[00:25.510]Into the distance a ribbon of black [00:28.750]Stretched to the point of no turning back [00:33.930]A flight of fancy on a windswept field [00:39.930]Standing alone my senses reeled [00:45.290]A fatal attraction holding me fast how [00:51.720]Can I escape this irresistible grasp? [00:56.150]Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies [01:02.550]Tongue tied and twisted Just an earth bound misfit I [01:09.600]Ice is forming on the tips of my wings [01:25.390]Unheeded warnings I thought I thought of everything [01:31.190]No navigator to guide my way home [01:36.430]Unladened, empty and turned to stone [01:42.240]A soul in tension that's learning to fly [01:47.680]Condition grounded but determined to try [01:53.100]Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies [01:58.460]Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I [02:06.450]Friction lock - set. [02:10.010]Mixture - rich [02:12.060]Propellers - fully forward [02:14.690]Flaps - set - 10 degrees [02:18.820]Engine gauges and suction - check [02:22.070]Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck [02:23.750]Flight instruments... [02:24.500]Altimeters - check both [02:26.180](garbled word) - on [02:32.050]Navigation lights - on [02:33.730]Strobes - on [02:34.670](to tower): Confirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure [02:36.600](tower): Hello again, this is now 129.4 [02:38.480](to tower): 129.4. It's to go. [02:40.100](tower): You may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots. [02:44.230](to tower): 3-8-Echo [02:42.640]Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time. [03:15.590]Just hand the power gradually, and it... [03:13.380]Above the planet on a wing and a prayer, [03:14.760]My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air, [03:17.150]Across the clouds I see my shadow fly [03:20.080]Out of the corner of my watering eye [03:26.560]A dream unthreatened by the morning light [03:33.470]Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night [03:38.350]There's no sensation to compare with this [03:43.930]Suspended animation, A state of bliss [03:50.040]Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies [03:54.660]Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I