Periphery Lyrics: Icarus Lives! and Eyes Wide Open Analysis

Icarus Lives!

Believe in memories to resurrect me.

Besieged by falling dreams,
Hold them tightly.
Adorn my wings to thee, and use them nightly.

I'm neither angel nor a demon spawn,
Though some will call me god.
Gravity is just a law I've wrought.

Hear temptation take the sky for all to see,
Sheer elation to write in history.

I'm neither angel nor a demon spawn,
Though some will call me god.
Gravity is just a feeble plot.

When I said I'd never kneel again,
What I really meant
Was (fucking) pull the pin because time is spent.

Unite with ravens on their shadow flights,
As my nocturnal right.
Gravity is just a mortal's vice.

When I said I'd never feel or see,
Love and sight are last resorts for me.

Eyes Wide Open

They try to silence my voice, they try to hold me down. But I’m still screaming out, “You better pray.” They call me fanatic because I can stand on my own. I speak revivalist. I got this fire shut up in my bones. They call me fanatic, and all the church doors stay closed because I testify. They preach sermons but still don’t know. The fanatical forerunner. I prepare the way. I speak a message of truth. Take heed – I mean what I say. You better pray.

So hide yourself in the darkness. Keep your prayers to yourselves, because any fool can pray just to get recognized by someone else. The secret life of fanatics; they can stand on their own because they recognize the church doors stay closed. We pray with our eyes open to see the victims of injustice. I’m not just one man – all heaven stands with me. I’ve got a message for the world: It’s not just us, you better pray.

Unfurling the Departures - Breathe

Breathe before the storm!

• Running to an uncertain fate, everybody worried about being number one, nothing for more than one second, one fucking second.
• Feelings thrown away, devastated colors.
• The meaning of life changes day by day.
• In these times that we live at full speed, intoxicated by the routine, we forget that we only live once.
• I take care to enjoy every second with all that have been there.
• Only I know the departure.
• Starting to live and forget every other fucking thing.
• One second between the masses to be able to breathe or maybe burn some herb that unfurls my conscience.
• One second between this sea of people blinded by avarice.
• I need one second between the masses to be able to breathe, be able to breathe.
• Starting to live and forget every fucking thing.
• Intoxicated by the routine, we forget that we only live once.
• Only I know the departure.