Icarus Songtext
von Tift Merritt

Found him in the field out there
His clothes were torn, glue in his hair
Feathered down over everything
And on the ground his broken wings

I washed his hair and I nursed his bones
I held the way he felt alone
Keeping watch over fitful sleep
To catch him falling out of his dreams

Oh, Icarus
There′s a wing down in each of us
Faster than the speed of sound inside
Everything flies (Everything flies)
Everything flies (Everything flies)
Everything flies (Everything flies)


Rush of breath, hectare of touch
The arc of loving someone so much
The way your heart will race and rise
A tear hanging a long, slow death

Oh, Icarus
There's a wing down in each of us
Faster than the speed of sound inside
Everything flies (Everything flies)
Everything flies (Everything flies)
Everything flies (Everything flies)

Night comes on in fits and stalls
Twilight colors looking on
As all the evening dusk kicks up a small hope
Lands where doubt once was

Oh, Icarus
There′s a wing down in each of us
Faster than the speed of sound inside
Everything flies (Everything flies)
Everything flies (Everything flies)
Everything flies (Everything flies)