a river from the past. Every day we're standing in a wind tunnel. It's just a stage. We disengage. We turn the page. Facing down the future coming fast. Every day we're standing in a time capsule. It's just a stage. We disengage. We turn the page. Racing down a river from the past. Every day we're standing in a wind tunnel. It's just a stage. We disengage. We turn the page...-- Christopher Angel, aka JPublic www.yggdrasil.org Re: Rush for fun and profit (Long) - jpub - 10-29-2003 Some suggested powers: Presto - Using the "If I could wave my magic wand..." as the activation phrases, this could be a very powerful (which probably means very little used) disaster recovery song Marathon - Using the overall lyrics, this could be nothing more than an endurance song. Maybe to give people staying power that they wouldn't normally have? Scars - I can either see this as a therapy song, or a psychological warfare song. Either help someone in denial remember and deal with their injury, or force somenoe to relive something from their past. Mission - If you use the "hold your fire" bit as the main focus, you've got a very good hope song. If you use the content of the rest of the song, I see it as something promoting understanding. Turn the Page - Hmm. Let me think. I mostly chose this one for kicks, but...."Every day we're standing in a time capsule, racing down a river from the past" - time travel maybe?-- Christopher Angel, aka JPublic www.yggdrasil.org Re: Rush for fun and profit (Long) - Bob Schroeck - 10-29-2003 Rush songs always seem ripe with powers, and these are all cool ideas. Time Travel is always dicey in V&V ("real" time travel doesn't really exist in the rules), and if you look at it realistically might be too much to let Doug have, but it's still a cool idea. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. Re: Rush for fun and profit (Long) - classicdrogn - 10-29-2003 I think it depends just what he can do with it - for example, if it only moves him back the length of time the song lasts, and he can (as always) only use it once per 24 hours, then he has to not only see what he shoiuld do differently immediately but make the descision that it's worth using his do-over on - if that's not enough, make it drain his magegift for an hjour or two afterward, leaving just his no-song powers, or even draining them somewhat. - CD -- "Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows Re: Rush for fun and profit (Long) - Bob Schroeck - 10-30-2003 Hm. Yeah, that might work. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.