Daedalus warned us of this before, an untimely demise to be
That those with a hopeful dream to soar'd
Best beware their hubris and complacency
He said, "Wings of wax can only fly so high and swoop so low
Be careful, son of the damping tides and the melting gaze of Apollo"
But his words of warning aren't worth much when falling on deaf ears
The child, oh, his feathers fell to dust, and the father he fell to tears
So toe the line and stay aligned
Don't fall behind, but don't run ahead, you'll end up dead
The road we walk is lined in chalk
And soon the clock will tick it's final tock and death will knock
But there's an Icarus in all of us, a child struck by glee
We all lost trust in Daedalus once we caught the thought of escaping
'Cause we all get stuck down on our luck
Yeah, we're all just trapped on Crete
Oh, there's an Icarus in all of us, dreaming to escape our suffering
But perhaps this diegesis was just another farce
Is it truly man's great weakness to wanna fly up high into the stars?
It seems awfully convenient that those in linen robes
Wanna keep the world's obedience in a stable state of limbo
So fuck it, fly as high and swoop as low as you would please
Since when the fuck was what we know
Transcribed by pricks like Socrates?
You trapped us on an island, and then you left us for dead
We watched the stars with broken hearts
And now we sure as shit won't stand around
These shackles cannot hold us down again
There's an Icarus in all of us, sick of being the mean
So, please tell us the difference between contentedness and complacency
Yeah, I call your bluff, we've had enough
And there's no more words to placate me
'Cause there's an Icarus in all of us
Dreaming to take flight with proud wax wings