Learning To Fly

1. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (1987)
   

   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
   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 eyes from the circling skies
   Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

   
   
2. Hand of Fate (1987)
   
   
3. Made In Japan (1988)
   
   
4. Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
   

   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
   Propellors - fully forward
   Flaps - set - 10 degrees
   Engine guages and suction - check
   Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck
   Flight instruments...
   Altimeters - check both
   (grabled 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 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 eyes from the circling skies
   Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

   
   
5. Venetia Night (1989)
   
   
6. Pulse (1995)
   

   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
   Propellors - fully forward
   Flaps - set - 10 degrees
   Engine guages and suction - check
   Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck
   Flight instruments...
   Altimeters - check both
   (grabled 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 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 eyes from the circling skies
   Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

   
   
7. Echoes - The Best of Pink Floyd (2001)