Icarus

So much that they promised me, a happy ever after
They gave me mediocrity and said I didn't matter
They told me feed the system, you're a cog in a machine
And if you break the mold then you'll never be free

I believed every word. I let them fill my head
I thought that I was broken 'cause it didn't make sense
I should have known better, but I was so young
All I thought to do was to bite my tongue

My father said "oh, Icarus
Just keep your head down
Do as you're told. Get your head out of the clouds"
My father said "oh, Icarus
Don't make a mess now
I know what's best, so never leave the ground"

Look where their advice led me. Nothing to my name
I never really cared about their rules or their game
Cuz no matter what I do, someday I'm facing death
And I'd rather go out with flames than regrets

I'll take my life in my hands and accept the consequence
I'd rather die as I am than live as your marionette
'Cause now I know better, and if you've had enough
Then I'll be on my way, I already packed up

My father said "oh, Icarus
Son, you better come down"
But I'd rather burn in the sky than be stuck on the ground
My father said "Icarus
You better watch out"
But I'm burning up and I can't hear you now

Everybody says "Keep your head down
Why bother and cause a scene?"
But I know that they're all wrong
And I'm not like my father, and I don't want to be

So when my father said "Icarus
You're alone up in those clouds"
He was right and soon I'll surely drown
So when he said "Icarus
Son, look, you've burned now"
I'll know I died flying, when I never was allowed