Icarus

from Hide & Seek Me by Melissa Fielding

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lyrics

Flying alone on this journey
You can’t be my wings, Can’t be my wings
Not anymore, I’m almost a man anyway
Waiting to grow fast, grow too fast

Icarus, oh Icarus, they say, “don’t fly so far from us,
Or we will have to catch the bus to get you back to us”
But I want to soar, to be free, to see the sun, rivers, trees
The clouds, the moon, and feel the breeze, to float with ease

Flying alone on this journey
You can’t be my wings, Can’t be my wings
Not everytime I drift off by myself
I’ll be just fine, or just be fine
Don’t fly too close to the sun

Icarus, oh Icarus, they say don’t fly so far from us
It seems I’m flying too high up when they scream, “Icarus!”
I feel the sting of melted wax and unglued feathers on my back
“They were right,” I think, then laugh, as the wind caresses my open back
The wind caresses my open back

Icarus, oh Icarus they said, “don’t fly so far from us,
Or we will have to catch the bus to get you back to us”
But the water’s cool upon my knees, it seems like it has welcomed me
I’ve seen the sun, the rivers, trees, and felt the breeze
Now I’ll float with ease

Flying alone on this journey
You can’t be my wings

credits

from Hide & Seek Me, released February 14, 2014
7. "ICARUS"
Melissa Fielding - Vocals
Shachar Ziv - French Horn
Allegra Cramer - Harp
Sean Nerney - Piano & Synths
Dave D'aranjo - Bass Guitar, Horn Arrangement
String Section + Soloist*

*STRING SECTION:
Karien de Waal - String Arrangements
Layth Sidiq - Violin; Soloist
Melissa Bull - Violin; Soloist
Kailey Shaffer - Violin
Beltrán Del Campo Yulkowski - Violin
Rosie Samter - Viola; Soloist
Ro Rowan - Cello; Soloist

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