Lyrics James Arthur

James Arthur

You

Fighting, living, dying

For what?

For freedom?

That's what which men have fought since time began

To be free

They've been making blanked statements, scaring everyone

They've been making you feel like you never did belong

Yeah, he said, and she said, yeah, they say a lot

So many things, they just think you forgot

Who you are, and what you do, and where you're coming from

I just thought I could remind you with a simple song

Look, that body language can start to rebuff

Till we're choosing weapons and hatred, not love

Not you

You are in the wilderness, looking for your own purpose

And you became a butterfly, a butterfly

I knew you always would

'Cause they were throwing sticks and stones

Words can never break your bones

You can spread your wings and fly, wings and fly

I knew you always would

I knew you always would

I knew there always was nothing wrong with being

You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you

All you ever see on CNN are enemies

Telling you to lose your individuality

Look, do this and do that, till you've lost your way

Till you need a vice or a means of escape

They want you to stare into your screen and see yourself

Blow smoke into your mirror till you're mentally unwell

So don't let them catch you with lies and deceit

They can't take your soul or desire for freedom

You are in the wilderness, looking for your own purpose

And you became a butterfly, a butterfly

I knew you always would

'Cause they were throwing sticks and stones

Words can never break your bones

You can spread your wings and fly, wings and fly

I knew you always would

I knew you always would

I knew there always was nothing wrong with being

Yeah, yeah

Who said I wanna be I'm gonna be

Everything they said I couldn't be

Everything that I said I would be

When I picked up a pen and I started to speak

I hear the beat, my melody

I just pour all my heart in these sheets

I cannot just be a star in the streets

Man, I knew what was different, I had that belief

Nowhere to live, nothing to eat

You were so hungry that you couldn't sleep

You couldn't breathe, I couldn't be

All of this shit was happening to me

I would do drugs, I was a thief

Still on the run from the karma police

You were the mission that was given to me

By the powers that be. Man, there is a God

You are in the wilderness, looking for your own purpose

And you became a butterfly, a butterfly

I knew you always would

You are in the wilderness, looking for your own purpose

And you became a butterfly, a butterfly

I knew you always would

'Cause they were throwing sticks and stones

Words can never break your bones

You can spread your wings and fly, wings and fly

I knew you always would

I knew you always would

I knew there always was

I knew there always was nothing wrong with being

You

You