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


© 1987 Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd

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