"Learning to Fly"

 

Pink Floyd

Into the distance a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back

A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled

A fatal attraction holding me fast how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp? (life)

 

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue tied and twisted just an earth bound misfit I

 

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home

Un-ladened, empty and turned to stone

A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

 

Friction lock, set.
Mixture, rich
Propellers, fully forward
Flaps, set, ten degrees
Engine gauges and suction, check

Mixture set to maximum percent, recheck
Flight instruments
Altimeters, check both
(Garbled word) - on
Navigation lights, on
Strobes, on

(To tower) confirm 3-8-echo ready for departure
(Tower): Hello again, this is now 129. 4
(To tower): 129. 4. It's to go.
(Tower): you may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots.
(To tower) 3-8-echo
Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time.
Just hand the power gradually, and it

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,

My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly

Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light

Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There's no sensation to compare with this

Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Can't keep my mind from the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

 

Songwriters: CARIN, EZRIN, GILMOUR, MOORE