I listened to
Different Game yester-day and noticed a feature in "I Want to Fly" that's also present in the version on
As Far As I Can See. The line "And the days go so slow" exhibits assonance ("g
o s
o sl
ow") and alliteration ("
so
slow"), and these features provide a sense of the line's meaning: the retention of sounds from word to word illustrates a relative lack of change, and the multitude of similar sounds lends a sense of degree (for "so").