Song lyrics downloaded from: https://www.albumsongandlyrics.com ------------------------------------------ Pink Floyd - Learning to fly ------------------------------------------ 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 holding me fast how can I escape this irresistible grasp Cant 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 guide my way home unladened, empty and turned to stone a soul in tension thats learning to fly condition grounded but determined to try Cant keep my eyes from the circling sky tongue-tied and twisted just an earthbound misfit, I 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 cloud blow this soul right thought the roof of the night theres no sensation to comparate with this suspended animation, a state of bliss Cant keep my eyes from the circling sky tongue-tied and twisted just an earthbound misfit, I.