[Intro]
[Verse 1]
You danced through the streets like a painted flame,
Wings like the dawn, but I burned your name.
Too wild for these walls, too bright for the night,
I grabbed at your grace, tryna make you mine.
But these hands, they were rough, didn’t know how to touch,
A fragile kind of magic—I loved you too much.
[Chorus]
Oh, burnt butterflies, ashes in the wind,
I held you so close, couldn’t see where I’d begin.
You were heaven’s own art, but I smothered your light,
Now I’m haunted by colors that fade in the night.
[Verse 2]
I built you a cage from my fear and my pride,
Silenced your song, hid the tears that you cried.
Feathers fell slow, like the rain on my chest,
You bled beauty away while I failed the test.
In the name of love, I stole your sky,
Turned a wildfire free into a captive sigh.
[Chorus]
Oh, burnt butterflies, ashes in the wind,
I held you so close, couldn’t see where I’d begin.
You were heaven’s own art, but I smothered your light,
Now I’m haunted by colors that fade in the night.
[Bridge]
The streets whisper your name where the gravel still stings,
A ghost in the dust, where you once shook your wings.
If I could turn time, I’d let heaven unfold,
Trade my grip for the grace of a story untold.
[Verse 3]
Now I walk these blocks where your shadow remains,
A silhouette burned in the smoke of my chains.
You were God’s last mercy, wrapped in gold and in pain,
But I traded your flight for a rusted refrain.
[Chorus]
Oh, burnt butterflies, ashes in the wind,
I held you so close, couldn’t see where I’d begin.
You were heaven’s own art, but I smothered your light,
Now I’m haunted by colors that fade in the night.
[Outro]
