The song is one of several of Denver’s–“Catch Another Butterfly” is another–that attempts to revive in us what we left behind as children. The chorus phrase “It is written from the desert to the mountains they shall lead us” echoes the Biblical passage “and a child shall lead them” (Isaiah 11:6).
The song is one of several of Denver’s–“Catch Another Butterfly” is another–that attempts to revive in us what we left behind as children. The chorus phrase “It is written from the desert to the mountains they shall lead us” echoes the Biblical passage “and a child shall lead them” (Isaiah 11:6).