Thus, Ikarus

Lyrics

I’ve been floating through the house now

Covered in a sheet

Rattling chains and moaning loudly since 1917

You’ve got the wind at the door

The bump in the basement

The creak in the attic floor

I say hello and goodbye

But my incandescent language

Only startles your Labrador

Haunting you

Fairly inconvenient on my side too

But although that is so, you should know

Nothing you can do will make me go away

Stuck with each other and that’s okay

Late at night -- when it’s right -- put the fright gear on

I and my friend the wind will blend

To send this little song

This vocation has its downtimes, tedious in-betweens

Fortunately, I’ve found a pastime:
studying your routines

You’ve got the lesson at five, and dinner at seven

Fall asleep right at 10:04

Walk the dog -- 6:05 -- then an eleven-minute breakfast

Always late running out the door

Watching you

Doing all the daily things humans do

If I could (and I should) I would look away

But when you make toast or button your coat

Or yawn that way

I find I’m fascinated; it makes my day

When you strum your Gibson I just hum along

Pick your own tune and howl at the moon

I’ll croon my little song

You must see it too

There’s a tiny imperfection

That keeps us from being more

The path between me and you

Flows in only one direction

So what are you waiting for?

Calling you

Drift across the border and join the crew

We’ll be sweet -- matching sheets, and you know

Nothing they can do will make us go away

Stuck with each other in every way

We’ll torment residents, and then all night long

Put on our gear and let them hear

Our cheery little song

I swim in the anticipation

You’ll soon be joining me

Here or there, you’re my occupation in perpetuity