Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) (2002 Remastered Version) - Jethro Tull

Meanwhile back in the year one

When you belonged to no one

You didn't stand a chance son

If your pants were undone

'Cause you were bred for humanity and sold to society

One day you'll wake up in the present day

A million generations removed from expectations

Of being who you really want to be

Skating away, skating away, skating away

On the thin ice of the new day, ay

So as you push off from the shore, won't you turn your head once more

And make your peace with everyone

For those who choose to stay, will live just one more day

To do the things they should have done

And as you cross the wilderness a spinning in your emptiness

You feel you have to pray

Looking for a sign that the universal minds

Has written you into the passion play

Skating away, skating away, skating away

On the thin ice of the new day, ay

And as you cross the circle line, well, the ice wall creaks behind

You're a rabbit on the run

And the silver splinters fly, in the corner of your eye

Shining in the setting sun

Well, do you ever get the feeling, that the story's too damn real

And in the present tense

Or that everybody's on the stage and it seems like you're the only

Person sitting in the audience

Skating away, skating away, skating away

On the thin ice of the new day, ay

Skating away, skating away, skating away