"Kathleen" > wrote
>
> I love Pink Floyd, the music, the lyrics, all of it.

You were a weed eater, weren't you?

>
> My daughter had to make a ceramic mask for her art class, decorated, with
> a favorite poem on the inner surface. Her mask is black, with a white
> feathered bird's wing laid across the brow, and the familiar pink floyd
> prism and rainbow across one cheek and the chin. On the inside she
> incised the lyrics to "Learning to Fly" from A Momentary Lapse of Reason
> (1987).
>
> Her teacher loved it and asked if she had the song on her IPOD, and if so,
> could he listen to it. She also lent him the book about Pink Flyd that
> she'd used to transcribe the lyrics. That weekend he went out and bought
> the album. That was last year. My daughter is in another of his art
> classes this year and says he's become a full-fledged fan.

It's kind of weird that your daughter likes them too. Expect a major
rebellion at some point.


>
> Learning to Fly
>
> Into the distance, a ribbon of black
> Stretched to the point of no turning back
> A flight of fancy on a windswept field
> Standing alone my senses reeled
> A fatal attraction holding me fast, how
> Can I escape this irresistible grasp?
>
> Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies
[snips]

This is one of those groups whose lyrics I need to see in print due to the
vocal styles. Very nice.