The noose of ego hangs around my neck Tied to a stone of despair Thinking I can do something I can't And the rock rolls off the wicked hills Of drugs and liquor weighing me down Until the illicit substances take hold And I can fly for a few hours But when the sun is reflected into my window And my alarm bleats out its melody I wake up with the noose a bit tighter And the rock a bit bigger I know the story of Icarus And I'm scared about what will happen When the rock is to heavy