Rush — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 157 songs across 19 albums by Rush. They use 3,939 unique words out of 18,105 (lexical richness MATTR 0.73), with an average of 115 content words per song. Emotional tone: 68% of songs positive, 1% neutral, 31% negative.
Most used words by Rush
- world (163)
- time (144)
- way (118)
- one (117)
- know (105)
- love (100)
- feel (97)
- see (97)
- away (93)
- around (87)
- life (86)
- turn (81)
- light (79)
- night (77)
- face (77)
- heart (75)
- make (72)
- sometimes (71)
- big (69)
- eyes (69)
Signature phrases
- “show tell” (26)
- “big money” (24)
- “half world” (22)
- “roll bones roll” (21)
- “bones roll bones” (21)
- “stop thinking big” (18)
- “one little victory” (18)
- “speed love” (16)
- “closer heart” (16)
- “feel way” (15)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (24)
- red (21)
- gold (16)
- white (8)
- grey (6)
- silver (4)
- rose (4)
- blue (3)
Albums analyzed
- Rush (1974)
- Fly by Night (1975)
- Caress of Steel (1975)
- 2112 (1976)
- A Farewell to Kings (1977)
- Hemispheres (1978)
- Permanent Waves (1980)
- Moving Pictures (1981)
- Signals (1982)
- Grace Under Pressure (1984)
- Power Windows (1985)
- Hold Your Fire (1987)
- Presto (1989)
- Roll the Bones (1991)
- Counterparts (1993)
- Test for Echo (1996)
- Vapor Trails (2002)
- Snakes & Arrows (2007)
- Clockwork Angels (2012)