Learning to Fly - Live

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a wish-wrecked field
Standing alone, my senses reeled
A fatal attraction is holding me fast
How can I resist 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
I need warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
I'm leaden, empty and turned to stone
There's no intention that's learning to fly
Condition grounded at the turn of the tide

Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer
My grabby 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 in the split of bliss

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