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Icarus

by Mark O'Keefe

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(First things first, I hope you take a moment to slip on a nice set of headphones before listening - thanks! :)

I've been graced with an extraordinary amount of truly great fortune throughout my life. No matter how troubled one can feel at any moment in time, things can always be much worse, right? So, cheers to the light of every dawn!

lyrics

Start at the bottom - yearn for the top
Scratch and crawl - never gonna stop
Push and prod ‘til the other shoe drops
Then start it all over…
Work from the bottom - strive for the top
Scratch and crawl - never gonna stop
Push and prod ‘til the other shoe drops
Then start it all over…

I’d been flying low, and lying about biding my time
Contented, cool - my quirk, constitutional crime
Steady on, good fortune came often - time and time again
That I changed my mind, I couldn’t tell you when…

Start at the bottom - yearn for the top
Scratch and crawl - never gonna stop
Push and prod ‘til the other shoe drops
Then start it all over…
Work from the bottom - strive for the top
Scratch and crawl - never gonna stop
Push and prod ‘til the other shoe drops
Then start it all over…

Fussing and bother, and asking why?
Enmity, odds & ends… plans gone awry
Not as young Icarus would fly (start it all over)

I’d been flying high, but straying too close to the sun
Spun in a cyclone – my fabric, as woven, undone
Still I angled skyward, with a blind eye to the brutal blaze
Burning ties and bindings fed smoke to stoke the blistering haze
In a tailspin, tumbling to the curative waves

Start at the bottom - yearn for the top
Scratch and crawl - never gonna stop
Push and prod ‘til the other shoe drops
Then start it all over…
Work from the bottom - strive for the top
Scratch and crawl - never gonna stop
Push and prod ‘til the other shoe drops
Then start it all over…

(Woh-oh-oh-oh...)
How did I get here? Where have I gone?
With or without me, life will go on
So cheers to the light of the dawn
Rest well you sleepyhead, don’t you cry
Bumbling through brambles won’t keep your eyes dry
It’s not as poor Icarus died…

credits

released August 16, 2022
All music, lyrics, production and artwork by Mark O'Keefe.

All vocals and instrumentation by Mark O'Keefe with the exception of truly amazing drums - and many more tangible and intangible contributions - courtesy of my great friend and supportive collaborator Gary Schwartz. Indeed, he be da man!

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Mark O'Keefe Ventura, California

Mark collaborates with Gary Schwartz - former drummer of "The United States of Existence" and "The Jigsaw Seen".
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