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 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 find 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

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