Icarus

Come down from the sky your flying to high Soaring the sky's that had always been beyond his reach He felt like a champion his feet kicked the clouds Arms bound in the feathers of his father's labour Which a little while later would be ashes and vapour Cumbersome limbs furnished with powerful things He heard the wind speak every time he heard his wings beat His Father flew before him and so his course was set He's like don't fly by the waves or your wings will get wet And don't fly so high that the sun melts the wax Just stay on my path son and follow my tracks But Icarus enamoured by the feeling of flight He just had to fly higher and get closer to that light The sun was hot against him as he carried on ascending He felt strength in him increasing like the heat that was so tempting Beneath was the world he left behind in search of better things To achieve his freedom he sacrificed everything Icarus Come down from the sky your flying to high Icarus Heed your Father's words this ain't your territory No one even noticed as he splashed and hit the sea bed I wonder what he saw before he fell If he needed some help Would he asked for it? Probably he wouldn't no Probably he thought he was invincible He weren't In principle he burnt He smouldered in them myths So that we who never flew before could learn from what he did Given the gift of flight It was too easy to ignore The warnings of his Father How could he be truly responsible When really all he wants to do was saw above his station and become the Sun's equal But the Sun can have no equal For Icarus that flicker in his eye Distant picture in the sky About to catch the light that he sought Oh foolish young pride Silly man How can you learn to fly if you ain't even learnt to stand up If he had listened to his father He would never would've drowned But the happiness he felt is one he never would have found Gifts are dangerous when they are given and not earned A lesson merely heard is never a lesson learned By the time his father turned the wax had completely burned Feathers scattered on the waves They rolled on unconcerned But in the small moment before he fell in to the sea Icarus the head strong had been completely free Icarus Come down from the sky your flying to high Icarus Heed your Father's words this ain't your territory No one even noticed as he splashed and hit the sea bed I wonder what he saw before he fell If he needed some help Would he asked for it? Probably he wouldn't no Probably he thought he was invincible He weren't In principle he burnt He smouldered in them myths So that we who never flew before could learn from what he did So that we who never flew before could learn from what he did Icarus Come down from the sky your flying to high Icarus Heed your Father's words this ain't your territory No one even noticed as he splashed and hit the sea bed I wonder what he saw before he fell If he needed some help Would he asked for it? Probably he wouldn't no Probably he thought he was invincible He weren't In principle he burnt He smouldered in them myths So that we who never flew before could learn from what he did