[Intro: Queen's College Choir]
Oh
Oh

[Verse 1: Dan Smith]
"Look who's digging their own grave"
That is what they all say; you'll drink yourself to death
Look who makes their own bed, lies right down within it
And what will you have left?

[Verse 2: Dan Smith]
Out on the front doorstep, drinking from a paper cup
You won't remember this
Living beyond your years, acting out all their fears
You feel it in your chest

[Pre-Chorus: Dan Smith]
Your hands protect the flames
From the wild winds around you

[Chorus 1: Dan Smith & Backing, Dan Smith, Queen's College Choir]
Icarus is flying too close to the sun
And Icarus' life, it has only just begun
It's just begun
Ooh
Ooh
[Verse 3: Dan Smith, Queen's College Choir]
Standing on the cliff face, highest fall you'll ever grace (Ooh)
It scares me half to death (Ooh)
Look out to the future, but it tells you nothing (Ooh)
So take another breath (Ooh)

[Pre-Chorus: Dan Smith]
Your hands protect the flames
From the wild winds around you

[Chorus 2: Dan Smith & Backing ]
Icarus is flying
Too close to the sun
And Icarus' life
It has only just begun
This is how it feels
To take a fall
Icarus is flying
Towards an early grave

[Bridge: Dan Smith, Queen's College Choir]
You put up your defenses when you leave (Oooh)
You leave because you're certain
Of who you want to be
You're putting up your armour when you leave (Oooh)
And you leave because you're certain
Of who you want to be
[Chorus 2: Dan Smith & Backing]
Icarus is flying
Too close to the sun
And Icarus' life
It has only just begun
This is how it feels
To take a fall
Icarus is flying
Towards an early grave

[Outro: Dan Smith, Queen's College Choir]
Oh, oh (Ooh)
Oh, oh, oh-oh oh-oh, oh, oh (Ooh)
Oh oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh oh (Ooh)