Standard (EADGBE)

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 reel

 A 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 thought of everything

No navigator to find my way home;

Unladen, 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 vapor 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 eyes from the circling skies;

Tongue-tied and twisted,

 Just an earth-bound misfit, I

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