barb dwyer

And I was in tears to see how OLD we've all become...

but the words...

the words are STILL those so eloquent
and still set my whole system thrumming....

I came here and wanted to share with you right away!

enjoy!

YouTube - Pink Floyd - Pulse - Learning to fly

remembering days when we all was fab....

wicked

That is excellent Barb.
Ah, comfortably numb.
bricks in the wall.
time.
money.
wow.
i was young.

barb dwyer

THe lyrics just blew me OUT.

EXACTLY ... where I am.
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Learning To Fly

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
Fatal attraction is 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'd thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone

The soul intention is learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
God keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Friction lock - set.
Mixture - rich.
Propellers - fully forward.
Flaps - set - 10 degrees.
Engine gauges and suction - check
Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck
Flight instruments...
( From: LEARNING TO FLY Lyrics - PINK FLOYD )
Altimeters - check both
(garbled 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. See ya.
(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
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 earth-bound misfit, I

© Pink Floyd

LexieCat

Awesome.

One band I never did see in concert.

Oh, well, I saw the Grateful Dead and barely was conscious for it.

LaTeeDa

I have the DVD set "Pulse" and this is by far my favorite song. My kids roll their eyes when I play it again. Yeah, I'm old, too. And I did see them in concert. I think it was 1990 or thereabouts, Oakland Coliseum.

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chicory

Oh........

They still take me away...........

chicory

Thank you for sharing Barb.



chicory

Jazzman

I have that Pulse DVD as well. If only I had been at that show, would have been a religious experience fro me. Gilmore is one of my guitar gods and I've never seen him live.