two for flight

[eliyes]

Thinking Amelia
by Deb Talan

Turning like a leaf in changing weather
Feathering down to the earth
Like a moonbeam come untethered.
Chalk it up to bad timing, bad signing
Maps are misleading, are to be mistrusted
Are no two paths alike.

I think Amelia had it okay
She had a one in a million bad day
With her eyes in the clouds
The clouds in her eyes in a big, wide sky
Expecting to fly
Doesn't sound so bad to me.

Here on the ground in a big, busy town
Where there's more air above us
And the schoolboy alone greets
Every person he sees riding the public bus.
Pretends the driver is his father
Strange how a city
Can make blood seem like strangers
Strangers like family.

I think Amelia had it okay
She had a one in a million bad day
With her eyes in the clouds
The clouds in her eyes in a big, wide sky
Expecting to fly
Doesn't sound so bad to me.



Some People Fly
by Queensryche

Used to be a time
We held the world
Wrapped around our finger tips
Laughing at what others missed
Someday, yesterday
The magic we felt went away
"Grow up" somebody said
So, tell me where it's gone
so I can go find it now
I can't live your way
Go ahead without me
I'll find my own way

Some people fly
And some of us worry
About touching the sun with wings
I know if I try
I'll get where I'm going
Keeping my eyes on the sky.

The box you live within is strong
And it's up to you to see beyond
The comfort zone you've grown to love
There's more to life than that.
The expectations that you hold
Will keep you down and make you old
If you can't see what I'm trying to say,
Maybe you just need
To wear my shoes for awhile
I can't live your way
Go ahead without me
I'll find my own way

Some people fly
And some of us worry
I'd risk it all to have wings
I know if I try
I'll get where I'm going
Keeping my eyes on the sky

While you sit there and think about it
There's another unfolding their wings
I can tell you what it's like
But until you try
You'll never see what I mean

Some people fly
And some of us worry
I'll touch the sky with my wings
I know if I try
I'll get where I'm going
Keeping my eyes on the sky
(Keeping my eyes)
Keeping my eyes on the sky