Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) - 2002 Remaster

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 the new day.
 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,
 Skating away
 Skating away
 On the thin ice of the new day.
 And as you cross the circle line
 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,
 Skating away
 Skating away
 On the thin ice of the new day,
 Skating away,
 Skating away,
 Skating away