Learning
to fly
1. Into the distance, a ribbon of black,
Em
stretched to the point of no turning back.
D - G
A flight of fancy on a windswept
field,
Em
standing alone my senses reel.
D - G
A fatal attraction is holding me fast,
how
Em
can I escape this irresistible grasp?
D - C Am
Can't keep my eyes from the circling
sky,
F
C D G - Em D
tongue-tied
and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I.
2. Ice is forming on the tips of my wings,
Em
unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of
everything.
D - G
No navigator to guide my way home,
Em
unladened, empty and turned to stone.
D - C Am
A soul in tension that's learning to
fly,
F C
condition grounded but determined to try.
C
Am
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies,
F
C D G - Em D
tongue-tied
and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I.
3. Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
Em
my grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty
air.
G
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly,
Em D
out of the corner of my watering eye.
G
A dream unthreatened by the morning light,
Em
G
Could blow this soul right through the roof
of the night.
There's no sensation to compare with this,
G F C
suspended animation, a state of bliss.
C
Am
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies,
F
C D G - Em D
tongue-tied
and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I.