[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

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, as my senses reel

A fatal attraction is holding me fast

How can I escape this irresistible grasp?

[Chorus]

Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky

Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I

[Verse 2]

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings

Unheeded warnings, I thought, I'd thought of everything

No navigator to find my way home

Unladen, empty and turned to stone

[Chorus]

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 earthbound misfit, I

[Spoken]

"Friction lock, set

Mixtures, rich

Propellers, fully forward

Flaps, set, ten degrees

Engine gauges and suction, check

Mixture set to maximum percent, recheck

Flight instruments

Altimeters, check both

Lights, on

Pitot heater, on

Strobes, on

Confirm 3-8 echo ready for departure

Hello again, this is now 129.4

129.4, it’s a go

3-8 echo cleared takeoff, the wind’s normal at ten knots

3-8 echo

Easy on the brakes, take it easy, it’s gonna roll this time

Just handle the power gradually, and it"

[Bridge]

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

[Chorus]

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 earthbound misfit, I

[Instrumental Outro]