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Icarus

Icarus

Carnal knowledge

Everyone thinks they know
what is best.
The path they have chosen
Must fit all.
Knowledge of Right and wrong  
forbidden
The fruit that made this mess
We’re all in.
The straightest line any man draws
A circle.
When all is done and said
We all sin.

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Autres oeuvres par Icarus...
The catalyst

How was it possible? Why on earth Did it never happen Before? How did you change
Rest!

REST! REST! REST! It is finished he has said put no faith in your own hands
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Men who go home to wives who don't care

The million incandescent bulbs that line Gibbs St from Barrett Place to Main go out just after midnight. Stragg… smokers sit or stand in the alley
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Banquet

I want to have it all A full meal with all the flavors Of the single morsel You fed me
Fire

The cherry red tip of ash falls from her cigarette to make love with a dry autumn leaf and set the forest ablaze.
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Exchanging griefs

I can’t help wondering Was that really you Could it have been so High If I could answer
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Never Again

Never again Will I be the means Used to deal my love an injury Never again
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The hustler

What are you selling Everybody is That thing that you have That’s icing and fizz Every encounter
Pieces

2014-12-28-21-44-05 It is a myth When they say “The pieces you give away You never get back”
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The Callous

It didn’t happen all at once The stress of impact And the heat of friction Combined Has a natural result
Letting go

Letting go Is not a choice That I can just make There are no simple steps I can mechanically perform
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What you were

You were more Than yourself For me You were A reason
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Drawn in

Whether moth to flame Or drawn in like fly to shit You captivate me
Fit for hell; saved by grace

Does it really matter Whose fault it was What’s been done Can’t be undone Anyways
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To have kept you

To have kept you Would have cost me Nothing To have lost you
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