"Animate" is a song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush from their 1993 album Counterparts.
[4] Lyrically, Peart wrote the words about one person yet structured them to make it as if it may concern a relationship, "almost a love song."
He thought that such love lyrics had become a cliché throughout the 1980s, however, and turned to works by Jung and Camille Paglia to understand "what the modern man was supposed to be.
[7] Classic Rock Review thought that the song had a "decent overall sound" and a "very entertaining middle part".
"[9] The melodic death metal band Allegaeon released a cover of the song as a single on 5 January 2018.