Butterfly – English Lyrics

• By: Demi Lovato
• Album: Dancing With The Devil... The Art Of Starting Over

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic and emotional journey with Demi Lovato's "Butterfly," a deeply personal song that explores themes of forgiveness, healing, and transformation. Learning the lyrics of this Rock/Pop ballad offers a unique opportunity to connect with heartfelt English expressions of grief, acceptance, and growth. Its honest and vulnerable storytelling makes it a special track for understanding emotional vocabulary and the nuances of personal reflection in song.

[English]

Used to dread the month of June

'Cause it reminded me of you

It always came around too soon, not anymore

A part of me I had to find

'Cause it was killin' me inside

Yeah, you were always like a buy I wasn't ready for

Yeah, I figured this was something I deal with my whole life

Stop pushin' my prides to the side

This is what it's 'posed to feel like

Now I look up, and I see you in the sky, oh

Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly

Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly

Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly

High

Forgiveness is the hardest truth

It's something that you have to choose

Well, at least I got my heart from you, that much I'm grateful for

I know because your lying taught me 'bout honesty, honesty

You leave and give me my loyalty, loyalty

I'm growing in to who I'm meant to be, yeah

No more lookin' for a sign

This is something I deal with my whole life

Stop pushin' my prides to the side

This is what it's 'posed to feel like

Now I look up, and I see you in the sky, oh

Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly (butterfly)

Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly (butterfly)

Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly (fly)

High (butterfly)

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, it was painful, it was needed

See you changin' right in front of me

You were never really graceful

Now you're just what you're supposed to be

I can feel you, like I need to

I can see you flyin' over me

Flyin' over me, oh

Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly

Butterfly, butterfly

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
butterfly /ˈbʌtərˌflaɪ/ A1	noun - a flying insect with large wings that are often brightly colored
forgiveness /fərˈɡɪvnəs/ B1	noun - the act of forgiving someone for a fault or mistake
loyalty /ˈlɔɪəlti/ B1	noun - the quality of being loyal to someone or something
honesty /ˈɑnɪsti/ A2	noun - the quality of being honest
growing /ˈɡroʊɪŋ/ A2	verb - to develop or increase in size, stage, or degree
graceful /ˈɡreɪsful/ B2	adjective - characterized by beauty of movement, style, and form
flyin /ˈflaɪɪŋ/ A1	verb - to move through the air with wings
pride /praɪd/ A2	noun - a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements
deal /dil/ A2	verb - to cope with or handle a situation
gratitude /ˈɡrætɪtud/ B1	noun - the quality of being thankful
reminded /rɪˈmaɪndɪd/ A2	verb - to make someone remember something
inside /ɪnˈsaɪd/ A1	adjective - situated within or taking place within
supposed /səˈpoʊzd/ A2	verb - to believe or assume something is true
painful /ˈpeɪnfəl/ A2	adjective - causing physical or emotional pain
needed /ˈniːdɪd/ A2	verb - to require something because it is essential

Key Grammar Structures

• Used to dread the month of June

  ➔ Used to + verb (past habit)

  ➔ Expresses discontinued past habits or states. "Used to" shows a repeated action that no longer happens.

• Stop pushin' my prides to the side

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ Direct command form ("Stop") without a subject. The verb "pushin'" (pushing) is in base form after the imperative.

• Forgiveness is the hardest truth

  ➔ Superlative adjective

  ➔ Superlative form ("hardest") created by adding "-est" to short adjectives. Indicates the extreme degree of difficulty.

• It's something that you have to choose

  ➔ Defining relative clause

  ➔ "That" introduces essential information about "something". The clause "you have to choose" defines the nature of "something".

• I know because your lying taught me 'bout honesty

  ➔ Causal conjunction + possessive gerund

  ➔ "Because" shows cause-effect relationship. "Your lying" uses possessive pronoun + gerund ("lying") as subject.

• I'm growing into who I'm meant to be

  ➔ Phrasal verb + fused relative clause

  ➔ "Growing into" (phrasal verb) means developing toward something. "Who I'm meant to be" is a fused relative clause acting as object.

• See you changin' right in front of me

  ➔ Verb of perception + object + present participle

  ➔ After verbs like "see", object ("you") + present participle ("changin'") shows an action in progress.

• You were never really graceful

  ➔ Adverb of degree + adjective

  ➔ "Really" (adverb of degree) modifies the adjective "graceful" to intensify/weaken its meaning.

• I can see you flyin' over me

  ➔ Modal verb + bare infinitive

  ➔ After modal verbs ("can"), the main verb ("see") is followed by a bare infinitive ("flyin'").