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The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)
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Wikipedia article
"'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.Neil Peart. [http://www.rush.com/thegameofsnakesandarrows/Rush.Essay4.S&A.pdf 'The Game of Snakes and Arrows'] (accessed May 19, 2007).
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.Neil Peart. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa. Lawrencetown Beach: Pottersfield Press, 1996).
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
Category:Rush (band) songs
Category:2007 singles
Category:Songs written by Geddy Lee
Category:Songs written by Alex Lifeson
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Category:Song recordings produced by Nick Raskulinecz
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Category:Atlantic Records singles
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