The Butterfly Lyrics - Zorba

Cover for Zorba album
Zorba Lyrics
  1. Act I
  2. Life Is - Leader and Company
  3. The First Time - Zorba
  4. The Top of the Hill - Leader and Chorus
  5. No Boom Boom - Madame Hortense, Zorba, Nikos and Admirals
  6. Vive La Difference  - Admirals and Dancers
  7. Mine Song  - Company
  8. The Butterfly - Nikos, Leader, The Widow and Chorus
  9. Goodbye, Canavaro - Madame Hortense and Zorba
  10. Grandpapa - Zorba, Leader and Chorus
  11. Only Love/The Bend of the Road - Madame Hortense
  12. Act II
  13. Yassou - Nikos, Zorba, Madame Hortense, Leader and Chorus
  14. Woman  - Zorba
  15. Why Can't I Speak/That's a Beginning - The Widow and Nikos
  16. Easter Dance  - Company
  17. Miner's Dance  - The Men
  18. The Crow/Happy Birthday - Leader and Women
  19. I Am Free/Life Is(Reprise) - Zorba

The Butterfly Lyrics

Nikos, Leader, The Widow and Chorus

The Butterfly

Not too fast, not too fast,
Let it grow, let it last,
Nature knows when and why…
The butterfly:

I remember one morning
When I saw a cocoon in the bark of a tree,
I remember I marveled
that imprisoned inside was a butterfly waiting to be free.
Not too fast, not too fast,
Let it grow, let it last,
Nature knows when and why…
Continue…

I was very impatient so I warmed
the cocoon with the breath of my sighs,
And the butterfly trembled and began
to emerge like a miracle right before my eyes.
Not too fast, not too fast,
Let it grow, let it last,
Nature knows when and why…
Sorry…

All at once I discovered
that his delicate wings were all crumpled and torn,
When he still wasn’t ready
I had made him be born.
I was stronger than nature
and I had made him be born.
But the wonder of life had a definite plan,
So he died in my hand by the will,
Not of God, but of man.
Not too fast, not too fast…

Every man has a moment
And I’m waiting for mine,
When I’m finally free.
But I mustn’t be hurried.
Give me light…give me time.
Like the butterfly…
Like the butterfly…
Like the butterfly…
Like the butterfly…
Not too fast, not too fast,
Let it grow, let it last,
Nature knows when and why…

Think about the story of the butterfly,
Think about the story of the butterfly,
Think about the story of the butterfly,
Think about the story of the butterfly,

The butterfly…

Not too fast…




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