Album: Grace Under Pressure (1984)

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• Suddenly, you were gone
  From all the lives you left your mark upon
  
  I remember
  How we talked and drank into the misty dawn
  I hear the voices
  
  We ran by the water on the wet summer lawn
  I see the footprints
  I remember
  
  I feel the way you would
  I feel the way you would
  I feel, I feel the way you would
  
  Tried to believe but you know it's no good
  This is something that just can't be understood
  
  I remember
  The shouts of joy, skiing fast through the woods
  I hear the echoes
  
  I learned your love for life
  I feel the way that you would
  I feel your presence
  I remember
  
  I feel the way you would
  I feel the way you would
  I feel, I feel the way you would
  This just can't be understood
  
  I tried to believe but you know it's no good
  This is something that just can't be understood
  
  I remember
  
  I feel the way you would
  I feel the way you would
  I feel, I feel the way you would
  This just can't be understood, no Writer/s: Alex Zivojinovich, Gary Lee Weinrib, Neil Elwood Peart
  Publisher: Anthem Entertainment
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

• Jimmy from Belfast, United KingdomThe opening line says it all...'Suddenly you were gone' no fancy intros, no messing about, no frills of a build up in lyric.....it's wham! just as so often happens in life itself.
• Rufus from Wheeling, WvMy favorite from the GUP release.
  
  "suddenly you were gone, from all the lives you left your mark upon. . ."
• Derek from Columbus, OhIn one of his books (Roadshow, maybe...?) I think Neil said Robbie was killed in a motorcycle accident.
• Trevor from Santa Barbara, CaAn incredible song, with possibly the most epic drum fill and guitar squeal in Rush or rock history.
• Jaakko from Pudasjärvi, FinlandThe solo is just... I feel like I would be in a different world every time I hear it.
• John from Asheville, NcOne of my favorites from Grace...top 3 anyhow.
• Todd from Poynette, WiI have read that Robbie was killed in a car accident. This song is a great tribute to Neil's dear friend who lost his life in his prime.
• Ben from Chelsea, MeThis is my favorite song off "Grace Under Pressure." I wonder how he was killed.
• Jordan from Port Hope, CanadaBeautiful solo by Alex on this song. Great song both musically and lyrically.

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