mastodon - oblivion

To me this song has several meanings, but i also see a story. A story of a person who has pushed it just too far, who has gone out on there last limb searching for an answer, a solution or whatever it may be they want or need but in the end the failed and are now tormented by that fact. The lyrics "Flew beyond the sun before it was time" to me, is much like the story of "Icarus" who melted the wax off his wings by flying too close to the sun and fell into the sea. It almost seems like Mastodon took that story and turned it into a metaphor, however you want to interpret that metaphor though, is up to you.