[Intro] [Verse] There’s a warning in my breathing Like something learned to live beneath it Every heartbeat counts the cost Of the softness I have lost [Pre-Chorus] I used to think it came to break me Now I think it came to stay [Chorus] Little dread butterfly Black dust on your wings Every time I try to sleep You start remembering things You don’t speak, you only shake You don’t leave, you only take Little dread butterfly How long have you been awake? [Verse 2] You land when I’m almost whole Press your weight into my soul Not a curse, not a friend Just a loop that won’t unbend [Pre-chorus 2] I don’t know if you protect me Or if you’re what I’m afraid of [Final Chorus] Little dread butterfly Black dust on your wings Every time I try to sleep You start remembering things You don’t speak, you only shake You don’t leave, you only take Little dread butterfly How long have you been awake? [Bridge] If I call you fear, you grow If I call you love, you don’t go So I hold you in between Something cruel and something clean [Outro - guitar] Stay if you must But don’t pretend You are not the start And not the end
