Icarus - Sound of Rum

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