Flight - Lyrics - Icarus

In Greek mythology, Icarus is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus. Often depicted in art, Icarus and his father attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. Icarus' father warns him first of complacency and then of hubris, asking that he fly neither too low nor too high, because the sea's dampness would clog his wings or the sun's heat would melt them. Icarus ignored instructions not to fly too close to the sun, and the melting wax caused him to fall into the sea where he drowned. This tragic theme of failed ambition contains similarities to that of PhaÃ«thon.

Thread and wax hold them together My escape fabricated from feathers You've been working night and day Now freedoms just one leap away Im jumping, gonna spread my wings We'll get out of this place We'll escape this prison, be halfway to heaven Theres no way we will fall from grace Father wipe the tears from your face There's no need for pain and heartache I promise we will keep eachother safe On our flight we'll be held in gods embrace Im flying, father look at me Nothing can stop us now We're soaring over open sea I swear I wont look down As I keep on flying higher The feeling sets my soul on fire "Icarus, Icarus, where are you?" Is all I hear as I fall past you Im falling, father catch me please I don't think I can fly Im getting altitude sickness Why did I go this high? I feel the sun I feel the sun I feel the sun I feel the sun Im falling, father catch me please I don't think I can fly Im getting altitude sickness Why did I go this high? Thread and wax held them together