Rush - High Water Lyrics






When the waters rose in the darkness
In the wake of the endless flood
It flowed into our memory
It flowed into our blood

When something broke the surface
Just to see the starry dome
We still feel that relation
When the water takes us home
In the flying spray of the ocean
The water takes you home

Springing from the weight of the mountains
Like the heart of the earth would burst
Flowing out from marble fountains
In the dreams of a desert thirst

Something swam through the jungles
Where the mighty rivers roam
Something breaks the silence
When the water takes you home
I hear the wordless voices
When the water takes me home

Waves that crash on the shoreline
Torrents of tropical rain streaming down
Beyond our memory
Streaming down inside our veins

When something left the ocean
To crawl high above the foam
We still feel that elation
When the water takes us home
In a driving rain of redemption
The water takes me home...





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  1. A.... E....

    I don't care what the haters think of this album, this thing is a masterpiece from beginning to end. Listen to this remastered version on an audiophile quality system cranked up and prepare to be blown away.

  2. C.... T....

    I remember this tour and them playing this live. This whole album was transcendent..

  3. h.... 4....

    Hope to see you again someday Neil...when the water takes me home.

  4. D.... D....

    Thank you Neil. The best drum variation. to the industry and the fans.

  5. r.... ....

    This song has the best start of all RUSH songs
    Miss you Neil = God bless Neil Geddy and Alex

  6. G.... G....

    Neil at his best. Actually all of them at their best. I will miss Neil tho.

  7. N.... M....

    that intro guitar lick.. truly one of his best

  8. F.... K....

    This album marked the point where, after having struggled to like almost anything on Power Windows, I finally "gave up:" on Rush - i.e., my expectations of liking future albums were demolished. But I was intrigued to hear Geddy express his dislike for Tai Shan, because in my opinion, it is really a decent composition...even if perhaps in an over-produced Hollywoodish way. Time Stand Still is one of few "post heavy Rush" songs that I always liked, but I just now went back and listened to (most of) HYF and was surprised that I enjoyed High Water, too. Not "heavy Rush" by any means, but the big atmospheric choruses with the synth touches and twanking bass notes are really nicely done.

    F.... K....

    That's surprising, considering how Power Windows has 3 of the most important Rush songs philosophically in Grand Designs, Middletown Dreams and Mystic Rhythms. I rank it in the top 5 easy, while I have to rank Hold Your Fire in the bottom 5. The synth sound worked on PW while on HYF it was too distracting. And I think the concept for HYF was not meted out properly as opposed to PW. I loved the different riffs on power and its role in our lives. Whatever thematic thread there was going through HYF got kind of lost.

    F.... K....

    @DionysusAlS You might be right on the thematic approaches to the two albums, but this mid-late 80s Rush period (and, honestly, nearly everything going forward even when they returned to more guitar) never grabbed me too much, musically. I do think PW has an overall better sound than HYF, but it isn't as interesting to me as their older material. Part of that is undoubtedly Geddy's aging voice which as it mellowed, lost that edgy high falsetto that I always loved. You mentioned Mystic Rhythms - I have always appreciated that track for being unorthodox for Rush.

  9. T.... T....

    Best track on Rush’s worst album

  10. M.... ....

    Living only 200 yards from the beautiful shores of Lake Huron in Northeast Michigan this song hits home!

    M.... ....

    Jealous of your location... I'm from Jersey, but I've been up to Mackinack and the UP a few times. Unforgettable...

    M.... ....

    I am from Canada born in Sudbury Ontario 3 hrs east of Sault MI. I have fond memories of motorcycling along Manitoulin Island across the lake from you. Georgian Bay, Wasaga Beach etc...

    M.... ....

    @Pavlo Ivanchenko Almost every Memorial Day Weekend my Brother heads up to Wawa and White River and goes inland about 100 miles to some of them lakes to fish for Walleye. Great times and beautiful country.

  11. B.... L....

    Signals, Power widows, moving pictures and hold your fire the big four of Rush

    B.... L....

    Coudn't agree any more. I listened through Rush's entire discography, but i still think they really got it going from Permanent Waves onwards. To me, that's where they shaped their trully original sound.

    B.... L....

    You forgot Grace brother...

  12. A.... R....

    The three wish men from the north, bringing the gift of music to a weary world. Uplifting refreshing God bless the Great White North

  13. C.... S....

    Enjoying the guitar and synth work in this song.

  14. J.... A....

    When the waters
    rose in the darkness
    in the wake
    of the endless flood

    it flowed
    into
    our memory
    our blood

    when something broke
    the surface
    just to see
    the starry dome

    we still feel
    that relation
    when the water
    takes us home

    in the flying spray
    of the ocean
    the water
    takes you home

    springing from the weight
    of the mountains
    like the heart of the earth
    would burst

    flowing out from
    marble fountains
    in the dreams
    of a desert thirst

    something swam
    through the jungles
    where the mighty
    rivers roam

    something breaks
    the silence
    when the water
    takes you home

    I hear the
    wordless voices
    when the water
    takes me home

    waves that crash
    on the shoreline
    torrents
    of tropical rain

    streaming down
    beyond our memory
    streaming down
    inside our veins

    when something
    left the ocean
    to crawl high
    above the foam

    we still feel
    that elation
    when the water
    takes us home

    in a driving rain
    of redemption
    the water
    takes me home

  15. F.... J....

    For quite a while, I've thought that Neil Peart did a hat-tip or four to percussionists in places like Benin or Kenya in this one as well as at least one version of "The Rhythm Method".

    F.... J....

    I believe he did a bike trip through Africa jamming with traditional percussionists

  16. E.... C....

    great album, no doubt.

  17. H.... E....

    Crystal, arrow head , nestle, Perrier,la crox , vitamin water xxx ,Evian ......😂

    H.... E....

    what the fuck

  18. W.... S....

    1987 in a nutshell! Big synths fill the bottom where the Wal didn't. We were headed into the digital ae and I for one wasglad they parted ways with Terry Brown. Rush was being inspired by new age and tho album is a testament to that time...

    W.... S....

    I loved what The Caveman did for them, But I also felt that Rush wouldn't have been Rush if they didn't have that period of Synths and almost transcendental style of writing, lyrics and musicianship that came with Mp, Sig, Gup, Pw and Hyf.

  19. �.... �....

    песня из джея и молчаливого боба)

  20. C.... C....

    The best track on a mixed bag of an album. The entire album would have been so much better with a bass with a better bottom end and thicker guitars. Just a little too thin sounding for me. ( At 3:04, La Villa Strangiato reappears.)

    C.... C....

    saw them live this album. last one. seemed to lose something after Power Windows

    C.... C....

    Claude, Lol. That is so funny now that you say that, yeah it certainly is. I've listened to this album since it was first released, wore out tapes of it, and have two CDs of it now, one remastered and I never caught that. That would have been cool had Alex done a the little fill from La Villa to go with Neil's La Villa drum part during this song. Yep, I don't know why that makes me laugh but that's funny. Nice catch!