| Panic! at the Disco – Far Too Young to Die Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Kinda reminds me of King Henry VIII if you have seen Anne of 1000 nights | |
| Bastille – Icarus Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I have a different take on this. I think this song is about not knowing yourself and the journey of finding out who you are/are not. It’s about people’s criticism of people’s bad decisions and people's journey through life and takes apart the Icarus story and rather than heed people’s warnings or get burnt, it rather, talks about how it’s normal to get burnt and fall in life because the future is uncertain and changes just like you. Getting burnt is part of being human and part of the journey and unavoidable (just like our flaws). 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? (people criticizing bad life choices and the person making immature/bad decisions because that is who they are at the time-- also, young people not seeing their own mortality-- despite other's warnings) Out on the front doorstep Drinking from a paper cup You won't remember this (You won’t remember this because it doesn't matter because you’re not that person any longer, this is one point in a journey (and cuz this person is wasted) —turning point) Living beyond your years Acting out all their fears You feel it in your chest (this is when the person changes/grows up/thinks they know who they want to be; they are taking a chance or a leap) (living beyond your years—wiser; acting out all their fears—doing what everyone is afraid to do; feel it in your chest—but you know it’s what you have to do) Your hands protect the flames From the wild winds around you Icarus is flying too close to the sun Icarus's life, it has only just begun It's just begun (your taking a chance and getting burnt but it’s ok because your young and the journey has just started) Standing on the cliff face Highest foe you'll ever grace It scares me half to death ( The future is the cliff and it scares you because of your choices/flaws and not knowing who you are) Look out to the future But it tells you nothing So take another breath (You can’t foresee who you will be or what will result in your choices---you just have to ‘take another breath’ and take a leap Your hands protect the flames From the wild winds around you Icarus is flying too close to the sun Icarus's life, it has only just begun This is how it feels to take a fall Icarus is flying towards an early grave You put up your defenses when you leave You leave because you're certain Of who you want to be You're putting up your armor when you leave You leave because you're certain Of who you want to be (the moment when a person thinks they know who they want to be and are adamant and justifying their choice but finds out that looking back, perhaps they were mistaken; maybe this isn’t what they want) Icarus is flying too close to the sun Icarus's life, it has only just begun This is how it feels to take a fall Icarus is flying towards an early grave (Icarus took a fall, and this is how it feels to take a fall: change/make mistakes/to find out who you wanted to be is not. In the case of Icarus, it results in his death, in the case of the person, it is the death of who they were connecting back to the beginning of the song) |
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