Butterfly Songtext
von Luke Ritchie

I caught it with both hands,
My little butterfly,
I took it on a whim,
It took me by surprise,
To find it on my path
My sullen march to work,
I cupped it in my grasp
Like a flame so thin
A flame that never burns


I held it to my chest,
And smuggled it back home.
It shivered at my palms,
The thought of what awaits.
A sample on a board
A piercing through the chest
A steady hand to prise
Arms out wide and then firmly pinned
Pressed to the wood all waxed and stiff

Sometimes I fear I can′t handle this,
The pace and the scale of remorselessness,
Even the kids here would tear its wings
Rip out her colours all paper thin,
These are the things, you can't shrink from this,
Weep for the stalk of a fallen leaf
Take what I can and then leave the rest,
Keep it safe in one gripped fist,

I let her in my home,
I let her find her way.
It′s here that we'll forget
Only for today,
Just within these walls
She'll never see it all
She′s fading in my arms
With a breath so faint,
A voice that never spoke