Icarus Burns...

from Calls From the Stars by A Dallas Welcome

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it's not about truth, it's about shame
a way to hide from all the things you can't explain
and if you knew and you did nothing
then that's the bed you've made

so give me wings, and bar the skies
for fear of pain, deny the light
but reaching out, we break our bonds
as we seek truth, we hunt the sun

it's all about fear, that human curse
a clever excuse to escape from all the hurt
but to be free, bring it to sunlight
and if it burns it burns

a flight of fancy built on wings of wax
what's one more body to keep that?

Don't ask me to stand for this
I won't dig my own grave
If i'm going down for this
then I'm going down in flames

it's just the way that we see this
and it's hard to deny
when we're stuck in the framework
we can't redefine
but if we just play coward
how can we ever know
if there's a what comes after
if we don't let it go

and if it smokes and smoulders
just let it burn

and so we let it go
another lie not keeping
if so, the meaning's gone
so self defeating
and so the story goes
look what we've learned
blue sky and seeking sunlight
just let it...

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from Calls From the Stars, released January 5, 2018

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