Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd (lyrics)

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 wind swept field
standing alone my sense reeled
a fatal attraction holding me fast,
how can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling sky
tongue-tied & 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 unleaded, 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 & twisted just an earth-bound misfit,
I 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 sky
tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I