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The Icarus myth is commonly used to illustrate the danger of extremes. It's probably familiar to you, but basically, it's the story of Icarus and his father Daedalus, who are both exiled on the island of Crete. In order to escape, Icarus builds wings out of wax and feathers. His father warns him not to fly too close to the ocean, or too close to the sun, but sure enough, Icarus gets lost in thought and ends up too high, where the sun melts his wings and he splashes into a watery grave (yarrr!). In James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the myth is alluded to regarding extremes in a potential genius. Here, it alludes to post-industrial society going too far.

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Dig too deep, get hot, hot hell, get devils inside your body.
Climb too high, get wet, wet wings, get heaven inside your throat.

And when the city starts to shatter. When the military comes. When the soldiers from their bases do arrive: we're going to feel the earth shake.

Do you have any more money? Do you have any more food? Do you even have a roof over your head? Looks as though the end is coming soon.

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from A Rhythm In The Cages (2009), released December 31, 2009

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