Just an old friend coming over
Now to visit you and
That's what I've become
I let myself in
Though I know I'm not supposed to but
I never know when I'm done

And I see you fogging up the mirror
Vapor around your body glistens in the shower
And I wanna stay right here
And go down on you for an hour
Or stay and let the day just fade away
In a wild dedication
Take the moment of hope
And let it run

Never look back
At all the damage we have done now
To each other
To each other
To each other

But when I see you
It's like I'm staring down the sun
And I'm blinded
There's nothing left to do
and still I see you

I never believe that things that they happen for a reason
And they never go as planned
I wanted to thank you for a vision that was lost that you returned
But you're past where you understand

Now her appetite is blown
Little else is known
except she's a little angry
Grabs a towel, looks away
and heat fades with the day
And I fall down on what to say
oh something clean, let me be clever
Hey oh well, whatever
But that's not what I mean
Where we're been has left us burned
still i wont turn now from a fight
You know I'll never win

so when I see you
you know all the things I've done
well i'm blinded
Like I'm staring down the sun
When I see you
When I see you
When I see you
It's like I'm staring down the sun

(Hey! I'm Blinded!)
(Hey! I'm Blinded!)
(Hey! I'm Blinded!)

Time it passes and it tells us what we're left with
We become the things we do
Me, I'm a fool, spent from defiance
yeah you got me but
I didn't give up on you

icarus is not a tee shirt or a swan song, no
He is born again and
It's not easy being me
but I can't promise I will mend
Or bend when you believe
That we are fixed now from our birth
And I've just fallen back to earth
Still you know I'll try again
Cause I believe that we are lucky
We are golden
We have stolen manners
in the days when we were one

So when I see you
In spite of all that we've become
I'm still blinded
But I'm still staring down the sun
When I see you
When I see you
When I see you
When I see you

Oh yeah
I'm still staring down the sun
Oh yeah
I'm still staring down the sun
Oh yeah
Well I'm still staring down the sun
I'm blinded

When I see you
When I see you
When I see you



Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28

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    My Interpretation:I have lived this song. I had a 5 yr relationship with a guy who no matter what we did to each other we always got back together, very much in love. We broke up and even 20 yrs later seeing him again it was like I couldn't look at him, cuz he blinded me to all his faults that I had forgotten, it was like staring at the sun, it hurt to look at him. Every word of this song is what its like to have this kind of love, An old friend now, but the feelings are still there in my heart, never to be forgotten, of course it could never be the same as before but when I see him I am reminded of vision that returned.....
    Flag Subeeon February 01, 2013   Link
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    Song Meaning:this sond is about how Stephen and a girl he liked just went through a hard time, they both have bitter feelings toward each other. The girl wants sex, but he is still hurt and doesn't want to make a mistake by giving her what she wants and having her be done with him. This song shows how he battles his mind love and hate. He at one point gave up on her toward the beging of the song, the though out the song it shows how he gains strength and how he gains confidence that he can get her. He uses an Icarus metaphor to show even though he was burn down by the sun (light which represents hope) he just like Icarus will try again. "take the moment of hope and let it run". He eventually gets the girl in the end even though he was so close to giving up. So Stephen is trying to say no matter how hurt you've been as long as you have hope DON'T GIVE UP and you may get the girl or what ever you want to get. HAVE HOPE.
    Flagged musiclover1992on September 28, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I just want to add how much I love this song and how it reminds me of some of my past relationships.. and I feel so lucky that the first time I ever heard it was live at a very small intimate venue! I LOVE you, 3eb. :-)
    Flag strykkerron March 01, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:It's about a girl he loves, and they're one of those couples who break up but never REALLY break up. They have a real connection that will never go away no matter who they date and what else they do. Even though they're just friends now he still loves her and wishes that they could get back to how they were before something came between them and they broke up.

    One thing that no one else has said is why they broke up-- I think they couldn't agree on religion. When he's talking about not giving up on her, then he says "I can't promise I will mend, or bend when you believe that we are fixed now from our birth" it sounds like he's talking about her deterministic religious views. I drew this conclusion based on their song Sharp Knife, which I think is about the same girl, where he says, "all that we call chaos I will say is by design," a.k.a. he wants to give in and pretend that he believes in religion and creationism just so that they can put that behind them and be together, but it always ends up coming between them again.
    Flag strykkerron March 01, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:i never comment on videos or lyrics or anything but this song are so good, I can't help it... like how i take the songs meaning, "i won't turn from a fight i know i'll never win." when you have no good reason to even like her, when she doesn't want you back, when you've tried everything and everyone else in the world (theres nothing left to do), time has passed, and still, you can't escape the reality that you love her more than anything and everyone in the world. nothing gives you the same high like she could. a bit scary actually, thank God for teb. great song.
    Flag rytyflyon January 04, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:this song gave me goose bumps the first time I heard it...it's not that I had a thing like this or something, but it's emotion is overflowing all over the song...i think that he (jenkins) wrote this song sometime after his broke-up with Charlize Theron... and after their long relationship they're a good friend now...
    maybe jenkins made a wrong choice something in their relationship which caused their split-up...he is feeling some deep remorse (WHO WOULDN'T!! Charlize is hot!)...and I think the time he wrote this song he wanted to make amends on their relationship but Charlize doesn't cared anymore...
    well, this was just my catch-up of the lyrics...3EB is one of the best lyrics band I've ever known...jenkins is a genius!..
    Flag morzon March 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I definitely have a guy that I think about every time I hear this song. I'll always love him. No matter how far we have moved on.
    Flag shesakillswitchon February 11, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:"Icarus is not a t-shirt or a swan song no, he is born again" "i'm just fallin back to earth" his relationship with this girl is more than material possessions or love songs, things you see in movies and books. he still has feelings for her, and she acts like she wants him to leave her alone, but he won't (i'm a fool spent from defiance)
    Flag AaronToroon November 02, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:loveee this song.

    so hes saying how he's going to see this girl who he used to be more than just friends with and goes into the house and "never knows when he's done" meaning he doesnt know where he's supposed to be with her or how to act
    So hes in the house and sees her in the shower and freezes then thinks that maybe if he stays right there she'll be okay with it and they can forget about everything that has happened. shes absolutely gorgeous.

    He says hes never believed in having a fate or destiny but she changed that for him.
    But when she sees him shes absolutely pissed and he doesnt know what to do and begins to talk to himself "maybe if i say something funny....no whatever i dont care, no wait i dont mean that you know what i meann" lol hes trapped in himself and his mistake. "And where they've been has left them burned" ...their past has made lasting effects on their relationship. yeah, he'll argue with her but she knows he cant stay mad at her.

    Everything that has happened doesnt even matter anymore and nothing more between them can come now.
    He says how he became such a fool and she gave up on him but he never gave up on her.

    Icarus is a god who escaped his death who he compares himself to and how he too is trying to escape what hes done. but he cant promise her he'll change. And icarus tried to fly away but fell to the ground to his death but of course he'll try again.

    They were perfect together and after everything....i still have feelings for you <---that's what the song's really about.
    Flag nicnic3on May 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Amazing song this band is the only band that to me can say things in a song that no one else can.... they can interpret the feelings of a relationship either how good or bad but the feelings of the break up and the awkward feeling of still being around even though you know you cant have that other person. The strong sexual desire you have when you look at that significant other that you lost because you think that by having sex one last time can rekindle something good again and fix all the wrongs. The icarus part is to represent the goal that was lost due to the lack of love on either side.... Icarus' wax wings were not supposed to go near the sun because they would melt like how when you were supposed to be there to show your significant other love or at least that you are there for them but that was it ..... Icarus fell to his death because he went to close to the sun....that means the bitter end to the relationship..... He is born again...Icarus was then sentenced to an eternity trying to fly across but never making it... just like that push you have to try and make things work but you always fail because you deny the fact that things are over...... Honestly amazing great song it reminds of a relationship that could only exist in the summer .... the summer is the best season, things are the greatest in the warmth of the sun
    Flag chester788on April 28, 2010   Link

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