The Crow And The Butterfly Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ShineOn 

Cover art for The Crow And The Butterfly lyrics by Shinedown

Last night Shinedown was on Rockline, and someone called in and asked what this song meant, or what inspired it. Brent then went on to say that while they were in the process of writing the new album, he had a dream. He said his dream was very vague, but it was about a mother and her child, and the child passes away. The song is about the mother dealing with the death of her son and trying to move on.

the first time i heard this song it struck me because my son passed away in October of 2009 and i've had a hard time dealing. Since then everywhere we go there is at least one yellow butterfly somewhere around my daughter and she calls them her brother. When I heard the song I just felt like it was for me. Like it was to help me deal and move on. I saw the video and I cried hysterically and I've wondered since then if that's really what it was about. Thank you for answering my question. U've been a...

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