Butterflies in the Bruises

[Verse 1]
I kept your letters in a shoebox
Coffee stains and crooked hearts
Every line a little landslide
Every word a brand-new scar
You left your sweater on my chair
Still smells like that first July
How can something so worn-out
Make my chest feel so alive?
[Chorus]
Love like this
Leaves butterflies in the bruises
Little wings
In the places that I lose it
Every ache
Is a trace of where you’ve been
Love
Then pain
Then healing rushing in
Butterflies in the bruises again
[Verse 2]
I saw your name light up my phone
Let it ring
Then fade to black
Funny how the smallest moments
Bring the biggest feelings back
I’m learning how to breathe around you
Even when you’re not around
Every tear that hits my pillow
Waters something in the ground
[Chorus]
Love like this
Leaves butterflies in the bruises
Little wings
In the places that I lose it
Every ache
Is a trace of where you’ve been
Love
Then pain
Then healing rushing in
Butterflies in the bruises again
[Bridge]
One day I’ll see you on some sidewalk
Ask about the years we missed (yeah)
You’ll laugh about the way we broke
I’ll thank you for all of this
The wreckage and the wonder
The storms and sunny skies
How you taught my shattered pieces
To grow a pair of wings and fly (fly)
[Chorus]
Love like this
Leaves butterflies in the bruises
Little wings
In the places that I lose it
Every ache
Is a trace of where you’ve been
Love
Then pain
Then healing rushing in
Butterflies in the bruises again (again)
Butterflies in the bruises… amen

Warm indie-pop ballad with intimate male vocals over gently picked acoustic guitar, soft piano, and subtle percussion. Verses stay close and conversational; chorus blooms with stacked harmonies, airy pads, and a steady kick. Bridge strips back to almost a whisper before a final, lifted chorus with a bright, hopeful shimmer in the top line., healing