Rush-related

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"A Nice Morning Drive" by Richard S. Foster

This short story was originally published in "Road & Track" in 1973. It was the inspiration for the song "Red Barchetta".

"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas

A poem written in 1952 (a year before the poet's death) which inspired a line in "Red Tide" (from Presto).

"Gerontion" by T.S. Eliot

A poem that was part of the inspiration behind the song "Double Agent" from Counterparts. The phrase "wilderness of mirrors" comes from this poem.

"Gonna Roll The Bones" by Fritz Leiber

I believe this short story was originally published in the '50s. It gave inspiration to the title "Roll The Bones" (Neil even makes a reference to it in an interview, saying he has scraps of paper with phrases on them, and one of them was "roll the bones"). Note: This is a LONG short story!

"Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

This poem was originally written in 1798 (published in 1816), while the poet was in opium-induced hallucination. The poem remains unfinished, as before Coleridge could complete it, someone knocked on his door. By the time he had finished with the intruder, the inspiration had gone. "Kubla Khan" is the basis for the song "Xanadu".

"There Is a Lake Between Sun & Moon" by Pye Dubois

This is the original poem which formed the basis of the song "Between Sun & Moon".