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| Kansas – Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I think the religeon bit is a bit on the edge of likelihood, not that im anti religeon, but I think that Icarus and Icarus II are sister songs, they are both interesting and great songs. In Icarus II he is a bomber pilot, he is fed up with war and does some deep thinking, he wonders if the enemy is not actually much different than himself. When he does get shot down, he tries to keep the plane from crashing long enough for his crew to bail. |
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| Kansas – Icarus II Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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If you follow the lyrics, specifically, he flies a bomber. WW2 bombers usually had to take off at night regardless of whether it was a day or night raid. The raining down destruction part is about dropping their bombs. The most interesting part for me is how creative Joel was with the tempo and beat for the "battle scene" especially using snare drums to simulate gunfire. The aces he refrences are enemies that were waiting for the bomber well in advance of their arrival. This just a great song and one of my favorites. |
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