Icarus

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I wake up every morning to the sound of motors roaring
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They are drowning out the voices in my head
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At night while I am sleeping I can hear the angels speaking
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But I can't recall a single thing they said

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I see their lips move clearly, I feel their presence near me
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But each word they try to tell me just slips through the cracks
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I push, I strain, I wrestle with my brain
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And then a voice from somewhere whispers to relax

[Verse 2]
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I'll say a word for sickness, she is my favorite mistress
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Yes, she knows my body like no other can
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My flesh and spirit keep colliding when her fingers are inside me
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Oh my god, oh my god, lady, I'm your man

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Fever, flu, malaria, come near me, do not spare me
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I just long to spend another night under attack
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I retch, I shake, I cry until I break
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And then I feel something release and I relax

[Verse 3]
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I bang my head for days against the walls inside this maze
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I've never been too good at this damn kind of thing
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I'm in here with my father, I'm just pacing but he's smarter
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He's been building a fantastic set of wings

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And like that I'm up and flying with the labyrinth behind me
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But I go too high, the sun is melting through the wax
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It burns, it hurts, I tumble to the earth
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And as I fall I feel myself relax

[Bridge]
       Dm
Am I letting go?
       Am
Am I letting go?
              E    E
I think I'm letting go
E           Am
I must be letting go

     Dm
Am I letting go?
             Am
I think I'm letting go
           E
I must be letting go
E            Am
I've got to let it go

       Dm
Let it go
Dm
I've got to let it go
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Go, let it go
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I've got to let it go, let go, let go, let go, let go

Dm          Am              E
I'm letting go, I'm letting go
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Let go, let go, let go, let go, let go, let go, let go
Dm           Am              E
I'm letting go, I'm letting go
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Let go, let go

[Verse 4]
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I wake up every morning to the sound of motors roaring
Am                                    E
They are drowning out the voices in my head
E
At night while I am sleeping I can hear the angels speaking
E                                        Am
But I can't recall a single thing they said
Am
I see their lips move clearly, I feel their presence near me
Am                                                      Dm
But all their unearthly wisdom just slips through the cracks

    E        E        E
I push, I strain, I wrestle with my brain
    E       E        E
I retch, I shake, I cry until I break
     E         E       E
It burns, it hurts, I tumble to the earth
     E                           Am E Am
And as I fall I feel myself relax