- Source: The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)
"The Larger Bowl" is the fourth track and third single from Rush's 2007 album Snakes & Arrows.
Inspiration and lyrical structure
The lyrics were written by the drummer and primary lyricist Neil Peart. The title was inspired by a "dysentery dream" he had while touring West Africa on his bicycle in 1988.
Peart's book The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa includes a chapter entitled "The Larger Bowl" in which he describes the dream. The excerpt in which he mentions the song is as follows:
Anyway... a song was playing in the store, a plaintive ballad called "The Larger Bowl." Something about loneliness and the misfortunes of life, I recall. No such song as far as I know, but I like the title.
In the early 1990s, Peart put words to the title. The song is written in the form of a pantoum.
See also
List of Rush songs
References
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- Snakes & Arrows Live
- A Show of Hands
- All the World's a Stage (album)
- A Farewell to Kings
- Rush (grup musik)
- Roll the Bones
- Different Stages (album)
- Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland
- Vapor Trails
- R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour
- The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)
- Pantoum
- Snakes & Arrows Tour
- Rush (band)
- Rush discography
- Snakes & Arrows
- Test for Echo
- Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
- Caravan (Rush song)
- List of songs recorded by Rush
