Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day)

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 a new day

Hey

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've 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 mind

Has written you into the passion play

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

Hey

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

We'll 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 a new day

Hey

Skating away, skating away, skating away