Broken Butterflies
Unveiling the Pain: Broken Butterflies by Lucinda Williams
Lyrics
You wear your anger well and stand
You carry your anger with a sense of poise and present it openly to the world
For all the world to see
For everyone to witness
A heavy cloak and one gloved hand
Wearing a burdensome cloak and having only one gloved hand
And no humility
Devoid of humility
You stand inside the garden
You position yourself inside a metaphorical garden
And feast on black cherries
Indulging in dark pleasures or negative experiences
And swallow the manna from heaven
Taking advantage of divine blessings
And spit out the seeds
But rejecting the positive aspects and consequences
You spread your anger on sharp-edged knives
You use your anger as sharp instruments
Cut my skin and make it bleed
To harm me, causing wounds and bleeding
Like pilate in his self righteousness
Comparable to Pilate's self-righteousness in betraying
You're a traitor and a thief
Being both a traitor and a thief
Choking on your unplanned words
Suffering from the unintended consequences of your words
Coughing up your lies
Expelling lies through coughing
Tumbling from your mouth a flurry
Words falling rapidly from your mouth
Of broken butterflies
Resulting in a chaotic mess resembling broken butterflies
But the blood that flows I cannot hide
The unavoidable evidence of my emotions is the blood that flows
That blood that covers me
That blood becomes a covering for me
Nourishes the butterflies
Nourishing the broken butterflies
And they are healed and are set free
Leading to their healing and liberation
I wish you had what Ruth possessed
Expressing a desire for you to possess the qualities of Ruth
But then I don't expect that of you
Though recognizing it is not expected of you
Grace and honor and faithfulness
The virtues of grace, honor, faithfulness, and the love you reject
And the love that you refuse
Remain elusive in your character
Will you ever learn to just forgive
Questioning if you will ever learn the art of forgiveness
Will you open your beautiful eyes
Encouraging you to open your eyes to the truth
And bleed the way Christ did
Drawing a parallel with Christ's sacrifice and asking if you will undergo a similar transformative experience
And fix the broken butterflies
To mend and restore the broken butterflies
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