Dark Clouds - High Flight.

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This song was written for an old friend whose dark clouds overcame him. He was, among other things, a pilot. The lyrics borrow from the poem High Flight by WWII fighter pilot John Gillespie Magee Jr.

You put on silvered wings and flew
Up the long delirious blue
Through footless halls of air
High flight
You slipped the bonds of earth
On wings of light
Goodnight dear friend
Goodnight

You put on silvered wings and flew
Up the sun-lit silent blue
And wheeled and soared and swung
High flight
On wings of light
Goodnight dear friend
Goodnight

You came to earth - no guiding light
Your wings could not outpace the night
Caught in the storm - dark clouds
High flight
You slipped the bonds of earth
On wings of light
Goodnight dear friend
Goodnight

© Ivor & Kevan Bundell 2018

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