While learning these parts, I found an-other reference I'd missed: in the third verse, there's the line "I can fly so close to the sun, that I cannot see it rise." It's a reference to Icarus, who flew too close to the sun so that the wax that held his wings together melted and he fell into the sea. I think this phrase is all there is to the reference though; there doesn't seem to be anything else about Icarus in the song.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
"Light of the World"
Earlier this evening, I learned the opening piano part and the bass and guitar parts for the verses of "Light of the World." In my recording, I have just one verse of the bass and guitars, but I think the other verses are the same. If anything, there are just some differences in the rhythm of the bass part.
While learning these parts, I found an-other reference I'd missed: in the third verse, there's the line "I can fly so close to the sun, that I cannot see it rise." It's a reference to Icarus, who flew too close to the sun so that the wax that held his wings together melted and he fell into the sea. I think this phrase is all there is to the reference though; there doesn't seem to be anything else about Icarus in the song.
While learning these parts, I found an-other reference I'd missed: in the third verse, there's the line "I can fly so close to the sun, that I cannot see it rise." It's a reference to Icarus, who flew too close to the sun so that the wax that held his wings together melted and he fell into the sea. I think this phrase is all there is to the reference though; there doesn't seem to be anything else about Icarus in the song.
