Pink Floyd Learning To Fly

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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 earth-bound 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
Unladen, 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

[Spoken]
Friction lock - set. mixture - rich. propellers - fully forward. flaps - set - 10 degree. engine gauges and suction - check
Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck
Flight instruments...
Altimeters - check both
(Garbled word) - on
Navigation lights - on
Strobes - on
(To tower) confirm 3-8-echo ready for departure
(Tower) hello again, this is now 129.4
(To tower) 129.4. it's to go.
(Tower) you may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots.
(To tower) 3-8-echo
Easy on the brakes. take it easy. its 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.

There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss.

Can't keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, i