Am
Fighting, living, dying
              Am
For what? For freedom
                                        Am
That's what which men have fought since time began

To be free


[Verse 1]
Am
They've been making blanked statements, scaring everyone
Am
They've been making you feel like you never did belong
      F
Yeah, he said, and she said, yeah, they say a lot
F
So many things, they just think you forgot
Am
Who you are, and what you do, and where you're coming from
Am
I just thought I could remind you with a simple song
F
Look at body language, can start to rebuff
   F
To where we're using weapons, hatred, not love
    G
Not you


[Chorus]
               F                            Dm
You are in the wilderness, looking for your own purpose
                 Am
And you became a butterfly, a butterfly
  G
I knew you always would
                   F
They were throwing sticks and stones
                Dm
Words can never break your bones
                    Am
You can spread your wings and fly, wings and fly
  G
I knew you always would
  F               Dm
I knew you always would
  F                 Dm
I knew there always was nothing wrong with being
Am
You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you


[Verse 2]
Am
All you ever see on CNN are enemies
Am
Telling you to lose your individuality
      F
Look, do this and do that, 'till you've lost your way
      F
'Till you need to fight or a means of escape
Am
They want you to stare into your screen and see yourself
     Am
Blow smoke into your mirror till you imagine your own world
   F
So don't let them catch you with lies and deceit
     F                                             G
They can't take your soul or your desire for freedom


[Chorus]
               F                            Dm
You are in the wilderness, looking for your own purpose
                 Am
And you became a butterfly, a butterfly
  G
I knew you always would
                   F
They were throwing sticks and stones
                Dm
Words can never break your bones
                    Am
You can spread your wings and fly, wings and fly
  G
I knew you always would
  F               Dm
I knew you always would
  F                 Dm
I knew there always was nothing wrong with being (yeah, yeah)


[Bridge]
         Am
You said I wanna be
             F
I'm gonna be everything they said I couldn't be
Am                                       Am
Everything that I said I would be when I picked up a pen and I started to speak
F
I hear the beat

My melody
F
I just pour all my heart into these sheets
F
I cannot just be a star in the streets
       F
Man, I knew what was different, I had that belief
F
Nowhere to live, nothing to eat
F
You were so hungry that you couldn't sleep
Dm
You couldn't breathe

I couldn't be
Dm
All of this shit was happ'nin' to me
F
I would do drugs, I was a thief
F
Still on the run from the karma police
Am                                               Am
You were the mission that was given to me by the powers to be


[Post-Bridge]
               F                            Dm
You are in the wilderness, looking for your own purpose
                 Am
And you became a butterfly, a butterfly
  G
I knew you always would


[Chorus]
               F                            Dm
You are in the wilderness, looking for your own purpose
                 Am
And you became a butterfly, a butterfly
  G
I knew you always would
                   F
They were throwing sticks and stones
                Dm
Words can never break your bones
                    Am
You can spread your wings and fly, wings and fly
  G
I knew you always would
  F               Dm
I knew you always would
  F               Dm
I knew you always would
  F                 Dm
I knew there always was nothing wrong with being
Am
You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you