Overture
(Instrumental)
Part 1 — We can fly
Along the edge of this airfield
The old prop shaft airliners stand
Altimeters reading zero
Formless memories lingering
Nights are cold on this airfield
I sit alone and watch the radar
Locked on the wavelength
Caught in the beam
Falling slowly into the screen
Every day that you wait is one more that you’ve lost
When you wake up
I see you there
On display
Lights the final point of no return
Taking us there from here
And we can fly from here (We can fly)
And we can fly from here (We can fly)
And we can fly from here (We can fly)
Into a sky that’s clearing
Look back we’ll dry the tears
For those once held so nearly
And love will never disappear
Along the edge of this airfield
The old prop shaft airliners stand
Altimeters reading zero
Formless memories lingering
Lingering, lingering, lingering
And we can fly from here
Into a sky so clearly
Look back, we’ll dry the tears
For those once held so nearly
And we can fly from here (We can fly)
And we can fly from here (We can fly)
And we can fly from here (We can fly)
And we can fly from here (We can fly)
And we can fly from here
On the understanding
That we can fly
Everyday that you waste is one more that you’ve lost
On display
That’s a final point of no return
Everyday that you waste is one more that you’ve lost
On display
That’s a final point of no return
Part 2 — Sad night at the airfield
There are no ground staff in the empty corridors
There’s no one sleeping
No one awake
I’d start an engine in the night if only just to break the silence
That last intake
Of air
That clouds in the night as we breathe
Too late
For even the night planes to leave
We can wait for dawn
To carry on
Then we can fly from here
I want to be the one who always gives you shelter
Finds a way to
Keep you warm
I want to be the one
Who’s always there beside you
But we both must
Face the dawn
Alone
So cruel like the world that we leave
Too late
For even the night planes to leave
We can wait for dawn
To carry on
Then we can fly from here
Only ghosts are in the empty corridors
And they’re all strangers
Who never cared
I know them from some other life
When things were different
And we both were
In the air
Turn yourself around
Turn your life around
Turn your world around
Turn this ship around
So turn the wheel around
I watch the sky
All defenses down
I watch the sky
I watch the sky
Part 3 — Madman at the screens
Take a table in the evening
By the water side
Lonely eyes watch as the moonshines
Down a silver tide
Looking out from this position
Are things what they seem?
It’s been spreading out from one decision
Into this bad dream
Out on the shoreline
Someone is waiting
The wind that was falling
Is rising again
I hear the voices
I hear them calling
Every song was
Singing in the rain
Sailor
Sailor beware
There are storm clouds
You must take care
Easy
Bring her around
Or the night will
Run you aground
I know
In the ceiling over our heads
Fans and moving air
Spinning out the hours of darkness
Warning sounds somewhere
Out on the shoreline
Someone is waiting
The wind that was falling
Is rising again
I hear the voices
I hear them calling
Every song was
Singing in the rain
Sailor
Sailor beware
There are storm clouds
You must take care
Easy
Bring her around
Or the night will
Run you aground
Morning
Here in the air
When you feel it
Know that you’re there
Playing God
Behind the scenes a
Madman at the screens
Dreaming
Feeling the air
Dreaming
Seeing you there
Part 4 — Bumpy ride
Dreaming
Seeing you there
See you
Sometime somewhere
Part 5 — We can fly reprise
We can fly
We can fly
We can fly
We can fly
And we can fly from here
Into a sky that’s clearing
Look back we’ll dry the tears
For those once held so nearly
And we can fly from here
And we can fly from here
And we can fly from here
And we can fly from here
And we can fly from here
On the understanding
That we can fly