xanadu

• rush'ın, 1977 tarihli a farewell to kings albümünde yer alan, olağanüstü şarkısı. orijinal hali yaklaşık 11 dakika süren bu epik parçaya, grubun exit...stage left ve different stages isimli live albümlerinde ve retrospective isimli toplama albümünde de rastlanır. lirikleri yazmamak rush'a büyük bir ihanettir;
  
  "to seek the sacred river alph
  to walk the caves of ice
  to break my fast on honeydew
  and drink the milk of paradise.
  
  i had heard the whispered tales of immortality
  the deepest mystery
  from an ancient book i took a clue
  i scaled the frozen mountain tops of eastern lands unknown
  time and man alone
  searching for the lost xanadu.
  
  to stand within the pleasure dome
  decreed by kubla khan
  to taste anew the fruits of life
  the last immortal man
  to find the sacred river alph
  to walk the caves of ice
  oh, i will dine on honeydew
  and drink the milk of paradise.
  
  a thousand years have come and gone but time has passed me by
  stars stopped in the sky
  frozen in an everlasting view
  waiting for the world to end, weary of the night
  praying for the light
  prison of the lost
  xanadu.
  
  held within the pleasure dome
  decreed by kubla khan
  to taste my bitter triumph
  as a mad immortal man
  nevermore shall i return
  escape these caves of ice
  for i have dined on honeydew
  and drunk the milk of paradise."