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

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

V1: A realization that despite the belief in the fallacy of privileged birth right, you are screwed by the exact culture you credit for your undeserved position. (you didn't stand a chance son if your pants were undone)

Ch: Purposefully walking away from your life is true a gamble (skating away on the thin ice of a new day)

V2: Making the choice to leave that life/culture will hurt your close friends and leave them without your help,knowing they will struggle to survive with or without you. And how do you reconcile that guilt? Is there a higher mind to turn to for consolation?

Purposefully walking away from your life is true a gamble

V3: And having made the point of no return in your new journey, seeing the collapse of what you left from the outside while trying to survive a new and successful place, is it truly real or just another "Present Day"?

Purposefully walking away from your life is true a gamble

My Interpretation