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 sky   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 mind from the circling skies  Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit I