Lyrics to
Dog And Butterfly

Released by Heart in 1978
From the Album: Dog And Butterfly |

This version of Dog And Butterfly was released by Heart in 1978.

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There I was with the old man
Stranded again so off I’d ran
A young world crashing around me
No possibilities of getting what I need
He looked at me and smiled
Said “No, no, no, no, no child.

See the dog and butterfly. Up in the
Air he like to fly.” Dog and butterfly
Below she had to try. She roll back down
To the warm soft ground laughing
She don’t know why, she don’t know why
Dog and butterfly

Well I stumbled upon your secret place
Safe in the trees you had tears on your face
Wrestling with your desires frozen strangers
Stealing your fires. The message hit my mind
Only words that I could find
See the dog and butterfly
Up in the air he like to fly
Dog and butterfly below she had to try
She roll back down to the warm soft ground
Laughing to the sky, up to the sky
Dog and butterfly

We’re getting older the world’s getting colder
For the life of me I don’t know the reason why
Maybe it’s livin’ making us give in
Hearts rolling in taken back on the tide
We’re balanced together ocean upon the sky

Another night in this strange town
Moonlight holding me light as down
Voice of confusion inside of me
No begging to go back where I’m free
Feels like I’m through
Then the old man’s words are true
See the dog and butterfly
Up in the air he like to fly
Dog and butterfly, below she had to try
She roll back down to the warm soft
Ground with a little tear in her eye
She had to try, she had to try
Dog and butterfly


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About Lyrics and Dog And Butterfly by Heart

The lyrics for Dog And Butterfly are defined as the words making up the song released by Heart in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Dog And Butterfly have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Heart and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Dog And Butterfly by Heart if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Dog And Butterfly" means the words set to the music of Dog And Butterfly, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Heart. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Dog And Butterfly and the lyrics to Dog And Butterfly are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Heart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dog And Butterfly, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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