Rush's Big Chance

Sleeping in My Space
Hannah Batley joined Rushmore and Malcolm to create a song about one of Malcolm's puzzling dreams.

Photo by Tim Arruda

Why's a statue fall on me
Why's he sleeping peacefully
Wooden hands and wooden head
Why's he wear that robe of red

Chorus:
I don't know his name, never seen his face
Seems to me he's out of place
Tell me why he's
Sleeping in my space

Try to move him, it's no good
I can't budge a block of wood
My sister comes and laughs at this
Seems she loves my nemesis

Now he's falling to the floor
Now I see there's something more
Shining gold above his brow
Statue's got a halo now

Am I blind to something good
Am I partly sleeping wood
Will he rise at morning light
Fall on someone else tonight

Katherine's Gone
Deb Soule of Hope, Maine, comments, "Whenever I hear this song my heart softens, the chatter in my mind stops, and I sigh, grateful for the beauty your music adds to the world."

Bells
Rush had the idea of the theme echoing itself, like bells mixing their sounds together.

Redstart was given its name by Langley Willauer of Hope, Maine, who was the first to download it to iTunes.

Ragged Mountain owes its name to one of the seven hills in Camden, Maine. The recording exists because Dana Rae Warren of Searsmont, Maine, gave us a deadline and we couldn't let her down.

A Love for No Reason
Ian Brooks of Exeter, New Hampshire, knows the theme by heart and noodles with it on the guitar and the piano.

Susan was originally a vocal piece written in Bloomington, Indiana. That version was sung by David Gunnip and Rushmore DeNooyer and then by David Gunnip and Dianne Rascona in New England and in the Virgin Islands. Rushmore lobbied for the instrumental arrangement; Malcolm was hesitant, but Rushmore was right.