Kayak - Icarus lyrics

Icarus you must have watched the skies Over a thousand times Icarus why still expose your eyes To what they'll never see Can never be You won't get a better deal Icarus these wings are not for real Was it me who said you'd never fall If you could read the signs Icarus, I don't remember all These words- now meant to be Disarming me So there's only one way out Even though you'll never learn to live without We've got no control, we're part of the Lost in a maze and looking for answers The gods play their game, concealing their hand Building a strategy, taking their chances They show you their schemes of promise and hope Then they break down your dreams and hand you the rope These are the lines, such are the rules Stick to the road that you've gotta follow Don't me misled by jokers and fools Their image is false and their prophesy's hollow They poisoned the rains Polluted the sky Now they lock you in chains And tell you to fly Icarus you have observed the stars Untill daylight dawned Oh Icarus if we could reach as far As half the universe Free as birds But you won't make it on your own No one safely makes that journey all alone It's a perfect world - but confusing my soul There's no escape and no prospect of winning Surrounded by walls - entrapped in a Where head is tail and the end's the beginning They lie and they cheat Deny what you know Only driven by greed When you least expect it they deal you the final blow Things can not be changed Life can't be undone You will fly too close to the sun And you lose it all You're bound to fall again Icarus - you must have watched the skies Over a thousand times Icarus why still expose your eyes To what they'll never see Can never be Now you found the one way out Can you tell me what it's really all about Things can not be changed Life can't be undone You will fly too close to the sun Like you did before So will many more Do in times to come Icarus this game simply can't be won