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The Icarus Ego

It starts as a small voice, a quiet whisper

at a pitch just outside your conscious thought

then it's slowly building steam

The drums get louder and coal is shoveled faster

the idea begins to pick up speed

and its voice gains a bit of volume

You hear it and dismiss it,

not even a fleeting pulse

Selective hearing in the emotional spectrum

Keep stepping forward it will fade

We don't talk about it

It's just our way

But that little demon has some great ambition

to pull you off your cloud.

You've told your every love goodbye

So you reach for the Sun

and fall from the sky

Cause you never had wings

that could reach that high

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nathaniel
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Published
Jan 6, 2011
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