[Verse 1]
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Into the distance, a ribbon of black
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Stretched to the point of no turning back
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A flight of fancy on a windswept field
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Standing alone, as my senses reel
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A fatal attraction is holding me fast
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How can I escape this irresistible grasp?
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[Chorus]
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Cant keep my eyes from the circling sky
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Tongue-tied and twisted
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Just an earthbound misfit, I
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[Verse 2]
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Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
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Unheeded warnings, I thought, I thought of everything
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No navigator to find my way home
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Unladen, empty and turned to stone
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[Pre-Chorus]
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A soul in tension thats learning to fly
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Condition grounded, but determined to try
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[Chorus]
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Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies
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Tongue-tied and twisted
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Just an earthbound misfit, I
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[Spoken Words]
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“Friction lock – set
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Mixtures – rich
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Propellers – fully forward
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Flaps – set – ten degrees
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Engine gauges and suction – check
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Mixture set to maximum percent – recheck
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Flight instruments…
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Altimeters – check both
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Lights – on
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Pitot heater – on
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Strobes – on
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Confirm 3-8 echo ready for departure
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Hello again, this is now 129.4
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129.4. It’s a go
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3-8 echo cleared takeoff, the wind’s normal at ten knots
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3-8 echo
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Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. It’s gonna roll this time
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Just handle the power gradually, and it…”
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[Bridge]
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Above the planet on a wing and a prayer
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My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air
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Across the clouds, I see my shadow fly
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Out of the corner of my watering eye
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A dream unthreatened by the morning light
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Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
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[Pre-Chorus]
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Theres no sensation to compare with this
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Suspended animation, a state of bliss
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[Chorus]
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Cant keep my mind from the circling skies
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Tongue-tied and twisted
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Just an earthbound misfit, I
