butterfly from closure by Jai Mohan

these are all the things/ you said/ in your head/ when you met me:

i'll give you butterfly knives, butterflies in your gut/ fill your cup til it tips from too much
heart eyes, sweet lies, ruin your plans/ i'll give you a heart attack


i'm gonna shine sunlight on your face/ pick you up and watch you fall down
gonna grow like rot inside your brain/ nothing can get me out now
i'm gonna seep down into all your pores/ rust your silver crown
once your heart was gold/ it's iron in you now/ i've got you down


i'll give you butterfly knives, butterflies in your gut/ fill your cup til it tips from too much
heart eyes, sweet lies you say, i say back/ i'll give you a heart attack
play with blades and you're gonna get cut/ get you so hot that you're flushed
darling, i'll drive you mad/ i'll give you a heart attack


i'm gonna rewrite what's in your head/ twist up all your words
you're gonna wish that you were dead/ it's gonna hurt
i'm gonna make you not know what's real/ take away everything you love
and you're never gonna heal/ you'll never be enough/ i'm gonna call you my only love


i'll give you butterfly knives, butterflies in your gut/ fill your cup til it tips from too much
heart eyes, sweet lies you say, i say back/ i'll give you a heart attack
play with blades and you're gonna get cut/ get you so hot that you're flushed
darling, i'll drive you mad/ i'll give you a heart attack
i'll give you a heart attack


and the best part is that you'll adore it/ every moment, you will let me kill you
i will eat your heart and tangle up your sinews
and i'll fit like a second skin to hide what's good about you

and the best part is that you adore it/ every moment, you'll let me kill you
i will eat your heart and tangle up your sinews
and you'll miss me like a limb whenever i'm not with you

see,/ i wish you'd said this out loud to me/ the day we met
'cause letting you pull me in was my worst regret


hurt like a butterfly knife, butterflies in my gut/ filled my poison cup til it overflowed
hard eyes, sweet lies, it hurt so bad/ it hurt like a heart attack
your words are blades that like to cut/ you loved it when i felt alone
darling, you drove me mad/ i'm giving your pain back
i'll give you a heart attack

• Alternative
• classical crossover
• indie pop
• queer
• singer-songwriter
• vocal
• New York