Learning To Fly

[00:22.96] Into the distance, a ribbon of black

[00:27.97] Stretched to the point of no turning back

[00:34.23] A flight of fancy on a wind swept field

[00:39.75] Standing alone my senses reeled

[00:45.73] A fatal attraction is holding me fast

[00:49.92] How can I escape this irresistible grasp?

[00:57.43] Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky

[01:02.44] Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I

[01:20.18] Ice is forming on the tips of my wings

[01:25.94] Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything

[01:31.96] No navigator to find my way home

[01:37.47] Unladened, empty and turned to stone

[01:43.23] A soul in tension that's learning to fly

[01:48.99] Condition grounded but determined to try

[01:54.75] Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies

[02:00.26] Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I

[02:06.35] Friction lock, set

[02:08.61] Mixtures, rich

[02:10.91] Propellers, fully forward

[02:13.16] Flaps, set - 10 degrees

[02:15.92] Engine gauges and suction, check

[03:03.99] Above the planet on a wing and a prayer

[03:09.75] My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air

[03:15.52] Across the clouds I see my shadow fly

[03:21.53] Out of the corner of my watering eye

[03:27.03] A dream unthreatened by the morning light

[03:32.79] Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

[03:38.55] There's no sensation to compare with this

[03:43.61] Suspended animation, a state of bliss

[03:50.12] Can't keep my mind from the circling sky

[03:55.63] Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I