Learning to Fly: My 7th Desert Island Disc choice for #Octaver16 #OctaverDiD

Pink Floyd

Track - Learning to Fly Album - Momentary Lapse of Reason

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 holding me fast how Can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies 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 guide my way home Unladened, 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

Friction lock, set. Mixture, rich Propellers, fully forward Flaps, set, ten degrees 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 vapor 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

Songwriters: Carin / Ezrin / Gilmour / Moore Learning to Fly lyrics © Imagem Music Inc