Icarus

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Icarus by Bastille

About Icarus

"Icarus" is a song by Bastille, and is the seventh song on their first album, Bad Blood. It was originally released as the B-Side to the "Flaws" single in 2011, released on the Young and Lost Club on vinyl. Bad Blood was announced in January 2013, along with the track listing, as well as the next single "Pompeii". "Pompeii" was released in February 2013 on vinyl and as a digital download, and debuted at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as number 5 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Alternative Songs chart. .

Icarus Lyrics

[00:42.62] Look who's digging their own grave
[00:44.44] That is what they all say; you'll drink yourself to death
[00:49.48] Look who makes their own bed, lies right down within it
[00:53.25] And what will you have left?
[00:56.73] Out on the front doorstep, drinking from a paper cup
[01:00.23] You won't remember this
[01:03.88] Living beyond your years, acting out all their fears
[01:07.25] You feel it in your chest
[01:10.65] Your hands protect the flames
[01:14.27] From the wild winds around you
[01:18.12] Icarus is flying too close to the sun
[01:24.91] And Icarus' life, it has only just begun
[01:31.31] It's just begun...
[01:34.79]
[01:39.54] Standing on the cliff face, highest fall you'll ever grace
[01:42.96] It scares me half to death
[01:46.42] Look out to the future, but it tells you nothing
[01:49.92] So take another breath
[01:53.23] Your hands protect the flames
[01:56.91] From the wild winds around you
[02:00.77] Icarus is flying too close to the sun
[02:07.22] And Icarus' life, it has only just begun
[02:14.73] This is how it feels to take a fall
[02:21.93] Icarus is flying towards an early grave
[02:29.28] You put up your defences when you leave
[02:34.35] You leave because you're certain
[02:38.09] Of who you want to be
[02:42.04] You're putting up your armour when you leave
[02:48.29] And you leave because you're certain of who you want to be, oh
[02:57.77] Icarus is flying too close to the sun
[03:04.48] And Icarus' life, it has only just begun
[03:11.88] This is how it feels to take a fall
[03:19.00] Icarus is flying towards an early grave
[03:25.83] Oh, oh
[03:28.87] Oh, oh, oh-oh oh-oh, oh, oh
[03:35.66] Oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh oh...
[03:40.43]

From the album: Reading Romantasy