Helios

I think in another life, in another time, I would have been a poet/musician/artist... Even in silence, music pervades my thoughts, invades my heart, and warms my soul. I'm always singing, even if you can't hear it... and my old notebooks are full of drawings, poems, songs and stories...

I don't do it as much as I used to, but I love to write and sing. Now the words only flow when properly inspired... but the music is still there...

I wanted to share a song I wrote.... If you ever remember, ask me to sing it to you with guitar accompaniment... It's about that silly boy Icarus, but from the sun's perspective (hence the title...) Enjoy...

~ LondonBoundGirl

Helios (The Tragedy of Icarus)

It's been a while since you went away
Swept up in the haze of the summers day
You didn't even spare a good-bye
You just spread your wings and took to the sky

Your father warned you, but you couldn't resist the height
Shining so brightly, you couldn't resist my light
You came closer still with every flap of your wings
Arms outstretched to touch forbidden things

But Icarus, why must my heart be your sun?
And my intensity, your demise?
You covered your failure with self-shame
When the blame was always mine in disguise

Try as you might to reach the heavens, I got in the way
So you couldn't stay
Better to spread your wings and away you fly
Than to fall out of the sky...

You hung on only the the edge of your insanity
But you could not resist me in your vanity
You were warned, maybe you had to burn
It seems that the only way some boys learn

The truth you wanted was covered in my sunshiny lies
My gaze is thralling, you couldn't resist my eyes
When we made contact, the rush was so sweet
Even though it burned you, you loved to feel my heat

But Icarus why must my heart be your sun?
And my intensity your demise?
You covered your failure with my shame
And blamed the warmth between my thighs
My passionate cries

Try as you might to reach the heavens, I got in the way
So you couldn't stay
Better to spread your wings and away you fly
Than to fall out of the sky

Oh Icarus, Apollo's chariot was never for mere mortals to claim!
You didn't realize your prize could not be tamed...
You're to blame

Should you ever return
And your wings don't fall apart
Should you withstand my heat
I'll leave the light shining so you can find the way back
to what you seek

Oh Icarus, why must my heart be your sun
And my intensity your demise?
You covered your failure with self shame
Was the blame always mine in disguise?

Try as you might to reach the heavens, I got in the way
So you couldn't stay
Better to spead your wings and away you fly
Than to fall out of the sky