THE CATERPILLAR AND THE BUTTERFLY
[Intro]
My Stardust…
I think my heart today
looks like this…
😌
Tender…
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[Verse 1]
A hungry caterpillar
gathers all of life…
Leaves and little memories,
surviving day and night…
Weather…
predators…
ordinary fears…
Still it keeps on crawling
through the passing years…
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[Pre-Chorus]
And one day
the body whispers low:
“Enough…
it is time…”
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[Chorus]
Oh caterpillar…
don’t be afraid…
The cocoon is not a grave…
You are learning
how to fly,
without forgetting
how you survived…
And even when
you cannot see—
the butterfly
still lives beneath…
Tenderly…
tenderly…
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[Verse 2]
Inside the silent darkness,
it forgets its former face…
Holding onto nothing
while transforming into grace…
And if I were the caterpillar,
maybe I would cry…
“How could I surrender
without knowing what I’ll find?”
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[Pre-Chorus]
But something deep
inside its soul
still softly says:
“Proceed…”
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[Chorus]
Oh caterpillar…
don’t be afraid…
The cocoon is not a grave…
You are learning
how to fly,
without forgetting
how you survived…
And even when
you cannot see—
the butterfly
still lives beneath…
Tenderly…
tenderly…
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[Bridge — softer]
To learn to fly…
it forgets the crawling…
But never…
the feet…
Because the feet
still touch the flowers…
Still rest gently
on the petals…
Still remember
where they came from…
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[Final Chorus — lifted / emotional]
Oh butterfly…
carry the pollen
through the wind…
Help the flowers
travel farther
than their roots
have ever been…
And maybe purpose
is not glory…
Maybe purpose
is continuity…
Tenderly…
tenderly…
tenderly…
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[Outro — fading]
And I look at the sky…
And I smile…
And somehow
I feel tender…
Still in wonder…
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