STARSET - ICARUS

STARSET - “ICARUS”
From the new album ‘HORIZONS’ | AVAILABLE NOW


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LYRICS

fell out of the air and you broke your wings
like you’re doing every other time
made a new pair out of broken things
to give it all another try
and you climb right up
to the highest peaks
and reach out to the edge of the world you seek
afraid of heights
so you don't believe
you could ever be good enough

go on then, Icarus
take your turn
you always fly right up
until it burns
your wings
you never could change
always the victim
into the flames again
go on then, Icarus
take your turn
you'll never go through them

head in the clouds buried
your feet in the ground telling
yourself it's the world that holds you down
but you've got your
chin held high
and your chest pumped up
the replica of a runner-up
you were made for skies
but you called your bluff
now you'll never be good enough

go on then, Icarus
take your turn
you always fly right up
until it burns
your wings
you never could change
always the victim
into the flames again
go on then, Icarus
take your turn
you'll never go through them

you'll never go through them
you'll never go through them

so fall back down, back down again
got your head in the clouds on the ground again
looking for a scapegoat to hold your feet
pounding on your chest so you don't feel weak
you fall back down, back down again

go on then, Icarus
take your turn
you always fly right up
until it burns
your wings
you never could change
always the victim
into the flames again
go on then, Icarus
take your turn
you'll never go through them

#STARSET #ICARUS #HORIZONS

[DanielQuan]

I just love how the symbol for this song looks both like a wing and like an object burning as it enters the atmosphere

[JGator]

What an interesting concept for a song! The story of Icarus has always been a lesson of hubris - but that of overambition. In this song Starset almost flips that on its head and calls out Icarus for not being ambitious enough. It's like Icarus wanted to escape the Earth but never committed fully to the mission.

It fits well into the whole theme of the Horizons album: Wanting to move forward, but constantly getting in our own way, both as individuals and as a species.

[themperorsomnium]

"You got your chin held high and your chest pumped up... the replica of a runner up"

WHAT A ROAST

[aholyspaniel]

The “lalalala” for some reason makes me think it is Icarus singing. It is distorted and faded, Almost like a faint memory of his confidence that he felt before he met his undoing.

[samveague]

Yes, Unbecoming and Icarus are a perfect combination, I love how so many of your songs can be thematically matched up together, even between different albums!

[troyofthefarm]

This song brings more heat than the Sun did to Icarus's wings 🔥

[Ariels]

The most hyped song did not disappoint

[ScamwatchDallin]

Thematically, this sounds more like a response to TRIALS than anything. Where TRIALS was more optimistic about the future, believing that the things we go through strengthen us, ICARUS tells the story of someone who failed, but refuses accountability. Really interesting, if that was the way it was intended.

[ns]

personally whenever reading about Icarus's story, i feel both angry and sad for Icarus. in a sense this song reminds me of the relationship we have with ourselves as humans. we have dreams, thoughts and ideals about the world but then insecurities like Icarus did. Icarus was made for skies but called his bluff, these lyrics make me think that Icarus himself was aware of the potential he had but scared of facing all the consequences or realizing the hardships he has to go through so then blaming the world for tying him to the ground. the song indeed is open to interpretations (many of them actually) but Icarus sometimes feels like "a manifest of facing yourself" to me. such an art!

[CristopherMartarello]

This is the most STARSET thing that I've ever seen. Masterpiece.

[probablyHavokk]

This song is definetely the most bopping of all them holy...

[thelightyears_]

I had high expectations for this one, but damn, it easily exceeds them. Reminds me of Carnivore and Unbecoming. Absolute masterpiece.

[randombleachfan]

Guys help, I can't stop listening to the absolute masterpiece that are ICARUS and SYMBIOTIC, as well as all the other songs in this new album lmao.

[noahm]

This whole song is fire but the part from 2:41-3:12 is my favorite part of this entire song and album.

[forestfinder]

Such a banger holy shit, I can’t stop thinking about how ECHO and this song just feel so right together, I feel like both songs could be a response to each other ICARUS to ECHO or ECHO to ICARUS.

[lukezin]

Objetivo: dormir cedo
Obstáculo: Starset e essa perfeição de música e esse álbum que é a melhor coisa do mundo

[UnderstandingSilence]

This song sounds like it should've been on Transmissions. Loving it.

[gigabyte]

I absolutely love that moment in the 3rd Chorus where Dustin says Icarus after the music cuts off, and then picks back up after.
That and the Chorus is just... 👌

[crkd]

Personal favorite. Very reminiscent of "Carnivore"

[Thechaosmaster]

I think one of the hardest things to do, as a Starset fan, is ranking their songs. I mean, you get powerful head bangers like, Point Of No Return, love songs like Satellite, there is nothing these guys can't do, except, for the truly impossible: Make a bad song. And I love 'em for it!