[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Playful Acoustic Guitar, Bouncing Bass Line, Fluttering Synth Effects, Light Percussion, Rising Organ]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
A tiny wing…
(With a mighty swing)
A distant storm…
(Approaching norm)
[Refrain]
Get out the butterfly nets
(The world has gone crazy)
Canceling out all bets
(As the future gets hazy)
Try to catch the butterfly effect
(With your butterfly net)
The butterfly net trope
(…at the end of our rope)
[Verse 1]
A little change begins to fly
Across the ocean, through the sky
A hidden signal starts a chain
A whisper turning into rain
You cannot hold it in your hand
Or draw exactly where it lands
The smallest motion starts a wave
That no prediction could have saved
[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
(The systems spin)
Where it starts
(Is where we begin)
[Chorus]
Butterfly nets
(Cannot catch time)
Cannot capture
(A changing line)
The effect is real
(The question is when)
The world connects
(Again and again)
[Refrain]
Get out the butterfly nets
(The world has gone crazy)
Canceling out all bets
(As the future gets hazy)
Try to catch the butterfly effect
(With your butterfly net)
The butterfly net trope
(…at the end of our rope)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Solo]
[Driving Bass, Syncopated Drums, Organ Stabs, Swirling Synth Patterns]
[Verse 2]
We search for answers, search for signs
Looking for the warning lines
But complex systems rarely show
Exactly where the pathways go
[Pre-Chorus]
Small disturbance
(Larger sound)
Hidden pathways
(Coming around)
[Bridge]
Can you catch a butterfly?
(Can you hold the sky?)
Can you stop the dominoes?
(After they begin to fly?)
[Breakdown]
[Minimal Beat, Deep Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Fly, butterfly, fly
(Escaping the question, “why?”)
Fly, butterfly, fly
(On a mission… do or die?)
[Final Chorus]
Get out the butterfly nets
(The world has gone crazy)
Canceling out all bets
(As the future gets hazy)
Try to catch the butterfly effect
(With your butterfly net)
The butterfly net trope
(…at the end of our rope)
The wings keep turning
(The winds keep blowing)
The future’s writing
(While we’re still not knowing)
[Refrain]
Get out the butterfly nets
(The world has gone crazy)
Canceling out all bets
(As the future gets hazy)
Try to catch the butterfly effect
(With your butterfly net)
The butterfly net trope
(…at the end of our rope)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Fluttering Synth, Echo Guitar, Gentle Piano, Soft Wind Effects]
Get out the butterfly nets
(The world has gone crazy)
Canceling out all bets
(As the future gets hazy)
Try to catch the butterfly effect
(With your butterfly net)
The butterfly net trope
(…at the end of our rope)
From the album “Butterflies and Dominoes“