Butterflies Lyrics - Fear - Toad The Wet Sprocket

I saw something gigantic out on the water 

I asked my dad for a nickel, he gave it to me 

It was kind of misty, I couldn't be sure what it was 

And of course he wouldn't tell me 

In time I will collect the world 

The eggs and wings 

(I love the wings) 

Of butterflies 

A man drove up in an ugly car 

And he flashed his lights at everything he saw 

And his eyes were red 

And his stereo was so loud you couldn't hear the engine's roar 

He yelled at everybody in the road 

And did not notice all the moths he'd massacred 

Spread across the open road 

His skin flashed open 

All of a sudden there it was 

And I still couldn't tell 

You know how when you get so close 

To something that big 

You can't see anything at all 

In time I will collect the world 

(You who fall on cavalry) 

The eggs and wings 

(I give my children) 

Of butterflies 

A moth had settled upon his arm 

And he looked at it with a lazy eye 

And he lifted up a gigantic hand 

And he spread his fingers towards the sky 

He nudged the moth to make it fly away 

But moths are fragile things and he just wiped its body 

He just wiped its body, he just wiped its body 

Down across his shoulder blade 

He's a wonder, he's a little black-wing boy 

Oh, my daughters, he'll fill you with joy 

In time I will collect the world 

(You who soar o'er Calvary) 

The hearts and limbs 

(Had you wings) 

Of butterflies 

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