Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of a New Day) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Jukeboxman1 

Cover art for Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of a New Day) lyrics by Jethro Tull

I think this song is a personal expression of the revelation and imagery Ian gained through re-connection with 'self'

One day you wake-up, in the present day... a million generations, removed from expectations...

This world has been messed up by greed and ignorance.. and so, as he skates away, he turns back and makes his peace with the thin ice of the present and then skates his way back to eternity.

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