Song Description
Song about finally leaving someone who is not right for you, using the imagery of a butterfly that could never be caught.
Song Length |
4:37 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Rock - Classic |
Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Heartbreaking, Composed |
Subject |
Breaking Up, Determination |
Similar Artists |
Sarah Mclachlan, Sheryl Crow |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
BUTTERFLY
Lani Ford
©? 5-8-2002
VERSE 1
You killed (you killed)
The butterflies in my belly
Shot down (down to the ground)
By the things that you tell me
Complete (incomplete)
And sincere melancholy
Felt deep (down in)
Down into my body
CHORUS
But I....(I...)
Wanted you there beside me
And you...(you...)
Couldn't have cared (less) so you lied to me
And now... (I'm...)
Going away (far away/to stay) from you baby
And you... (you...)
Wouldn't have stayed (no way) any damn way
So Goodbye
Butterfly
Don't cry
Goodbye
Butterfly
Goodbye
VERSE 2
I bought (I bought)
Your insipid story
I ought (to have not)
To have thought that you bored me
But now (it's gone)
You're gone and I'm sorry
For me (for you)
For being so horny
CHORUS
VERSE 3
I got (I got)
Lost on that mountain
But I (could not)
Never could find the fountain
So age (old age)
Has always been my captain
Stupidity (lucidity)
And cigarettes keep me aching.
CHORUS