| Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly Lyrics: 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 is holding me fast How can I escape this irresistible grasp? Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky Tongue-tied and twisted just an earthbound misfit, I Ice is forming on the tips of my wings Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything No navigator to find my way home Unleadened, empty and turned to stone A soul in tension, is learning to fly Condition grounded but determined to try Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earthbound misfit, I Friction lock... Set... Mixture... Rich propellers... Fully forward flaps... Set... Ten degrees... Full gauges and suction - check Gas set to maximum percent - recheck Flight instruments... Altimeters - check both Navigation lights - on (garbled word that seems "patater") - on Strobes on Confirm 3-8 Echo ready for departure Hello again, this is now 129.4 129.4, its to go. You make commence your take-off, winds over 10 knots. Easy on the brakes. Take it easy, it's gonna roll this time: just hand the power gradually, and it... 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 A dream unthreatened by the morning light Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night ... |
