Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Rush
Canonical path: /rush/the-enemy-within
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Enemy Within
Read The Enemy Within lyrics by Rush on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Enemy Within
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Things crawl in the darkness
That imagination spins
Needles at your nerve ends
Crawl like spiders on your skin
Pounding in your temples
And a surge of adrenaline
Every muscle tense to fence the enemy within
I'm not giving in to security under pressure
I'm not missing out on the promise of adventure
I'm not giving up on implausible dreams
Experience to extremes
Experience to extremes
Suspicious-looking stranger
Flashes you a dangerous grin
Shadows across your window
Was it only trees in the wind?
Every breath a static charge
A tongue that tastes like tin
Steely-eyed outside to hide the enemy within
To you, is it movement or is it action?
Is it contact or just reaction?
And you... Revolution or just resistance?
Is it living, or just existence?
Yeah, you! It takes a little more persistence
To get up and go the distance
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Rush performs "The Enemy Within", and this lyric page sits inside the Rush catalog on LyroVerse.
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