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Butterflies
Rock
Butterflies was released on August 7, 2026 by Learning to Fly Records as a part of the album Finding My Color
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Release DateAugust 7, 2026
LabelLearning to Fly Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM82

Credits

COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joshua Hansen
Joshua Hansen
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joshua Hansen
Joshua Hansen
Recording Engineer, Executive Producer

Lyrics

Three in the morning, the ceiling's a storm
Silver veins of moonlight crawl across the floor
I'm tracing old fractures in the shape of my hands
Wondering how something so beautiful could make me so scared
There's a wildfire blooming underneath my ribs
A thousand paper wings where my certainty lived
And every time your name drifts to me in the dark
The shadows lose their teeth, then sharpen once more
I keep waiting for the silence to return
But you've become the noise inside my blood
And I can feel the pressure rising
Like a tidal pull beneath my skin
Every hope becomes a question
Every breath is caving in
These butterflies are breaking through my chest tonight
Turning every doubt into a sky full of light
But what if the dawn steals the color from your eyes
What if I lose the only thing that makes me feel alive
I'm holding constellations with trembling hands
Trying to believe they'll stay exactly where they stand
These butterflies are beautiful and terrifying
Because I've never had this much to lose
There's a cathedral made of glass inside my head
Built from every worst-case future I haven't lived yet
I watch reflections of disasters pass me by
Like ghosts rehearsing tragedies beneath a summer sky
But then your voice appears like rain on burning ground
And all the sirens in my veins begin to drown
For a moment, the horizon doesn't seem so far
For a moment, I remember who we are
Still the night keeps whispering
What if every star you're chasing
Falls apart before it lands
What if happiness is fragile
As smoke escaping through your hands
These butterflies are breaking through my chest tonight
Turning every doubt into a sky full of light
But what if the dawn steals the color from your eyes
What if I lose the only thing that makes me feel alive
I'm holding constellations with trembling hands
Trying to believe they'll stay exactly where they stand
These butterflies are beautiful and terrifying
Because I've never had this much to lose
Paper wings
Hurricane heart
Hope and ruin
Tearing me apart
Paper wings
Hurricane heart
Still I would choose this
Over the dark
So here's the truth beneath the noise
I'm afraid
Afraid that every beautiful thing leaves eventually
Afraid that joy is just another form of gravity
Afraid that I'll wake up and find this was just a dream
And all these colors were never meant for me
But when I picture life without your light
That's the only future that truly terrifies me
If love is a cliffside
Then I'm already falling
If hope is a fire
Then let it consume me
If tomorrow comes to take this all away
At least I know my heart was finally alive
These butterflies are breaking through my chest tonight
Like a thousand shattered heavens learning how to fly
And even if the dawn steals the color from your eyes
Even if the world collapses right before my sight
I'll hold these constellations with trembling hands
I'll fight the fear that says they were never meant to last
These butterflies are beautiful and terrifying
But I'd rather feel them
Than spend another lifetime
Numb
Paper wings in my bloodstream
Starlight tangled in my scars
For the first time in forever
I'm afraid
Because I finally found something worth keeping
Written by: Joshua Hansen
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