the icarus plan

Hey, masquerade 

We don’t have to fight 

We don’t have to break down 

Just stay one more night 

You don’t have to cry 

You don’t have to make a sound 

Sorry for what we became 

I was caught in the fire just like you 

One day it all has to end 

and I’ll be lost to a world without you 

I’d kill for more try

but it won’t cover up 

all the wasted memories 

So ‘hello’ one last time 

It’s too late 

No more chances left to start again 

So sorry we ever began 

I was lost in the fire just like you 

One day it all has to end 

and I’ll open my eyes without you 

We were too scared to just to keep moving on 

Forever seemed far too long 

and now that it’s fading out I’m tracing maybes 

Going nowhere 

Yeah, I know who you are 

You’re my long goodbye 

Another shadow dancing in the rain 

Sorry for what we became 

I was caught in the fire just like you 

One day it all has to end 

and I’ll be lost to a world without you 

I’m sorry we ever began 

I was lost in the fire just like you 

One day this all has to end 

and I’ll open my eyes without you 

Where there’s no light      

The air hangs foul 

In cruelest night hides the darkest sounds 

Don’t be afraid

Though I would 

The thing that follows in the shadows 

with eyes that swallow you 

It takes control 

Don’t be afraid 

Yeah, I would 

Round and round we go

That faithless sky 

That nameless calm 

An unwelcome passenger to guide you on 

Don’t be afraid, child 

You’re already gone 

That thing that binds you in the shadows 

The smile that smothers you 

Your lovely bones

You’ll be afraid 

Yeah, I know 

and round and round we go

Calm children, calm… 

   Now I have you // I won’t let you go

Be passive and strong

   You won’t be without me // You’ll never be alone

Born to a world 

   Now I have you // I can’t let you go

that’s cruel

   Can’t breathe without me // Can’t ever be alone

So cruel 

Calm children, calm

   Now I have you // I won’t let you go

From shadow become 

   Won’t live without me // You’ll never be alone

so young and warm 

   And now you have me // No need for you to go 

and so cruel

   There's no ‘you’ without me // There's no ‘me’ without you

Cruel 

Let it all fall down 

   I won’t let you

   I won’t ever let you go

Things that haunt you from the shadows 

That shade that covers you and makes you whole 

Don’t be afraid 

Let two become one 

Round and round

We turn the page

I see ghosts everywhere I go

In burning homes and all that I know

It's not next

It's what’s after the laughter that finds you

Gentle winds on the lips of a broken heart 

I’d escape in the warmth of your fire

It surrounds you

Waking dreams in the night 

Broken seams in the light 

Turn the light

Turn the light out 

I see ghosts everywhere I go

In burning homes and all I know

Like a breath it was gone

In a look

In a memory 

Simple moments in time and I won’t let go

If you hear my voice in the dark would you call me home or let me slip away

It’s alright

I’m alright 

It’s just quiet now 

Be quiet now

Rain, rain go away

/// Something keeps calling me home ///

Rain, rain go away

/// I’m out here lost on my own ///

Rain, rain go away

/// Somebody help me back home ///

Rain, rain go away

/// I’m out here fading ///

I see ghosts everywhere I go

I'm burning homes and I know

ACT I

You gave me your hand

Asked me to understand 

So I did

Yeah, I did 

We’d play with our hearts and break them apart just like this 

Just like this

You’re here in my stars

We’d walk out the hollow lines

Clocks on the walls would fold time into time and we’d never look back

You’d dance without sound and ask me to be everything for you and I did 

You’re here in my scars

My Juliet -

My poison pill behind those eyes 

Juliet must die

Kingdoms and lies

Oceans and tides 

Yeah, we tried and we tried but those suicide eyes… 

I’d see your body rise… 

The note on the floor says: “I did... ” 

Yeah, I … 

You’re here in my scars

My Juliet -

My broken dreams behind blue eyes

Juliet must die

My Juliet must die

Juliet - oh, why? 

Juliet must die 

 ACT II

I’ve waited here all this time watching the world as it passes by

It passes by

I waited here all this time

A passenger drowning in waters that pass us by 

With lips that I no longer kiss at night and memories that trace back to you 

(I’ve waited here all this time) 

I waited here all this time caught up in thoughts that I can’t even recognize

These bruises that lead back to you 

(I’ve waited here all this time) 

I gave up everything waiting for anything

Some kind of sign that I might survive never came

The rest of our days

You’ll leave it that way

Cut at the knees

Never complete

A circle undone

You’re a liar 

A thief

You’re a ghost in my head and I’ll leave you that way

I waited here all this time watching the world as it passes by 

It passes by

Unsee the world

The walls

The warmth

The words 

The way you drown

Feed the scars you cling on to

They’re never going down 

Kill the heart

The hold

The heat

The hands that hold the sky

It’s only in the way

There’s something in the way

You’re my one and only

My only one

/// Lost in your eyes // No more goodbyes ///

Don’t let it out

Just let it go

You’re lost in time

The way you move 

The way you don’t look down

The surface of your smile

The secret’s in your sound

Just feel your worth

The love

The way you lie when I’m away from you

Yeah, there’s something in the way

There’s something in the way

You’re my one and only

My only

If its not enough for you and me let it go 

/// Even far away /// 

You’re my one and only

My only love

/// Lost in your eyes // No more goodbyes ///

Just let it go

Feeling cold this far away from you 

There’s a chance it went too far

This may be the last time 

Caught in the bright lights

/// Caught in the bright lights /// 

Don’t look away from who you are

/// After the sunrise ///

You’re my one and only

My only

If its not enough for you and me let it go

/// Even far away ///

You’re my one and only

My only love 

/// Lost in your eyes // No more goodbyes ///

Just let it go

My soul is good as gone

Falling away

They’ve won 

Here

Here in my head we go in sound 

In leaves we fall 

My soul is gone

Fallen

They’ve won

Here

Here in my head we look down and before we hit ground insulated in love we all fall 

Run, Run away 

Run, run away 

Rain in this brave new world 

Rain its a brave new world

Here comes my life again 

There goes the oxygen 

There goes my evidence 

Walk on the other side 

Here goes my life again 

There goes the innocence 

Here comes the oxygen 

Here’s where it all begins 

Swear on my life 

On the wrong 

On the right 

All my fears of the other side 

I feel only calm inside 

There goes my evidence 

There goes my oxygen 

There goes the light and I’m here on the other side

Life is the way that you move

Love is the way you let go

Unfold somewhere in these lovely bones

Follow the cynical smiles

Hands over neck and away we go

Here

Tracing my breath on the floor

Laid out and begging for more and more

Hear me call out

Don’t dry your eyes like its going to be ok 

Don’t fall apart just ’cause it feels right 

/// You can’t help me now ///

Blank

Tracing my red up the door

Echoes and terrible lies

Hands over face and a veil slides away into nothing and nowhere

Frayed

No filters or frames of my own

A thief and the weight of a knife

Hands over mouth and I stare in the face of the damned and the broken 

Don’t shine a light like its going to be ok 

Don’t force a smile just ’cause it feels right 

/// You can’t help me now ///

I’m not telling

You’re not asking 

I’m all secrets

You’re all shadow

I’m unbent in your refraction 

I’m erased and down we go

Don’t dry your eyes like its going to be ok 

Don’t fall apart just cause it feels right

Don’t shine a light like its going to be ok 

Don’t force a smile just ’cause it feels right

Good night 

Its time to go 

Fade out like dead heroes 

In starlight and radio 

Good night 

It’s time to go 

Just let go 

Now open your eyes 

We’ve been here before 

/// You’ll never wake up all alone /// 

Now open your eyes 

We’ve been here before 

Good night 

Its time to go 

Small crimes and mistletoe 

False smiles won’t guide you home 

Just let go 

Open your eyes 

We’ve been here before 

/// You’ll never wake up all alone ///

Now open your eyes 

We’ve been here before 

/// You’ll never wake up on your own ///

It’s so cold now 

So hollow and cold 

Lay down 

Fly right through to the heart of the sun 

You fall and burn 

Burn 

Don’t worry your head with the light of tomorrow’s sky 

Maybe it all should just burn 

We should wake up 

Wake up 

Open your eyes 

We’ve been here before 

/// You’ll never wake up all alone ///

Now open your eyes 

We’ve been here before 

Open your eyes 

/// We should wake up ///   

Open your eyes 

/// We should wake up ///

You’re safe and sound 

but you sting me with this runaround 

Such cruel control 

A kiss kept locked away within your underground 

Just bring me down 

  It’s like that

I can bleed like anyone 

But I’m tucked away and undone 

No time for pain or dark charades 

Left clawing at these scabs to find you 

We could leave but you won’t go 

Locked away and laid to waste 

A bullet fallen to the ground 

Just say you would 

  You can fake it 

  It’s good… 

  You can take it

  It’s a lie… 

Just say you would 

  You can want it

  It’s good

  You can fake it

  You can want it

  You can take it

  Go

Safe and sound 

The things you’ll say to keep the world from burning down 

  It’s like that

You could scream like everyone 

But you’re locked away and unsung 

No time for blame or serenades 

While sifting through this maze inside you 

We could leave but can’t let go 

A life erased 

A heart displaced 

An echo in the dark says:

Go on 

There’s nothing here for you 

An empty frame of where we began 

Just hold on 

There’s nothing without you 

Just breathe and push it away 

We could bleed like anyone 

But we’re locked away and undone 

No time for pain or dark charades 

Just picking at these scabs to find you 

We could leave and just let go 

or lie awake with our mistakes 

A bullet fallen to the ground 

We can bleed like anyone 

We can scream like everyone 

Locked away 

This dark charade 

A bullet fallen to the ground

They’ll never guess where I woke up today 

On the edge of a knife 

in the pull of the morning light 

I’ll never remember this anyway 

We were much too high 

Ghosts in the night 

May dawn save us all or take us all 

The days grow long in a world gone mad 

I wrote you a song for the radio 

We can pass the time and sing as the tide rolls in 

We’ll break from the weight like a levee and 

When I drown laughing float away, my love… 

So crawl 

Sing our songs 

Trade them on 

Take it all while the world burns 

Save us all or take me home 

These days grow long in a world gone mad 

Call your loves 

Cull your friends 

Crawl away 

Start again 

Take a bow 

And watch for the turn 

The closer to the end, the closer we begin 

So come 

Take it all 

Trade it on 

Break it all in a world that’s gone 

Save us all or sing along 

These days go on in a world gone mad

Hey runaway 

If only you’d let me keep you warm 

But you slip away

With no one by your side 

All sealed away 

A broken heart

The pieces all but stripped away 

With nothing left to hide 

Runaway

Where are you going to go 

Runaway 

There’s noone here we know 

Would you catch my fall or push me out? 

Would you carry the weight or leave it all behind? 

Hey runaway, you don’t have lose yourself 

or be the rain in someone else’s sky 

Just say you’ll stay 

You don’t have to say a word 

Just be okay 

You don’t have to run 

Would you hear me call and hold me tight?

Would you show me the way or leave me here to run? 

Would you catch my fall or push me out?

We can carry the weight or leave it all behind

It seems you’re just running away from what you love 

It seems you’re just runaway away from it all 

It seems you’re just running away from who you are 

It seems you’re just running away from the world

Would you hear me call and hold me tight?

Would you show me the way or leave me here to run? 

Would you catch my fall or push me out? 

We can carry the weight or leave it all behind