Daedalus
Valiant Hearts Lyrics

Doomed to repeat, repeat, repeat our history
Destined to continually relive and experience our past, over and over again

It's all written for you in our tapestry
Our collective story and fate have already been predetermined and recorded, like threads woven into a tapestry

Soon it will circle back to me
Inevitably, the consequences and events of our history will come full circle and affect me as well

It's just waiting for you to find out what it means
The significance and message of our history are patiently awaiting your discovery and understanding

Everyone you know, everyone you see
Every person you encounter, whether familiar or new

Is always trying to find their place in history
Each individual is constantly seeking their role and significance within the larger narrative of human history

But it's already there, already fair, dried out in the open air
However, the answers and purpose they seek are already present, revealed and exposed for all to see

You keep on writing all day
Persistently, you continue to write and create

Until the words are engraved indefinitely
Until the words become permanently etched and immortalized

What was once there is no longer visible
What once existed cannot be seen anymore

What came before is indecipherable
The events and meanings of the past have become incomprehensible and unclear

It's all weighing on you, it's all tragedy
The burden of our shared history is heavy and filled with sorrow

We're wiping all of the slate clean
Together, we are erasing and starting anew, removing the remnants of our previous existence

It's rewritten for you, so find out what it means
Our history has been reinterpreted and shaped for your discovery, so seek its true significance

What it means to be truly free
The essence and understanding of genuine freedom

What it means to be blind but see
The paradoxical state of being visually impaired yet possessing profound insight

What it means to know the route out of the maze
The comprehension and direction to escape the complexities and confusion of life

Instead of just another lie
Rather than succumbing to falsehoods and deception

It's not another lie, don't trust the walls inside
The truth is not deceitful, do not rely on the barriers and limitations created within oneself

If they dared they'd only lie
If those barriers were challenged, they would only lead to falsehoods

About how it's better on the inside
Misleading claims that the confinement and internal struggles are preferable

How it's better left bottled up and confined
The belief that it is preferable to suppress and contain emotions and experiences

You build your walls just to knock them down
You construct barriers and boundaries only to deliberately dismantle them

When I'm no longer around
After my presence and influence have departed

Let the chains that keep you caged in this labyrinth
Allow the metaphorical restraints that confine you within this complex and bewildering maze

Become unbound
To become freed from those restrictions and limitations

Thought maybe I'd see you smile
I had hopes of witnessing your happiness and joy

But all you ever do is frown
Instead, you continuously wear a sad and downcast expression

Can't get off the ride now
Unable to escape the ongoing cycle and experience

All the carousel does is go around and around and around
The merry-go-round only repeats its circular motion

Never to let you back on the ground
Perpetually keeping you elevated, never allowing you to touch the solid, stable ground

I won't let you slow it down
I will not allow you to halt or decelerate the relentless progression

Find out what it means
Discover and comprehend its true signification