Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel (Live) - Kansas

Icarus you must have watched the skies

Over a thousand times

Icarus why still expose your eyes

To what they'll never see

Can never be

You won't get a better deal

Icarus these wings are not for real

Was it me who said you'd never fall

If you could read the signs

Icarus, I don't remember all

These words- now meant to be

Disarming me

So there's only one way out

Even though you'll never learn to live without

We've got no control, we're part of the

Lost in a maze and looking for answers

The gods play their game, concealing their hand

Building a strategy, taking their chances

They show you their schemes of promise and hope

Then they break down your dreams and hand you the rope

These are the lines, such are the rules

Stick to the road that you've gotta follow

Don't me misled by jokers and fools

Their image is false and their prophesy's hollow

They poisoned the rains

Polluted the sky

Now they lock you in chains

And tell you to fly

Icarus you have observed the stars

Untill daylight dawned

Oh Icarus if we could reach as far

As half the universe

Free as birds

But you won't make it on your own

No one safely makes that journey all alone

It's a perfect world - but confusing my soul

There's no escape and no prospect of winning

Surrounded by walls - entrapped in a

Where head is tail and the end's the beginning

They lie and they cheat

Deny what you know

Only driven by greed

When you least expect it they deal you the final blow

Things can not be changed

Life can't be undone

You will fly too close to the sun

And you lose it all

You're bound to fall again

Icarus - you must have watched the skies

Over a thousand times

Icarus why still expose your eyes

To what they'll never see

Can never be

Now you found the one way out

Can you tell me what it's really all about

Things can not be changed

Life can't be undone

You will fly too close to the sun

Like you did before

So will many more

Do in times to come

Icarus this game simply can't be won...