Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly lyrics

Into the distance, a ribbon of black<br>Stretched to the point of no turning back<br>A flight of fancy on a windswept field<br>Standing alone my senses reeled<br>A fatal attraction holding me fast, how<br>Can I escape this irresistible grasp? <br><br>Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies<br>Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i<br><br>Ice is forming on the tips of my wings<br>Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything<br>No navigator to guide my way home<br>Unladened, empty and turned to stone<br><br>A soul in tension that's learning to fly<br>Condition grounded but determined to try<br>Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies<br>Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i<br><br>Friction lock - set.<br>Mixture - rich<br>Propellers - fully forward<br>Flaps - set - 10 degrees<br>Engine gauges and suction - check<br><br>Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck<br>Flight instruments...<br>Altimeters - check both<br>(garbled word) - on<br>Navigation lights - on<br>Strobes - on<br>(to tower): confirm 3-8-echo ready for departure<br>(tower): hello again, this is now 129.4<br>(to tower): 129.4. it's to go.<br>(tower): you may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots.<br>(to tower): 3-8-echo<br>Easy on the brakes. take it easy. it's gonna roll this time.<br>Just hand the power gradually, and it...<br><br>Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,<br>My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,<br>Across the clouds I see my shadow fly<br>Out of the corner of my watering eye<br>A dream unthreatened by the morning light<br>Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night<br><br>There's no sensation to compare with this<br>Suspended animation, a state of bliss<br>Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies<br>Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i