This is the most beautiful way to express a father's pain when his son disobeys and goes astray. Obviously the song is about Icarus's myth and is influenced by Dustin's new fatherhood, but it has an amazing way of representing the same moral that Icarus's story tells us.
The father tries to invent a good way for the son to be free, metaphorically speaking to give him wings so he can live his life. The only thing he can give him, though, are fragile, dangerous wings made of wax. What a real parent can give to any child is only words... Advice to try and made the son stay living the right way. If they disobey of course they'd get burn. The son is only what burns you after you gave in to temptation of something being too fun. in Icarus' case, flying too high seemed like too much fun to resist.
You could represent flying too high as anything that a son or daughter would do that would be bad in the eyes of God. You don't have to look at it that way, but if can simply be anything that's generally considered bad. Even if just by society. (drugs, premarital sex, stealing, killing...)
When Icarus disobeys', Daedalus can only see him from a distance, like any father can when the son disobeys. He can do nothing but see him fall. I love the notes played as the scale goes down, symbolizing when Icarus falls... Anyway, since the father can only look, all he can do is curse at God(s) even though he knows well that it was the son's fault. "My advice was not good enough.. or my son failed because he did not listen.."
The most beautiful song I've heard. It's amazingly poetic and just beautiful.
This is the most beautiful way to express a father's pain when his son disobeys and goes astray. Obviously the song is about Icarus's myth and is influenced by Dustin's new fatherhood, but it has an amazing way of representing the same moral that Icarus's story tells us.
The father tries to invent a good way for the son to be free, metaphorically speaking to give him wings so he can live his life. The only thing he can give him, though, are fragile, dangerous wings made of wax. What a real parent can give to any child is only words... Advice to try and made the son stay living the right way. If they disobey of course they'd get burn. The son is only what burns you after you gave in to temptation of something being too fun. in Icarus' case, flying too high seemed like too much fun to resist.
You could represent flying too high as anything that a son or daughter would do that would be bad in the eyes of God. You don't have to look at it that way, but if can simply be anything that's generally considered bad. Even if just by society. (drugs, premarital sex, stealing, killing...)
When Icarus disobeys', Daedalus can only see him from a distance, like any father can when the son disobeys. He can do nothing but see him fall. I love the notes played as the scale goes down, symbolizing when Icarus falls... Anyway, since the father can only look, all he can do is curse at God(s) even though he knows well that it was the son's fault. "My advice was not good enough.. or my son failed because he did not listen.."
The most beautiful song I've heard. It's amazingly poetic and just beautiful.