Intellectual Reference Point Restoration
Theme: “Learning to Fly”
🎼 Song Excerpts
It’s Like I’m Anchored to the Floor
It's like I'm anchored to the floor, and I need more, I need stars to light the colony
Source: Stuck In Gravity by Of Monsters and Men
Feet, They Hardly Touch the Ground
Feet, they hardly touch the ground - Walking on the moon
Source: Walking on the Moon by The Police
They Follow the Pattern of the Wind, Ya See
They follow the pattern of the wind, ya see - 'Cause they got no place to be
Source: Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson
I’m Overcoming Gravity
I'm overcoming gravity I'm overcoming gravity
Source: Aeroplane by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Awake on My Airplane-I Feel So Real
Awake on my airplane, awake on my airplane - I feel so real
Source: Take a Picture by Filter
If I Stole, Somebody Else’s Waves to Fly Up
If I stole, somebody else's waves to fly up
Source: Super Bon Bon by Soul Coughing
I’m like a Bird Without a Song
I'm like a bird without a song
Source: Nothing Compares to You by Sinéad O’Connor
And I’m Floating in the Most Peculiar Way
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way
Source: Space Oddity by David Bowie
Set You Spinnin’ with You Feet Never Touchin’ the Ground
Would be sure to set you spinnin' with you feet never touchin' the ground - And I'm round and round and round and round and round and round and round
Source: Round and Round (Aerosmith) by Aerosmith
Can’t Feel My Feet Touching the Ground
Can't feel my feet touching the ground
Source: Flood (Jars of Clay) by Jars of Clay
By and by We’ll Defy, a Little Bit of Gravity
By and by we'll defy, a little bit of gravity
Source: Kokomo by The Beach Boys
But Only if You Ride the Tide
For long you live and high you fly, but only if you ride the tide - And balanced on the biggest wave, you race towards an early grave
Source: Breathe (In the Air) by Pink Floyd
Lift Me Up So High That I Cannot Fall
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall
Source: Flood (Jars of Clay) by Jars of Clay
Space Guy Fell From the Sky
Space guy fell from the sky - Scratched my head and wondered why
Source: E=MC2 by Big Audio Dynamite
Take These Broken Wings and Learn To Fly Again
Take these broken wings, and learn to fly again, learn to live so free
Source: Broken Wings by Mr. Mister
What Life Looks Like From Up Above and Down Below
If I could fly, then I would know, what life looks like from up above and down below
Source: Cecilia and the Satellite by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
I Don’t Really Want to Know, How Your Garden Grows
Maybe, I don't really want to know, how your garden grows, 'cause I just want to fly
Source: Live Forever by Oasis
You Don’t Know How to Fly
Your sky is full of dreams - But you don’t know how to fly
Source: This Is Your Life by The Killers
📚 Books Cited containing “Learning to Fly”
🎬 Movies Referenced containing “Learning to Fly”
🧵 Narrative Threads containing “Learning to Fly”
My Friends Would Think I Was a Nut
When the human race learns to read the language of symbolism, a great veil will fall from the eyes of men.
I Was Just Guessing at Numbers and Figures
Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be so hard. I’m going back to the start.