Seems to be basically about a sex change and a commentary on the whole identification of men and women, but it seems to be a pretty negative one at that. It says, boys are boys and girls are girls, but some people want to change that. He then goes on to say how the idea is ridiculous and against nature. But then I think it might take a more positive turn at the end, maybe saying how these people are pioneers that are embracing their true nature. And that is an advancement in society that these people have this option and that they can be "suddenly free."
I think the first three lines might well be in implied quotation marks -- the little girl is being told "he's a boy, you're a girl, it'll never change" by someone with a more concrete/simplistic sentence structure, before the person who's her mother now comes by to give a different perspective.
I think the first three lines might well be in implied quotation marks -- the little girl is being told "he's a boy, you're a girl, it'll never change" by someone with a more concrete/simplistic sentence structure, before the person who's her mother now comes by to give a different perspective.
The rest of the song is by the same narrative voice--maybe the mom quoted that three lines of dismissal to the daughter before trying to explain her own point of view. It does feel disjointed but enthusiastic, maybe an explanation that all poured out at...
The rest of the song is by the same narrative voice--maybe the mom quoted that three lines of dismissal to the daughter before trying to explain her own point of view. It does feel disjointed but enthusiastic, maybe an explanation that all poured out at once as the singer tried to articulate the experience of "turning into a butterfly" but got overwhelmed by it.
Seems to be basically about a sex change and a commentary on the whole identification of men and women, but it seems to be a pretty negative one at that. It says, boys are boys and girls are girls, but some people want to change that. He then goes on to say how the idea is ridiculous and against nature. But then I think it might take a more positive turn at the end, maybe saying how these people are pioneers that are embracing their true nature. And that is an advancement in society that these people have this option and that they can be "suddenly free."
I think the first three lines might well be in implied quotation marks -- the little girl is being told "he's a boy, you're a girl, it'll never change" by someone with a more concrete/simplistic sentence structure, before the person who's her mother now comes by to give a different perspective.
I think the first three lines might well be in implied quotation marks -- the little girl is being told "he's a boy, you're a girl, it'll never change" by someone with a more concrete/simplistic sentence structure, before the person who's her mother now comes by to give a different perspective.
The rest of the song is by the same narrative voice--maybe the mom quoted that three lines of dismissal to the daughter before trying to explain her own point of view. It does feel disjointed but enthusiastic, maybe an explanation that all poured out at...
The rest of the song is by the same narrative voice--maybe the mom quoted that three lines of dismissal to the daughter before trying to explain her own point of view. It does feel disjointed but enthusiastic, maybe an explanation that all poured out at once as the singer tried to articulate the experience of "turning into a butterfly" but got overwhelmed by it.