Learning To Fly
Pink Floyd Song 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 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