Snakes & Arrows

May 2007 . 19th Studio Recording

R30: 30th Anniversary Tour 2005 Snakes & Arrows Live 2008

The Larger Bowl Lyrics

Available on Snakes & Arrows

Music: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Lyrics: Neil Peart

(a pantoum)

if we’re so much the same, like I always hear
why such different fortunes and fates?
some of us live in a cloud of fear
some live behind iron gates

why such different fortunes and fates?
some are blessed and some are cursed
some live behind iron gates
while others see only the worst

some are blessed and some are cursed
the golden one or scarred from birth
while others only see the worst
such a lot of pain on the earth

the golden one or scarred from birth
some things can never be changed
such a lot of pain on this earth
it’s somehow so badly arranged

some things can never be changed
some reasons will never come clear
it’s somehow so badly arranged
if we’re so much the same, like I always hear