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-ay!
Skating Away-ay!
Skating Away-ay on the
Thin Ice of the New Day-ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay-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
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-ay!
Skating Away-ay!
Skating Away-ay on the
Thin Ice of the New Day-ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay-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-ay!
Skating Away-ay!
Skating Away-ay on the
Thin Ice of the
New Day-ay-ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay-ay!
Skating Away-ay!
Skating Away-ay!
Skating Away!