Lady Butterfly

Lady Butterfly, can I hold you still
on my fingers, without crushing your little wings?
I could close my hand, make sure you never leave,
but I'll break your heart and you'll break mine to me.

Lady Butterfly, do you still like me?
When I open my hand I will see.
I should trust that you once wanted to be here,
but I won't know that if I don't set you free.

Lady Butterfly, wanna make a deal?
You can fly other hands than my own,
it might hurt me twice a day three times or more,
but the price I pay is worth when you are back home.

Let me try, what everybody tries.
Let me know, what everybody knows.
That you want to be alone, like a butterfly that I can't really hold.

Lady Butterfly, the wind blows hard today,
though I couldn't protect you with my hands.
You were telling me that I was just a friend,
and I heard those words right before you left.

Lady Butterfly, it's been a while since then,
and I wanted to see you once again.
I searched everywhere, I travelled all the land,
you were never mine and now I understand.

Let me try, what everybody tries.
Let me know, what everybody knows.
That you want to be alone, like a butterfly that I can't really hold.