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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
James Arthur
Lead Vocals
Travis Barker
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Arthur
Songwriter
Rick Parkhouse
Songwriter
George Tizzard
Songwriter
Travis Barker
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Red Triangle
Producer
Dan Grech-Marguerat
Mixing Engineer
Joel Davies
Assistant Engineer
Charles Haydon Hicks
Assistant Engineer
Randy Merrill
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Fighting, living, dying
For what? For freedom
That for which men have fought since time began
To be free
[Verse 2]
They been making blanket statements, scaring everyone
They've been making you feel like you never did belong
Yeah, he said that 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 this simple song
Know bad body language can start to rub off
Till we're choosing weapons and hatred not love, not you
[Verse 3]
You were in the wilderness
Looking for your own purpose
Then you became a butterfly, a butterfly
I knew you always would
'Cause they were throwing sticks and stones
But words can never break your bones
You just 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
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
You were in the wilderness
Looking for your own purpose
Then you became a butterfly, a butterfly
I knew you always would
'Cause they were throwing sticks and stones
But words can never break your bones
You just 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
[Verse 6]
You 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 poured all of my heart in these sheets
I could not just be a star in the street
Man, I knew I was different, I had the belief
Nowhere to live, nothing to eat
You were so hungry that you couldn't sleep
You couldn't breathe, how could it 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's given to me
By the powers that be minus Devil, G-O-D
[Verse 7]
You were in the wilderness
Looking for your own purpose
You became a butterfly, a butterfly
I knew you always would
[Verse 8]
You were in the wilderness
Looking for your own purpose
Then you became a butterfly, a butterfly
I knew you always would
'Cause they were throwing sticks and stones
But words can never break your bones
You just spread your wings and fly, wings and fly
I knew you always would
I knew you always would
I knew you always would
I knew there always was nothing wrong with being you
Written by: George Tizzard, James Arthur, Rick Parkhouse, Travis Barker