~ You and me, aloft without a care, but I'd care if I fell down there ~

This is a song about Rainbow Dash teaching Twilight how to fly after she earned her wings. =)
I've been wanting to sing over one of Neighsayer's tracks for a long time, as his work has inspired me immensly over the last couple years X3 I often throw on a playlist of his music whenever I'm drawing, it's absolutely perfect for relaxing to and just letting your mind wander into dreamland.

I'd actually started writing these lyrics with Sights Unseen back in March of 2015, and finished them over the course of about a week. They then proceeded to sit around unfinished until just a few days ago when out of the blue I received a message from Neighsayer asking about doing a collab sometime. I was super thrilled to find out he actually knew about and liked my work, and decided to finally buckle down and finish this song as a little thank you to him ^_^

So yeah, I hope you enjoy this little thing Sights, Jastrian, and myself put together for you, Neighsayer~ I tried to go for something extra whimsical and cutsie with a bit of comedic twist (like with the line "You and me aloft without a care, but I'd care if I fell down there", I really like that one XD), so hopefully I didn't butcher your original vision ;3

And of course, for all the rest of you absolutely lovely people watching this video, a HUGE thank you to every single one of you! As always, I feel so blessed to have people like you willing to listen to the silly little things I make :'D I am incredibly thankful for all of you ^u^ I hope you all like it too =)

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Original Instrumental by Neighsayer
https://www.youtube.com/user/FurtherProof
(you can find it here)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Xu7zOa4dY

FritzyBeat: Lyrics & Vocals
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPs8Q7_q3JM45sUAz_UNG-T0wYTkL7nDR

Sights Unseen: Also Lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/user/SightsUnseenMusic

Jastrian: Mixing
https://www.youtube.com/user/jastrian

Art by lostzilla
http://lostzilla.deviantart.com/art/First-Flight-Lesson-356990067

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Download (MP3)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/sbu18mt7e111fpt/Learning+from+the+Best.mp3

Download (WAV)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/4oonupogdi97etl/Learning+from+the+Best+WAV.wav

Instrumental: (available from Neighsayer's album Luna'd)
https://neighsayer.bandcamp.com/album/lunad

Raw Vocal Stems:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/7l1z1utndpbtcbn/Learning+from+the+Best+%28Vocals%29.zip

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Lyrics:

I can see the fear in your eyes
Of soaring without knowing how to fly
Will you trust me, will you let me show
The world is bigger than you know

You can say your books hold all you seek
They tell you how, and who to be
But I ask you, Let me take your hand and soar
The sky holds so much more

You and me, aloft without a care
But I’d care if I fell down there
And though my heart’s beating rapidly in my chest
I know I’m learning from the best

Spread your wings, and reach to the sky
Keeping your back straight, and your head held high
Lifting all four hooves right off the ground
Soon you’ll hear the sound, as the wind surrounds

Tremble not with fear, hear what I say
Look into my eyes, and see the way
I’m right beside you even if you fall
To help you get back up, so you can stand up tall

You and me, aloft without a care
But I’d care if I fell down there
And though my heart’s beating rapidly in my chest
I know I’m learning from the best

I can see the wonder in your eyes
As you touch your wings to the sky
Don’t look down now, and you will grow
The world is bigger than you know

You can say your books hold all you seek
Telling you how, and who to be
So I’ll let go, and let you soar
Soon you’ll find, the sky holds so much more

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Dumb fact: the working title of this song was "Burning in the Bathtub".
Don't ask why, Sights and I were goofing off in a google doc while writing the lyrics and things got a bit silly XP

Speaking of silly, one of the chief inspirations behind this song (aside from the original theme Neighsayer came up with ;P) was an old fanfiction a really good friend of mine named Lewanut wrote years back. It's always stuck with me for one reason or another, and I made a point of saving the story to my hard drive before he left the internet and erased all his work =P (btw, if you ever read this Lew, I appreciate you giving us all warning before deleting everything , You have no idea how much of your work I saved OUO MUAHAHA *shot*).

Anyway, I put the story up on Google Docs for y'all. Hope you enjoy it, as well as the song ^_^
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16l1tM_dF027lDPyF_HBA7ZYj83lMd-V5Kp8JzOvYluQ/edit?usp=sharing

- ( FritzyBeat ) -