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=== Side two ===
Side two contains five individual songs that display the band's more traditional hard-rock sound and Lee's higher-pitched vocals featured on their previous albums.<ref name=circus1976/> Lifeson said while having a title track more serious, the rest of the album was to be "just a little lighter and a little more fun".<ref name=40theditionnotes/> Bowman wrote that the variation of styles on side two offers "a very different listening experience" in comparison.<ref name=40theditionnotes/> Though the tracks are not specifically about the "2112" concept, they do contain ideas that can relate to its overall theme.<ref name=scene1976/> Lee wrote the lyrics for "Tears" and Lifeson the lyrics to "Lessons", while Peart wrote the rest.<ref name=RS2016>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rushs-alex-lifeson-on-40-years-of-2112-it-was-our-protest-album-177351|title=Rush's Alex Lifeson on 40 Years of '2112': 'It Was Our Protest Album'|last=Grow|first=Kory|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=29 March 2016|access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref>

"[[A Passage to Bangkok]]" is a song about [[marijuana]]; Lee said it is "a travelogue for all the places in the world that grow the best weed". The track mentions a number of cities and countries, specifically [[Bogotá]], [[Jamaica]], [[Acapulco]], [[Morocco]], [[Bangkok]], [[Lebanon]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Kathmandu]].<ref name=radar2016/> Rush started to write "[[The Twilight Zone (Rush song)|The Twilight Zone]]" at a time when they needed one more song to fill side two. It was quickly put together, Peart said it was written and recorded in one day.<ref name=tourbook>{{cite web |url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/signals.html#tourbook |title=Stories from Signals |first=Neil |last=Peart |date=1982 |publisher=Anthem Records |access-date=July 6, 2018 |archive-date=July 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708135114/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/signals.html#tourbook |url-status=live }}</ref> The band were big fans of the television series ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' and based the track on the stories written for it from its host, [[Rod Serling]].<ref name=radar2016/> "Lessons" is one of the few Rush songs written solely by Lifeson. For him, the process of songwriting is more seldom and spontaneous in comparison to dedicating time to write, rehearse and scrap parts that do not work.<ref name=lifeson1980/> "Tears" is a romantic ballad and is the first Rush track to incorporate the [[Mellotron]], which Syme performs.<ref name=radar2016/> "Something for Nothing" is a song about freewill and decision making.<ref name=radar2016/> Peart was inspired by graffiti on a wall that he saw while on his way to perform at the [[Shrine Auditorium]] in Los Angeles that read "Freedom isn't free", which he adapted into the song.<ref>Peart, Neil. ''Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times''. 2004.</ref> Lifeson asserted that its lyrical tie-in with the "2112" suite makes the track act as a coda to the record.<ref name=RS2016/>