Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day-Jethro Tull

[00:24.93]Meanwhile back in the year one [00:29.56]When you belonged to no one [00:33.85]You didn't stand a chance son [00:38.43]If your pants were undone [00:43.60]'Cause you were bred for humanity and sold to society [00:55.39]One day you'll wake up in the present day [01:01.72]A million generations removed from expectations [01:07.71]Of being who you really want to be [01:13.48]Skating away skating away skating away [01:21.60]On the thin ice of the new day ay [01:31.66]So as you push off from the shore [01:34.62]Won't you turn your head once more [01:38.18]And make your peace with everyone [01:43.34]For those who choose to stay [01:46.04]Will live just one more day [01:49.53]To do the things they should have done [01:53.91]And as you cross the wilderness a spinning in your emptiness [01:58.90]You feel you have to pray [02:05.55]Looking for a sign that the universal minds [02:11.09]Has written you into the passion play [02:16.29]Skating away skating away skating away [02:24.49]On the thin ice of the new day ay [02:34.97]And as you cross the circle line well the ice wall creaks behind [02:41.64]You're a rabbit on the run [02:46.52]And the silver splinters fly [02:49.41]In the corner of your eye [02:52.79]Shining in the setting sun [02:56.59]Well do you ever get the feeling [02:59.10]That the story's too damn real [03:01.91]And in the present tense [03:08.24]Or that everybody's on the stage and it seems like you're the only [03:14.57]Person sitting in the audience [03:20.10]Skating away skating away skating away [03:28.23]On the thin ice of the new day ay [03:37.17]Skating away skating away skating away [03:46.04]