2006-11-03 07:24:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The song is Limelight.
William Shakespeare's 1599 play As You Like It contains the line "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players" - a similar phase appears in the lyrics - "All the worlds indeed a stage, and we are merely players." Rush named one of their albums All The Worlds A Stage.
2006-11-03 07:27:24 · answer #1 · answered by sunkissedfwb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Limelight" has an altered Shakespeare line that goes
"All the world's indeed a stage,
And we are merely players,"
Neil Peart, Rush's drummer, has at least one degree in English Literature, so several of their songs contain literary references.
2006-11-03 07:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by Monty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All The World's a Stage
2006-11-03 07:26:08 · answer #3 · answered by Bapo 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
limelight
All the world's indeed a stage,
And we are merely players,
Performers and portrayers,
Each another's audience
Outside the gilded cage.
2006-11-03 07:27:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beat me to it, but that was SO easy.
2006-11-03 07:49:09 · answer #5 · answered by Fonzie T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ah..is this thing on...ah *sqeeeeeeeeeeeeeeak
Limelight
2006-11-03 07:28:50 · answer #6 · answered by Jim G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋