Dear Icarus chords by Anna Miriam Brown

♫ Verse 1:
G
I sneer at the sparrow singing at my window such a pretty little lucky thing
G
I sneer at the arrow of comparison that's buried in my chest
G               Gm
Why did God forget to give me wings

   F     C                            Gm
Why, why, why, why was this restless little soul within me made to fly?
   F     C
Fly, fly, fly, fly

 Gm      F         C
I long to glide across the rising sun
     Gm   F  C
My eyes on fire
Gm      F      C
I have tendencies to only want
        Gm    F  C
What I shouldn’t desire

♫ Chorus:
G              F
Oh, what I wouldn’t give to fly
G                   F
Oh, to feel the sun's reflection in my eyes, as I rise
G7           C
Oh they tell me to get rid of it
          F
Cause risk is inconsiderate
F
Dear Icarus, you beautiful idiot
  G7         C    F
But oh what I wouldn’t give to try
  G
To fly

♫ Verse 2:
G
Father says men like me and him
G
Shouldn’t be caged in
G             G*    F
So we will take the east wind and a map
F
To a place without a prison
F
A place where freedoms given
F                           G
Were we won't be in the kitchen dipping feathers into wax
    C         F
And he straps angel wings to my back

    Gm       F         C
Saying so long as you stay far from the sun
  C      Gm  C  F
My child, you’ll fly
Gm      F         C
You have tendencies to want your fun
   C         Gm   C   F
Your wild could be your demise

♫ Chorus:
G              F
Oh, what I wouldn’t give to fly
G                   F
Oh, to feel the sun's reflection in my eyes, as I rise
Gm           C
Oh, they tell me to get rid of it
          F
Cause risk is inconsiderate
F
Dear Icarus, you beautiful idiot
  Gm         C    F
But oh what I wouldn’t give to try
  Gm  C  F
To fly

♫ Outro:
Gm          C
Oh, I never could get rid of this
           F
When heaven looks so limitless
F
I’m Icarus, a beautiful idiot

Gm          C
Oh, my father you are missing this
         F
Let it melt your bitterness
F
I’m Icarus, a beautiful idiot

Gm          C
Oh, I cannot blame my ignorance
            F
Ill blame the sun's deliverance
F
I’m Icarus, a beautiful idiot

Gm          C
Oh, I’m sorry I’m indifferent
          F
To death and it’s relentlessness
F
If Icarus must die
      C
He’ll die a beautiful
F
Idiot