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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 earthbound 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

Unladen, empty, and turned to stone

A soul in tension is learning to fly

Condition grounded but determined to try

Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky

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

All of the planet on a wing and a prayer

My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air

Upon the clouds I see my shadow fly

Out of the corner of my watering eye

To 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 earthbound misfit, I