When you love someone so deeply
They become your life
It's easy to succumb to overwhelming fears inside
Blindly I imaged I could
Keep you under glass
Now I understand to hold you
I must open my hands
And watch you rise
[Chorus:]
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Fly abandonedly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly
I have learned that beauty
Has to flourish in the light
Wild horses run unbridled
Or their spirit dies
You have given me the courage
To be all that I can
And truly feel your heart will
Lead you back to me when you're
Ready to land
[Chorus]
I can't pretend these tears
Aren't overflowing steadily
I can't prevent this hurt from
Almost overtaking me
But I will stand and say goodbye
For you'll never be mine
Until you know the way it feels to fly
[Chorus]
So flutter through the sky
Butterfly
Spread your wings and fly
Butterfly
So i chose Mariah Carey_ Butterfly as my song, as you can tell.
I really like this song because those words just itself ment a lot to me. I heard this song about 7 years ago and from that day i loved it. I know word for word. Beyond that its more that the song had more of effect on me because i had recently lost someone at that time, and it seem that this song understood and was ment for me. I do truely admire Mariah Carey not only for this song, but for her voice and overal talent. She sings so beautifuly. I love all her songs, i even bought most of her CD's.
The meaning i believe Mariah Carey was going for was more directed towards love and relationships. But it ment alot deeper to me, lookig pass boyfriends/ girlfriends i thought it was just ment like loosing loved ones period. Theres a part where she said "I must open my hands, And watch you rise" and the way it ment to me at that time was to not old on, pray to God asking for someone who's suffering to stay alive for my own selfish reasons. I know i wasn't really being selfish, but me wanting God to keep this Angel who's time was up was wrong on my part. At that moment I realized that it was her time to go, praying to God i said, take her, i rather have her in heaven happy then here on earth suffering. I also think Mariah use the words as great as she could possibly do, in a way of expressing herself very well i believe.
The beat/ tone of the music is very soft and slow. Played with a lot of piano, soft drums. Its very easy to listen to. I believe the music itself just gives the lyrics more definition and beat to the song. Even with out the music, if it was acapella it would still be as beautiful. I believe her tone was hurt, sad, but understanding. Her tone went more for upset with how everything was going, but she was still willing to give it all up. Instruments used was drums, guitar, piano, and voice (vocals). They can used all different, make soft tones and sounds.
My Rewrite of the lyrics
When you love someone so much
When they mean everything to you
Its easy to let everything bottle inside you
Foolishly I thought I could keep you for ever
But now I know I must let you go
Go off and do the thing(s) you was destine to do.
Become something beautiful
Never stop, keep going.
If you ever need me or return to me I will always be there
I have learned that we must all leave and grow
But never let “the departure” from one another hinder ourselves
You’ve showed and taught me so much that I know you will always remain in my heart
I cant promise you that this will be easy.
I cant hold you back and not move on
But I will stad to see you walk away instead of me chaining you down.
You and I know that I will always love you not matter what.
So go home/ off to where you belong… I’ll see you again.
I Love You