Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day

Thank you kindly and good evening to you, hey
This is a song that takes place in the dim and distant past, as it were
In fact so long ago it's damn nearly


In the year one
When you belonged to no one, a-no one
You didn't stand a chance, son
If your pants were undone
Cos you were bred for humanity
And sold to society
One day you'll wake up, 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

And as you push off from the shore
Won't you turn your head once more
And make your peace with everyone
And 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, spinning in your emptiness
You feel you have to pray
Looking for a sign that the Universal Mind has written you
Into the Passion Play

Skating away, skating away
Skating away on the thin ice of the new day

And as you cross the circle line
Well, the ice-wall creaks behind
You're a rabbit on the run
And as 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
Skating away, skating away, skating away