"Jacob's Ladder" uses multiple time signatures, and possesses a dark, ominous feel in its first half. Its lyrics are based on a simple concept: a vision of sunlight breaking through storm clouds. The title is a reference to the natural phenomenon of the sun breaking through the clouds in visible rays, which in turn is named after the Biblical ladder to heaven on which Jacob saw angels ascending and descending in a vision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Waves Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on January 14, 1980, through Anthem Records.

The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html?_r=0 'Dragon's Egg': Marines who guarded Saddam's mysterious bunker fear weapons unleashed http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/10/18/dragon-egg-marines-who-guarded-saddam-mysterious-bunker-fear-weapons-unleashed/ President Clinton orders attack on Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons http://youtu.be/ENAV_UoIfgc The Democrats supported the Iraq War, before they were against it. The Democrats said Saddam had WMD and was a threat, before he didn't have WMD or pose a threat. . Munitions Found in Iraq Meet WMD Criteria, Official Says http://www.defense.gov/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=15918 500 tons of uranium shipped from Iraq, Pentagon says http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/07/iraq.uranium/ Deadly Nerve Agent Sarin Is Found in Roadside Bomb http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33082-2004May17.html http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4997808/#.Ushcm_t77sc http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=26461 Sarin, Mustard Gas Discovered Separately in Iraq http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/05/17/sarin-mustard-gas-discovered-separately-in-iraq/ C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/world/cia-is-said-to-have-bought-and-destroyed-iraqi-chemical-weapons.html Marine who guarded Saddam's chemical weapons site reveals there was one mysterious bunker they called 'dragon's egg' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2799223/marines-guarded-saddam-s-chemical-weapons-site-reveals-one-mysterious-bunker-called-dragon-s-egg.html#ixzz3XmndfzFz