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Butterfly, How Long It Takes to Die Lyrics
If you've ever really seen the sunrise
You will see how many times it tries
If you've ever really seen the sunset
You will see how long it takes to die
You can see the butterfly has landed
Landing on your face, it licks your eye
You can feel its tongue making a teardrop
You will see how long it takes to cry
You can see the universe beginning
Making a new sun in a new sky
You can see the universe is ending
Making a new dark in a new night
You will see how many times it tries
If you've ever really seen the sunset
You will see how long it takes to die
Landing on your face, it licks your eye
You can feel its tongue making a teardrop
You will see how long it takes to cry
Making a new sun in a new sky
You can see the universe is ending
Making a new dark in a new night
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This song is hauntingly gorgeous, and one of my favorites off The Terror. The lyrics are pretty much self-explanatory, as with most Flaming Lips songs, but damn do they hit home.
lyrics,so unconventional.
This song to me by the way is all about the new rise after the end. A sunrise is followed by a sunset(transition is from positive to negative) The butterfly,born out of a caterpillar weeps on this upcoming catastrophe.
But,there is another transition which follows ..from positive to negative.
"You can see the universe beginning Making a new sun in a new sky You can see the universe is ending Making a new dark in a new night"
That is,this whole cycle of a play between positives and negatives in our life goes on and on.