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Ballad of Black Butterflies

from 2018 December Project by Ivan Chew, Minwen, Lynn Dresel

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Ballad of Black Butterflies

Stanza 1:
She was the Queen of the Night
Singing her song of the moon
It was blue, cold and barren
Her voice cut like a shard

As the dark song unfurled
It fluttered and soared
Across the heart of a boy
Who wept his nectar of tears

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Chorus:
There, as he laid on the ground
Black butterflies bleeding
There, as he laid on the ground
In the dark of nothing

Here, as we lay on the ground
Black butterflies bleeding
Here, as we lay on the ground
Black butterflies singing

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[Repeat Stanza 1]

Bridge:
The glass of her voice
Flies through the flowering fields
A trellis of sorrow
A wilted shivering rose

Oh Black Butterfly
Embroider your baroque
Flutter your wings

~
[Repeat Chorus x 2]

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from 2018 December Project, released December 12, 2018
Words & Vocals by Minwen.
Composition & Arrangement by Ivan Chew.

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