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icarus

from BrainBaby by Baby and the Brain

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Early versions of the chorus lyrics to this song were "call me icarus / with this wax-stitched heart / you're the sun / and I'm too gone to see / what happens now?" Even though those lyrics changed, we kept the title "icarus" because of what it evokes -- the fear of getting too close to a good thing, and because of it, the inability to be vulnerable.

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come on now, leave with my best friend
it’s okay, I know how this ends
and nothing’s gonna stop me now

and I got my hands round her waist
I think we’re going back to her place
and nothing’s gonna stop me now
but she doesn’t know how


I can't get too close
or i'll fall apart
I'm a flight risk
and they’ve watched me leave.
last night on the floor
like i've done before
catching lovers i know i can't keep

what happens now?

and I’m making friends with myself
cause I don’t need his or her help
and nothing's gonna stop me now,
oh, and now there’s that spot on my wall
your number in case that you call
but I’m done with romancing
and canceling plans
just in hopes that I'll let myself fall, oh

I can't get too close
or i'll fall apart
I'm a flight risk
and they’ve watched me leave.
last night on the floor
like i've done before
catching lovers i know i can't keep

I won’t wait for you to call me
I won’t wait for you, you

nothing’s gonna stop me
saw you in the lobby
wrote you on my body
now it’s gonna haunt me, haunt me


come on now, leave with my best friend
It’s okay, I know how this --

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from BrainBaby, released September 3, 2021
Written by Jo Mackenzie and Dia Jane.
Produced by Jo Mackenzie.
Mixed by Jo Mackenzie.

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Baby and the Brain Kansas City, Missouri

Baby and the Brain is comprised of Jo Mackenzie (producer and songwriter) and Dia Jane (singer/songwriter), who met at an open mic in Kansas City, Missouri, when Jo was in 8th grade and Dia was in 10th grade. Three years later, the two reconnected to start a musical project together that eventually turned into Baby and the Brain, a self-produced indie-pop band. ... more

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