Icarus
from Evolve by Ani DiFranco
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lyrics
seems like you just started noticing
how noticeably bad things really are
and then you walk past this couple arguing
in a rolled up window parked car
an all that gesticulated bitterness
an alla that muffled yelling hell
it’s like it just starts wafting at you
like a big furry rat died inside of that wall kinda smell
bad dreams like this roll in like a cold front
thunderous thunder and lightning in tow
and your tiny little life gets even smaller
as you heed the heavens’ mighty show
an i don’t mean heaven like godlike
cuz the animal i am knows very well
that nature is our teacher and our mother
and god is just another story that we tell
you’re trying not to grasp
not to start grasping
at straws or sticks or stones
trying to learn to just sit inside your sadness
even if you’re sitting there alone
cuz just like icarus ascending
never intending to look back
nature’s law and your tragic flaw
are vying to send you flying into the arms of another venus fly trap
guzzle till the buzzing stops
guzzle till the buzzing stops
guzzle till the buzzing stops
how noticeably bad things really are
and then you walk past this couple arguing
in a rolled up window parked car
an all that gesticulated bitterness
an alla that muffled yelling hell
it’s like it just starts wafting at you
like a big furry rat died inside of that wall kinda smell
bad dreams like this roll in like a cold front
thunderous thunder and lightning in tow
and your tiny little life gets even smaller
as you heed the heavens’ mighty show
an i don’t mean heaven like godlike
cuz the animal i am knows very well
that nature is our teacher and our mother
and god is just another story that we tell
you’re trying not to grasp
not to start grasping
at straws or sticks or stones
trying to learn to just sit inside your sadness
even if you’re sitting there alone
cuz just like icarus ascending
never intending to look back
nature’s law and your tragic flaw
are vying to send you flying into the arms of another venus fly trap
guzzle till the buzzing stops
guzzle till the buzzing stops
guzzle till the buzzing stops
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from Evolve,
released March 11, 2003
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Ani DiFranco New Orleans, Louisiana
Grammy winner and feminist icon Ani DiFranco began her career as a proponent of the artist-run label, creating her own Righteous Babe Records in 1990. Since then she has released over twenty studio albums and supported a broad range of social causes including racial justice, reproductive rights, gender equality, environmental issues and prison reform. ... more
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