Icarus from Instructions Unclear by Indigo Elephant

House of brick and mortar
It’s different when you’re older
The rust around your rain pipes
Only makes me love you more

I’m floating with no lifeline
I’m stuck in shoes that aren’t mine
I wish I could just go back
To how things were before

Life in limbo
I want to go back home

Lost and low in this town
I flew too high and fell down
Now every day’s the same shade
Of a grey that doesn’t cease

This weary climb is not for me
I want to go away and sleep
And dream that I am somewhere safe
Where I can be at peace

Life in limbo
I miss the simple things

Maybe this is not for me
Cause every day it’s/gets hard to see
The part of me that wants to dream
But I’m still here
Maybe I should just go home
Or maybe should I stay unknown
Until I find a place to go
I’ll stay here

Each days the same, only me, to blame,
The one that keeps me up at night, the one who’s putting up a fight
And I, don’t know, how far, it goes,
and i don’t see just where i stand, but how could anybody know

I saw it online, just one week ago,
10 tricks to be happy that you oughta know
There’s room for mistakes if you let yourself grow
But someone forgot to tell me

I should have known
Maybe this is not for me
I should have known
Simple doesn’t mean easy
I should have known
But at least it’s worth a try
I’m a fucking wreck, but I still got plenty of
time

I used to spend my days in bed, tangled up in all my dread
Had no handle on the weight, so worried I’d be stuck in place,
But I don’t need direction, to believe, oh no,
That all the shame will pass me by, no use looking for a sign

I took some time to believe
That everyone fucks up, not only me
I made my mistakes but now I can see

I should have known
Maybe this is not for me
I should have known
Simple doesn’t mean easy
I should have known
But at least it’s worth a try
I’m a fucking wreck, but I still got plenty of
time


I should have been more mindful of the choices that I make
I should have taken chances instead of taking breaks
I should have been more careful when it came to my own life
I should have bought this jacket in a color that I like

And all these thoughts are racing in my head, they never stop,
And all these insecurities, I learned them on the job,
But none of them can frighten me from flying to the sun,
I’d rather crash and burn instead of sleeping when it’s done

And all these thoughts are racing in my head, they never stop,
And all these insecurities, I learned them on the job,
But none of them can frighten me from flying to the sun,
More Icarus than Sisyphus than everything is done

All these thoughts, racing in my head, they never stop
I learned them on the job
But I’m not frightened, flying to the sun
I’m not done, No I’m not done

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