As a boy, I read a book of aviation stories – Flying, the Great Adventure. It contained stories about Lindbergh, the Wright brothers and many other aviation pioneers. The fact that I still vividly remember this book half a century later shows how deeply these stories affected me.
‘Flying, the Great Adventure’ is an euphoric song about the magic of flying that has stayed with me ever since.
Als Junge las ich ein Buch mit Fliegergeschichten – Fliegen, das große Abenteuer. Darin fanden sich Erzählungen über Lindbergh, die Gebrüder Wright und viele andere Pioniere der Luftfahrt. Dass ich mich noch ein halbes Jahrhundert später lebhaft an dieses Buch erinnere, zeigt, wie tief mich diese Geschichten geprägt haben.
‘Flying, the Great Adventure’ ist ein euphorischer Song über den Zauber des Fliegens, der mich seit damals nicht mehr loslässt.
— LYRICS —
[Verse 1]
I was just a kid with a paperback dream,
Turning pages like propellers in a summer breeze.
Heroes on the paper ran ahead of me,
Chasing dawn across an endless sea.
The Wright boys lifting off the sand,
Lindbergh crossing to a foreign land —
And every word lit a spark inside,
Told me the sky was mine to find.
[Pre-Chorus]
And oh, it felt like lightning —
A heartbeat breaking free.
The world was wide and rising,
Calling out to me.
[Chorus]
Flying — the great adventure,
Where every fear turns into light.
Flying — the great adventure,
Where brave hearts teach the world to rise.
From the stories in my childhood
To the engines in the sky,
Flying — the great adventure,
The dream that never dies.
[Verse 2]
I saw the clouds like mountains made of gold,
A shining stage where tales were told.
From early wings of cloth and wire
To roaring steel and burning fire —
Each story was a lantern flame,
A whispered dare to do the same.
And even now, when wheels leave ground,
I hear those voices all around.
[Pre-Chorus]
They’re saying: Lift your spirit,
Trust the wind to carry you.
There’s more to life than standing still —
The sky has something left to prove.
[Chorus]
Flying — the great adventure,
Where every fear turns into light.
Flying — the great adventure,
Where brave hearts teach the world to rise.
From the stories in my childhood
To the engines in the sky,
Flying — the great adventure,
The dream that never dies.
[Bridge]
Oh, the first time that the engines roared,
I felt the world unlock its door —
And every flight since then has shown
There’s always more to know.
A thousand wings, a thousand lives,
A thousand ways to touch the sky —
And still that kid inside my heart
Believes in every start.
[Final Chorus]
Flying — the great adventure,
Where every heartbeat learns to soar.
Flying — the great adventure,
The world below becomes the floor.
From the stories in that old book
To the jet trails in the blue,
Flying — the great adventure,
And I’m still chasing through.
„From the concept album Airborne by Lindberq RECORDS“
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A small independent label, inspired by Charles A. Lindbergh
and the poetry of the sky.
Ein kleines Independent-Label, inspiriert von Charles A. Lindbergh
und der Poesie des Himmels.
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