“Walking in the Air” is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs’ 1976 children’s book “The Snowman”. In the film the song was performed by St. Paul’s Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty. Nightwish recorded this song for their album “Oceanborn” that was released in 1998.
“Walking in the air”
We’re walking in the air
We’re floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly
I’m holding very tight
I’m riding in the midnight blue
I’m finding I can fly so high above with you
Far across the wold
The villages go by like trees
the rivers and the hills
The forest and the streams
Children gaze open mouth
Taken by suprise
Nobody down below believes their eyes
We’re surfing in the air
We’re swimming in the frozen sky
We’re drifting over icy
mountains floating by
Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep
Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep
We’re walking in the air
We’re floating in the midnight sky
And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly
Nusišypsom. ;)
