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The experience combines a paradoxical peace, from the country setting, with the energy of the fast car. The scented country air, created perhaps by the hay fields through which the car goes, combine with the mechanical smells of the previous line.
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The primal pleasure of the drive corresponds to the driver experiencing a surge of the adrenal glands, which leads to a physical sensation of energy, excitement, keen attention, and strength. The harmony of man and machine is complete.
The “high” is caused by self-inducing a fight-or-flight response by intentionally engaging in stressful or risky behavior, which causes a release by the adrenal gland. Adrenaline junkies appear to favor stressful activities for this reason.
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The weekly crime seems harmless enough to us, just going for a drive in a old car. The listener is intrigued by the suggestion of the mysterious Motor law that makes this action illegal. Crime, an action defined as wrong and punishable by the government, may or may not actually be wrong. Obviously, the singer wishes to poke fun at this notion of law.
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The road is a country road, gravel not paved. The power of the car is transmitted to the tires which spin in a way that spits the gravel. This spitting of gravel is also a humourous touch. It is an evocative image, a metaphor which is literally gritty.
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The response of the red Barchetta is another sign of cooperation between technology and man. The response with a roar can refer to the power of nature, as in a lion roaring. We may recall that even technology is a harnessing of the forces of nature for human ends. The power of the roar is now shared with the driver, who is empowered for freedom.
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The alternation between the pastoral and the active mechanical continues. The willing engine suggests a harmony between man and machine: the engine itself wants to cooperate with the man’s desire for freedom. Technology is not all bad; indeed some kinds of machinery are hopeful and helpful.
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One of the most beautiful of Rush lyrics, this phrase seems to express the heart of the song. The sentiment evoked refers to a similar vision as that of “Closer to the Heart”, an organic society of philosophers and ploughmen, which appreciates the work of artists. This song, however, has more of the dystopian environment of “Anthem”, with its computer controlled society.
We can hear the echoes again of the theme of the hidden as positive, in the vanished time.
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The hidden is where the really valuable is to be found. Hidden also means that the surveillance of the controlling society cannot find what the singer can. Through contact with the old, the traditional and the natural, he can find what they can’t. The thing found is so good that it shines. The image of brightness and light mark the creative genius of the makers of the car and of the singer.
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The paradox of tradition and freedom extends into this image: the old is kept new by the work of the uncle. Because it is new, it is the source of dreams. This dearest dream of the uncle has been passed on to the present generation.
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Shifting refers to changing the gears of this old manual transmission car.
Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally or unintentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels or all tires, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. A car is drifting when the rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle, to such an extent that often the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn. Drifting is a purely fun activity which exemplifies the aesthetic of the song.
Bit restate-y, definitely annotating things that fall under common knowledge in my opinion.