BUTTERFLY

Verse 1

Wrapped up tight in a silk-spun thread

Sleeping under words that were left unsaid

Darkness was a blanket, darkness was a home

Carving out a sanctuary built of stone

They told me to wait till the weather got warm

To stay out of sight from the gathering storm

Pre-Chorus

Pressing my palms on the shell from inside

No more place for a shadow to hide

Feel the pressure starting to crack

There's no turning around, no going back

Chorus

Metamorphosis is violent, didn't anyone warn?

Ripping through the chrysalis the second I was born

Look at all the colors that you tried to pin and dry

I'm not a specimen, I'm something that can fly

Watch the wings unfold and burn the map you drew

I used to be a shadow, now I'm blinding you

Verse 2

Shaking off the dust from the old regime

Waking up alive inside a bigger dream

You liked me better when my edges were small

Tucked away neatly behind the back wall

But the pattern expanded, the colors blew out

Drowning out the silence with a brilliant shout

Pre-Chorus

Pressing my palms on the shell from inside

No more place for a shadow to hide

Feel the pressure starting to crack

There's no turning around, no going back

Chorus

Metamorphosis is violent, didn't anyone warn?

Ripping through the chrysalis the second I was born

Look at all the colors that you tried to pin and dry

I'm not a specimen, I'm something that can fly

Watch the wings unfold and burn the map you drew

I used to be a shadow, now I'm blinding you

Bridge

Up into the current, up into the air

Leaving all the glass and the silver wire there

Fluttering, soaring, breaking through the gray

Watch the morning light sweep the dark away

I can feel the atmosphere shift in my hands

No more waiting on your demands!

Chorus

Metamorphosis is violent, didn't anyone warn?

Ripping through the chrysalis the second I was born

Look at all the colors that you tried to pin and dry

I'm not a specimen, I'm something that can fly

Watch the wings unfold and burn the map you drew

I used to be a shadow, now I'm blinding you