Butterfly (Live from The Late Show with David Letterman) - Mariah Carey

Lyrics by：Mariah Carey

Composed by：Mariah Carey/Walter Afanasieff

When you love someone so deeply

They become your life

It's easy to succumb to overwhelming fears inside

Blindly I imagined I could

Keep you under glass

Now I understand to hold you

I must open up my hands

And watch you rise

Spread your wings and prepare to fly

For you have become a butterfly

Oh fly abandonedly into the sun

If you should return to me

We truly were meant to be

So spread your wings and fly

Butterfly

I have learned that beauty

Has to flourish in the light

Wild horses run unbridled

Or their spirit dies

You have given me the courage

To be all that I can

And I truly feel your heart will

Lead you back to me when you're

Ready to land

Spread your wings and prepare to fly

For you have become a butterfly

Oh fly abandonedly into the sun

If you should return to me

We truly were meant to be

Meant to be

So spread your wings and fly

Butterfly

Butterfly

I can't pretend these tears

Aren't overflowing steadily

I can't prevent this hurt from almost overtaking me

But I will stand and say goodbye

For you'll never be mine

Until you know the way it feels to fly

Spread your wings and prepare to fly

For you have become a butterfly

Oh fly abandonedly into the sun

If you should return to me

I will know you're mine

We truly were meant to be

So spread your wings and fly butterfly

So flutter through the sky

Butterfly

Fly

Spread your wings and fly

Butterfly