Icarus dreamt if he could fly
He’d get out of this place, see the world from the sky
He would ask her to join him if she could dream too
Thousands of places they could fly to
He’d grown tired of his labyrinth days
Year after year winding through the great maze
Only to find himself starting again
Where he’d started before and had always been
Icarus knew one day man would fly
He saw his escape and called out to the sky
He said, “Waiting for centuries won’t for me do
If man is to fly, well, then I’m a man too”
He would ask her to join him if she could dream too
The world would look different from a bird’s view
The big things, the obstacles all would be small
From high above not like big things at all
She closed her eyes and saw evenings in Rome
Bright sandy beaches, places far from home
The Gardens, Colossus, a bright shining light
She saw in her dreams but she could not see his flight
So Icarus took off, he flew all alone
Above sandy beaches and evenings in Rome
Over gardens and statues, a lighthouse fire
Flying alone he flew higher and higher
Until Icarus flew too close to the sun
Those who saw him fall say his dream was undone
But there’s one simple truth they cannot undo
It was not a dream the day Icarus flew
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