When we die, we are butterflies

[Verse 1]
When we die
We sink into the soil
Cows wandering slow
Over our old questions
Friends
Tell me
What clings to this world
After our hands
Let it slip?

[Chorus]
We are butterflies
We are
Bright
Scarlet
Scared
Alive
Winging through the wide
Wild air
Leaving color in the sky
Every little wave we start
Even whispers move the tide
We are butterflies
We are
We are here
Then we divide

[Verse 2]
How long
Does a name stay warm?
On a tongue
In a photo
In a drawer
Do you know?
Every laugh
Every lie
Pressed like flowers
In someone else’s mind

[Chorus]
We are butterflies
We are
Bright
Scarlet
Scared
Alive
Winging through the wide
Wild air
Leaving color in the sky
Every little wave we start
Even whispers move the tide
We are butterflies
We are
We are here
Then we divide

[Bridge]
Each one who lived
Left a trace of themselves
On a shoulder
In a story
On a child’s crooked shelf
Every wave
Even the smallest
Changes everything it touches
Then dissolves into the rest

[Chorus]
We are butterflies
We are
Bright
Scarlet
Scared
Alive
Winging through the wide
Wild air
Leaving color in the sky
Every little wave we start
Even whispers move the tide
We are butterflies
We are
We are gone
But we abide