Steady On

from Clearing
(also on Collage, Storyhill Live, Echoes and Reunion)

What's this new air you have draped about you?
Do you know what you're going into?
Can you feel a change from inside?
You're not the same, you no longer want to hide

What's this new air you breathe from within?
It's telling you there's a new place
To begin again -- with the morning's light
You wake up smiling, you wake up feeling all right

Chorus:
Steady on, like the honkers that pass through the air
You can hear them coming and you step out and stare
They're in chevron formation and they'll follow their leader
Who'll tire when she's flown through the sunshine and the thunder

Your legs are thin when you stand in the sea
They move you swiftly down the back rounds of the country
Maybe now you should check your speed
And don't forget to chase the whispers of your dreams

Chorus:
'Cuz you're hunting like the hawk that circles higher
You're the rising smoke from a dyin' campfire
You're a thermal beneath the wing, you're cirrus in the sky
You're a reason for, you're an answer why

Your arms are strong when you fly through the air
Over streets and buildings and the people below you stare
They can't believe, 'cuz they've never seen
Someone who dared fly outside their dreams

Chorus:
Steady on, like the honkers that pass through the air
You can hear them coming and you step out and stare
They're in chevron formation and they'll follow their leader
Who'll tire when she's flown through the sunshine and the thunder

Chorus:
Steady on, like the honkers that pass through the air
(You are...)
You can hear them coming and you step out and stare
(You are... hunting like the hawk...)
They're in chevron formation and they'll follow their leader
(Rising smoke... )
Who'll tire when she's flown through the sunshine and the thunder
(From a dyin' campfire...)

Chorus:
Steady on, like the honkers that pass through the air
(You are... cirrus in the sky...)
You can hear them coming and you step out and stare
(You are...)
They're in chevron formation and they'll follow their leader
(You are... steady on... follow their leader...)
Who'll tire when she's flown through the sunshine and the thunder

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