Icarus chords by Jon Boden

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Verse 1
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I  never wanted to fly high
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I  was too fond of walking
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And  when you said
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you'd touch the sky
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I thought it was just your way of talking
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And you said you'd build some wings
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And find out how it could be done
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I  was doubtful of everything,
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never thought you'd reach the sun
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But you were so clev
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er with your hands,
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I'd watch you for hours
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With the glue and the rubber bands
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The feathers, lace and flowers
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The finished wings, they
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glowed so bright
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Like some burning of glory
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I began to envy you, your flight
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Like some old hero's story
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You tried to get me to go with you
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You tried always to dare me
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But I looked up at the skies so blue
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An  d  I thought the
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height would scare me
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But I carried your wings for you
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Up the path to the cliff face
Kissed you goodbye and
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watched your eyes
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Already bright with sunlight
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Oh, it was so grand at the start
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To watch you soar in my eyes
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But there's a pain deep in my heart
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The wind seems tipped with fire
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Like a seagull or a lark
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Rising up forever
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Like some ember or some spark
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Rising from earth to heaven
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Then I believed you'd touch the sun
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I  believed all you had told me
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And do a thing no man has ever done
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An d touch the stars to please me
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And then I saw the white winds fail
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And  I saw the feathers falter
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Watched you drop like a ball of gold
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Into the white green water
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Now some are born to fly high
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And some are born to follow
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Some are born to touch the sky,
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while some walk in the hollow
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But as I watched your body fall,
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I knew that really you had won
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For your grave is not the earth
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But the reflection of the sun