The Verlaines
Icarus Missed
Icarus missed
The populace did not

Icarus missed
The populace did not

A rare sea-bird flies once in a while
High up in the blue sky
People shoot at it like lunatics
And take aeroplanes

Icarus missed
The populace did not

Trivia
Trivia
He's a head bird, he's an idiot, he's an artist
And he's way above your head

Wisdom was a pearl before it was a swine
You can't let yours wallow I can't with mine
I can't with mine
I can't with

They cut your legs off when the blood
Couldn't face up to that task anymore
Icarus missed
Who twisted the arrow

Trivia
Trivia
It's a head-bird, it's a trivia-killing trogon
And it's way above your head

The story is untrue of how he came to fall down
The sun was never that hot
He was shot from the ground
He was shot from the ground
He was shot from the ground