Name: Butterfly
Duration: P00H04M22S
Description: This was written for my grandmother after she died.

Butterfly

from Updraft by Genevieve Charbonneau

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This was written for my grandmother after she died.

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Today I want to be the wind
And lift up through the trees
Filling up the vacancy
And dancing as the breeze
Today I want to feel the ground
Like your hands years before
Take the dirt up in my palms
Turn it to something more

Today my head is empty but my heart is full
Today I want to lay down but I can’t keep still
Today I feel your blood is running wild in me
And I believe, I believe you are free
I believe, I believe you are free.

Today the earth becomes the sea
The sea become the sky
Today there’s no more questions
No more when or why
And if the rain falls soft on me
And a breeze lifts in the air
I’ll take the chill down in my bones
And sing pour vous grand-mere

Today there is a butterfly
That flutters near my heart
She’s shaking off this old cocoon
And hastens to depart
And suddenly a rainbow from her wings has sprung
And she’s flying, oh she’s flying to the sun
She’s flying oh she’s flying to the sun.

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from Updraft, released July 4, 2014

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Genevieve Charbonneau British Columbia

Genevieve is a Vancouver-Island based singer-songwriter crafting tales of love, loss and rural living.Her music is rooted in folk and old-time country and is at once timely and timeless. Genevieve won the 2017 BC Songwriting competition. At the 2015, was a finalist in the International Acoustic Music Awards and her albums have won several Vancouver Island Music Awards. ... more

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