
Date of issue: 02.03.2009
Record label: 19, Too Young To Die
Song language: English
I Box Up All the Butterflies |
I find it difficult to |
Relax in the summertime |
With all the flowers in bloom |
I creep across the countryside |
With my net and my bait |
And a pocketful of bailer twine |
I break the promises I made |
As I box up all the butterflies |
I ruin |
Everything |
As I sit in a field of grass |
In the spring |
Listening |
To the beat of its little heart |
And to its wings |
Struggling |
For air under an upturned glass |
And I put a pin |
Through its wings |
And I bottle it up |
I box it up |
And bury it in my heart |
Just as I know my friends |
I also know my enemies |
Are the birds and the bees |
And my own little insecurities |
I creep around in the dark |
And I tear up all the dandelions |
And I break my own heart |
As I box up all the butterflies |
Tirelessly |
Following |
Its tiny butterfly tracks |
Across the field in the spring |
With a plastic carrier bag |
Full of fish |
Hooks, and string |
I lay a little matchbox trap |
And I put pin |
Through its wings |
And I bottle it up |
I box it up |
And bury it in my heart |
I folded up its furry wings |
And opened up its little heart |
It might sound stupid |
But something about it made me want to pull it apart |
I ruin |
Everything |
As I sit in a field of grass |
In the spring |
Listening |
To the beat of its little heart |
And to its wings |
Struggling |
For air under an upturned glass |
And I put a pin through its wing |
And I bottle it up |
I box it up |
And bury it in my heart |
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