LEARNING TO FLY
(Gilmour, Moore, Ezrin, Carin) Vocals D.Gilmour Version CD 4'53 INTO THE DISTANCE, A RIBBON OF BLACK STRETCHED TO THE POINT OF NO TURNING BACK A FLIGHT OF FANCY ON A WIND SWEPT FIELD STANDING ALONE MY SENSES REELED A FATAL ATTRACTION IS HOLDING ME FAST HOW CAN I ESCAPE THIS IRRESISTABLE GRASP? CAN'T KEEP MY EYES FROM THE CIRCLING SKY 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 UNLADENED, 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 ABOVE THE PLANET ON A WING AND A PRAYER MY GRUBBY HALO, A VAPOUR TRAIL IN THE EMPTY AIR ACROSS THE CLOUDS I SEE MY SHADOW FLY OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY WATERING EYE I 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 EYES FROM THE CIRCLING SKIES TONGUE-TIED AND TWISTED JUST AN EARTH-BOUND MISFIT, I © D.J. Gilmour A. Moore 1986
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