Icarus - Bastille

«Look who’s digging their own grave»

That is what they all say;

you’ll drink yourself to death

Look who makes their own bed, lies right down within it

And what will you have left?

Out on the front doorstep, drinking from a paper cup

You won’t remember this

Living beyond your years, acting out all their fears

You feel it in your chest

Your hands protect the flames

From the wild winds around you

Icarus is flying too close to the sun

And Icarus' life, it has only just begun

It’s just begun…

Standing on the cliff face, highest fall you’ll ever grace

It scares me half to death

Look out to the future, but it tells you nothing

So take another breath

Your hands protect the flames

From the wild winds around you

Icarus is flying

Too close to the sun

And Icarus' life

It has only just begun

This is how it feels

To take a fall

Icarus is flying

Towards an early grave

You put up your defences when you leave

You leave because you’re certain

Of who you want to be

You’re putting up your armour when you leave

And you leave because you’re certain

Of who you want to be, oh

Icarus is flying

Too close to the sun

And Icarus' life

It has only just begun

This is how it feels

To take a fall

Icarus is flying

Towards an early grave

Oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh-oh oh-oh, oh, oh

Oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh oh…