“Butterfly” is not only a gorgeous song, but it also shows how music, metaphor, and message, when placed in the right hands, can come together as one. What I mean is, although Alias Wayne is describing the flittering grace and gentle beauty of the titular creature, this could easily be a description of anything and anyone that touches your heart.
And just as the words are used to paint pictures of delicacy and delight, the music also adds the required sonic hues and musical brushstrokes to the image being created, describing its movement in terms of note and nuance.
The most understated of guitar ebbs and flows over gentle piano cascades, neither doing much more than acting as a framework for the warm and welcoming vocals that are the focal point of this short, sweet, and satisfyingly sentimental song.
As if to underscore this message of grace and love, the video is a tapestry of images of togetherness and beauty, from a delicate ballerina embodying the movement of a butterfly to the pianist’s fluid musicality, and showcasing friends and partners of all ages sharing quiet and intimate moments. And all the time, the “Butterfly” graces them with its presence, a symbol perhaps, for the simple, innocent beauty to be found in the world.
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[…] is a challenging theme to turn into a song. But Alias Wayne turns in a deft, sympathetic song, a gentle acoustic folk piece soaked in gorgeous harmonies and […]