It is about Gilmour learning how to fly a plane... he's said so himself. He was scared shitless about doing it at first... but eventually he worked up the courage to give it a shot... and once he'd actually done it he thought it was one of the most amazing experiences he's ever felt.
So it's about flying, but it's more about having the strength to go out and do the things you really want to do... even if you think you're doomed to failure. Just get out there and try. An incredibly uplifting, optimistic song, despite the tacky 80s production.
And I think it might have also partially been written as a reference to Gilmour's newly inherited position as leader of Pink Floyd - about how he wanted to keep Pink Floyd going but he had no idea about how he was actually going to do it... the lyrics could be a metaphor for so many things...
It is about Gilmour learning how to fly a plane... he's said so himself. He was scared shitless about doing it at first... but eventually he worked up the courage to give it a shot... and once he'd actually done it he thought it was one of the most amazing experiences he's ever felt.
So it's about flying, but it's more about having the strength to go out and do the things you really want to do... even if you think you're doomed to failure. Just get out there and try. An incredibly uplifting, optimistic song, despite the tacky 80s production.
And I think it might have also partially been written as a reference to Gilmour's newly inherited position as leader of Pink Floyd - about how he wanted to keep Pink Floyd going but he had no idea about how he was actually going to do it... the lyrics could be a metaphor for so many things...