[Verse 1]
We came from the soft ground
Same green hunger in the rain
All of us chewing through the dark
Learning how to carry our pain
Little jaws on a branch
Bare feet on a hard old road
But the day won't crack us open
If we drop the weight we hold
(harmonica plays)
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep your spine like iron
Keep your mind on time
Do the hard thing quiet
Step by step, line by line
[Chorus]
We are all just caterpillars
Trying to turn into butterflies
The stoic path will set you free
Hold that line, hold that trust you got Butterfly blood, but you’ll need to earn it first
(harmonica plays)
[Verse 2]
You don't rush a shell to break
You don't beg the moon to rise
You stand still in the cold wind
Knowing you will outlast
Every bruise is a teacher
Every no is a gate
Every dawn is a slow knife
Cutting all the old weight
(harmonica plays)
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep your spine like iron
Keep your mind on time
Do the hard thing quiet
Step by step, line by line
[Chorus]
We are all just caterpillars
Trying to turn into butterflies
The stoic path will set you free
Hold that line, hold that trust you got Butterfly blood, but you’ll need to earn it first
(harmonica plays)
[Bridge]
I have seen the weak ones panic
Spin and snap inside the cage
I have seen the patient open
When they swallowed every rage
So I stand with the long road
I stand with the stone-cold sky
If we want those wings, brother
We got to let the old skin die
(harmonica plays)
[Chorus]
We are all just caterpillars
Trying to turn into butterflies
The stoic path will set you free
Hold that line, hold that trust you got Butterfly blood, but you’ll need to earn it first
(harmonica plays)
