She spent so long inside her shell Learning ways to hide herself Holding pieces of a life She never knew would change with time She thought the walls were keeping her safe So she stayed there, afraid to break But something underneath the fear Was quietly growing year by year And every scar became a part Of the wings she didn't know how to use She didn't have to change her heart She only had to learn to breathe She's a butterfly Finally opening her wings Leaving all the darkness behind Learning what freedom feels like She's a butterfly She was never meant to stay Inside the walls she built to hide Now she can dance her way into the light Her grandmother loved them too Those fragile wings of every hue And somehow now she understands Some things are passed from heart to heart, from hand to hand A memory she carries still A quiet love that always will And every time a butterfly flies It feels like someone's saying "You were always meant to shine" And all the things she couldn't name Were changing underneath The cocoon was never where she belonged It was where she learned to breathe She's a butterfly Finally opening her wings Leaving all the darkness behind Learning what freedom feels like She's a butterfly She was never meant to stay Inside the walls she built to hide Now she can dance her way into the light She doesn't have to be fearless She doesn't have to fly alone She can take her time She can find her way She can finally call herself home And if her wings feel weak sometimes If she forgets how strong she's been She'll look at those wings And remember this: She made it out She made it through And now she gets to choose She's a butterfly Finally opening her wings Look how the light is touching her now Look how she's learning to sing She's a butterfly And the world is waiting there No more hiding from the world No more shrinking from the air She's a butterfly She was growing all this time From a cocoon into the open From surviving into life She's a butterfly And now she gets to fly Not because she wasn't broken But because she learned she's still alive So spread your wings Take your time You don't have to know where you're going Just follow the light You're a butterfly
