Ghost Of A Chance
by Rush

Album: Roll The Bones (1991)
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  • Like a million little doorways
    All the choices we made
    All the stages we passed through
    All the roles we played

    For so many different directions
    Our separate paths might have turned
    With every door that we opened
    Every bridge that we burned

    Somehow we find each other
    Through all that masquerade
    Somehow we found each other
    Somehow we have stayed
    In a state of grace

    I don't believe in destiny
    Or the guiding hand of fate
    I don't believe in forever
    Or love as a mystical state

    I don't believe in the stars or the planets
    Or angels watching from above
    But I believe there's a ghost of a chance
    We can find someone to love
    And make it last
    And make it last

    Like a million little crossroads
    Through the back streets of youth
    Each time we turn a new corner
    A tiny moment of truth

    So many different connections
    Our separate paths might have made
    With every door that we opened
    Every game we played

    Somehow we find each other
    Through all that masquerade
    Somehow we found each other
    Somehow we have stayed
    In a state of grace

    I don't believe in destiny
    Or the guiding hand of fate
    I don't believe in forever
    Or love as a mystical state

    I don't believe in the stars or the planets
    Or angels watching from above
    But I believe there's a ghost of a chance
    We can find someone to love
    And make it last
    And make it last
    And make it last

    I believe there's a ghost of a chance
    I believe there's a ghost of a chance
    We can find someone to love
    And make it last
    I believe there's a ghost of a chance
    And make it last
    I believe there's a ghost of a chance Writer/s: Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart
    Publisher: Anthem Entertainment
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Lee from EarthI believe it was a ghost of a chance but I found someone to love and we made it last.
  • David Zaga from Mexico CityIts a powerfull and yet soft song, just beautiful.
  • Larry from Ft. Pierce, FlOh, how random, how fickle it all is. Wow, even with such a simple message, the music of the song speaks volumes on one of the most endearing traits of our existence and, overall, the human condition.

    What a great song.
  • Connor from Dallas , TxThis song is yet another masterpiece by Rush and it has a suberb chorus.
  • Sib from Los Angeles, CaThe only song from Rush that sounds like Springsteen wrote the lick. I mean that in a good way...
  • John from Asheville, NcOverlooked song on Roll The Bones. Love the lyrics...! Musically it's quite fine. A bit of a gem.
  • Jesse from L.a., CaThis song is great! I just love how it starts sort-of "hard rock-ish" and then the chorus is just a beautifully flowing soft piece...LOVE IT!
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