![]() ![]() That background taken care of, onto the song lyrics: Icarus, ignoring his Father's warning, swooped everywhere, and headed "towards an early grave," in the ocean. The catch to these wings is that you can't fly too close to the sun(hint-hint), as the wax would then melt, and you can't fly too close to the water, as the spray would make the feathers wet, making them useless. My InterpretationWell, Icarus is the son of Daedalus, an esteemed inventor from Ancient Greece(He made the Labyrinth, the one that is mentioned in the Percy Jackson Series), and when trying to escape a King and the confines of the labyrinth, he created 2 pairs of wings for him and his son(made of actual feathers and wax). His personality is dead, wasted in his youth by "flying too close to the sun" and if he had just grown up at his own pace, he would have been able to live a fuller life. This is the "grave" he is now in that was described earlier in the song. He's unsure of his future, so he goes into the "You Only Live Once" mindset, but because of this he may experience "a fall" that he won't recover from.Īs he grows up he figures out what he wants to do, retracts from his crazy life and puts on his armour in favour of a life of security and certainty. ![]() The chorus goes on to the describe that this person's life has only just begun and he's ruining it by flying too close to the sun (being too wild and crazy) at an early age. The "digging your own grave" isn't a grave for your dead body, it is a grave for your dead personality. The song mostly describes somebody who is a party animal, doing as many crazy things as possible. It's a rejection of the trend for young people to do crazy things before they have to grow up and become an "adult". My InterpretationI think this song is trying to teach people to go against the "You Only Live Once" mindset. You're putting up your armor when you leave And Icarus's life, it has only just begun ![]()
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