Icarus (Live from Queens’ College, Cambridge)

[Intro: Queen's College Choir]

Oh

Oh

[Verse 1: Dan Smith]

"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

[Pre-Chorus: Dan Smith]

Your hands protect the flames

From the wild winds around you

[Chorus 1: Dan Smith & The Choir, Dan Smith]

Icarus is flying too close to the sun

And Icarus's life, it has only just begun

It's just begun

[Post-Chorus: Queen's College Choir]

Oh

Oh

[Verse 2: Dan Smith, Queen's College Choir]

Standing on the cliff face, highest fall you'll ever grace (Oh)

It scares me half to death (Oh)

Look out to the future, but it tells you nothing (Oh)

So take another breath (Oh)

[Pre-Chorus: Dan Smith]

Your hands protect the flames

From the wild winds around you

[Chorus: Dan Smith & The Choir]

Icarus is flying too close to the sun

And Icarus's life, it has only just begun

This is how it feels to take a fall

Icarus is flying towards an early grave

[Bridge: Dan Smith, Queen's College Choir]

You put up your defenses when you leave (Oh)

You leave because you're certain

Of who you want to be

You're putting up your armour when you leave (Oh)

And you leave because you're certain

Of who you want to be

[Chorus: Dan Smith & The Choir]

Icarus is flying too close to the sun

And Icarus's life, it has only just begun

This is how it feels to take a fall

Icarus is flying towards an early grave

[Outro: Dan Smith, Queen's College Choir]

Oh, oh (Oh)

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (Oh)

Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh (Oh)