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Artist: Rihanna
Canonical path: /rihanna/black-butterflies
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Black Butterflies
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Black Butterflies
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Black black
Black black
Black black butterflies
Black black butterflies
Baby
Butterflies they gave me such a feeling
Everytime I saw your face
They started flying
Now my heart is in the shadow
Of the creatures they turned into
And I wish
That I could make them fly away
I can tell this is hostile
There's a war on the inside
I can tell this is hostile
And I gotta stand up and fly
How do I kill these butterflies
Terrorizing me inside
How do I stop them butterflies
Speeding up through the night
'Cause no matter what you say
I'm still gonna feel this way
These black black butterflies
Taking over me
Black black butterflies
Black black butterflies
Black black butterflies
Black black butterflies
I can see them moving deep inside of me
And my body's beggin me to set 'em free
I'm in desperate need of healing
'Cause the damage in my whole being
Is there any way to make 'em fly away?
I can tell this is hostile
There's a war on the inside
I can tell this is hostile
And I gotta stand up and fly
How do I kill these butterflies
Terrorizing me inside
How do I stop them butterflies
Speeding up through the night
'Cause no matter what you say
I'm still gonna feel this way
These black black butterflies
Taking over me
Black black butterflies
Black black butterflies
Taking over me
Black black butterflies
Black black butterflies
Black, black, black, black butterflies
Rihanna, go on it
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Come and set me free
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Get out of my face,
Get out of my face, right now
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Set, set me free
Yeah, yeah, yeah
No matter what you say
I'm still gonna feel this way
How do I kill these butterflies
Terrorizing me inside
How do I stop them butterflies
Speeding up through the night
'Cause no matter what you say
I'm still gonna feel this way
These black black butterflies
Taking over me
Black black butterflies
Black black butterflies
Taking over me
Black black butterflies
Black black butterflies
Taking over me
Black black butterflies
Black black butterflies
Taking over me
Black black butterflies
Black black butterflies
Taking over me
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