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By Pages:   1    2    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Butterfly (page 1/ 2) ------ performed by Weezer Butterfly | Reviewer: Anon | 10/12/09 It is kind of funny how a lot of people know so little about Opera. Weezer's album 'Pinkerton' was a fairly overt reference to the famous Opera: 'Madame Butterfly' which follows the story of a US soldier in WWII who breaks the heart of, and abandons his Japanese fling when he returns to his home. This song basically summarizes it with a few other bits thrown in to make it more original. Nice song (sounds terrible when sung unless you have a good range), but is often misinterpreted (I'm looking at you--the guy who thought the song was about rape) Do you guys know Craig Schuftan? ^^, | Reviewer: MALiCE. | 10/4/09 Well. In his book. Hey Nietzsche leave them kids alone. He talks about this particular song. As Rivers confession himself and his flings etc. But to be honest. I think it's best that everyone has their own interpretation. Weezer is amazing. :3 Possibly the saddest song i've ever heard | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/13/09 "Butterfly" is about rape. The butterfly is the girl who was raped, the Mason jar is where she was when she got raped. The line "I did what my body told me to" refers to not being able to control sexual urges. "I smell you on my hand for days" is a reference to him penetrating her with his hand, "I guess you're as real as me" is when he realizes that he has hurt another human, but the next line "Maybe I can live with that" is about how he thinks he can suffer the guilt, although he also states that he needs a life of fantasy and chasing butterflies, which means he might go back to pretending the woman he rapes are just "fairy pets." The lines "I'm sorry" is Rivers begging for forgiveness from the woman he has violated. This was copied and pasted fromhttp://dumbbaby.net/a/317.shtml. I truly think this is the correct meaning. Butterfly | Reviewer: Santiago | 2/26/09 I think that this song is about ruining a girl. You may have fallen in love with that free spirited butterfly, but when it came down to commitment, she withered away. Just like in Soundgarden's "Fell On Black Days", Chris Cornell sings "Don't you lock up something that you wanted to see fly". Some are just not wired for commitment or its just the wrong time. This song is also (I think) about the romantic/fantasy emotions that some of us guys have. We feel the world of whoever receives our love. When those feelings of being content or in love were not reciprocated, the other gets angry and tries to bring that person off of his/her pedestal. "I'm a dog/you're a bitch. You're as real as me/but I need fantasy". The song ends with a promise that he will return when the robin makes his nest. I think that he is referring to her in the sense that one day she will be ready for a commitment. Nest=home. Oponion and Chat | Reviewer: Brandon Fure | 12/25/08 Hmmm, I listen to this song a lot when I get to this point where I think about a girl I liked. I have a girlfriend who I love with all my heart, but there is that other girl... It felt like love, a fantasy, and every now and then I miss her a lot, but she had a boyfriend (still does) and we just have new lives... It was a romance, and it turned into a drunken romance... I liked her, and when I listen to this song it reminds me of all the good and bad times we had. I know the girl and I were never meant to be, but she said no matter what she'll always love me... I felt so heart broken when her boyfriend came back and I was just some memory to her... Especially because when we sparked and to what I thought "fell in love" she knew I was in a depression because my girlfriend broke up with me... My girlfriend and I are back together, but we went on a break and things went to shit that summer.. I really miss the girl and I've only been truly in love twice in my love. With the girlfriend I have now, and the other girl... I just wonder what it would be like if she chose me... If the robin went away and I had the butterfly... If they butterfly had me... Come to think of it, I wonder if she'll ever see this comment... I tremble when I try to talk to her... I can't in person and online it's so hard... She stole half my heart though... It's odd she pops up every now and then... lost love. | Reviewer: weezerfan1992 | 11/26/08 i think this song is about a relationship that is falling apart. the butterfly in the jar represents the love that was so delicate in the mason jar but it had eventually died after he realized it was to late- " when i woke up". then he is saying he is sorry and is probably confused with what he wants -" every time i pin down what i think i want it slips away" he is taking to long to decide what he wants and she eventually leaves. he was living in a world of fantasy and not paying attention to what was really going on with his relationship. the last verse with the robin i believe it means that he tried to change his ways and be a better guy but it just wasn't going to happen, things had changed and there was nothing that could be done to salvage the love they once had. heartbroken | Reviewer: B | 10/30/08 I just discovered my boyfriend has been cheating on me for the past three years, and sending messages to personal's adds on craigslist, asking people to meet up with him for sexual favors. I am heartbroken....... He added this page to my link right before he left. I feel he was trying to explain how he felt. I feel the song deals with the fact that some men even though they are with great women can't resist temptation. So the women they have get fucked over amidst all of the searching. Some men, are still boys chasing a fantasy in their heads. It is hard to live out this fantasy with just one person. However he even states in the song that the girl he cheated on her with is just like him. She will eventually go off to find someone else. He will be left to search, and will loose her for good. Please learn from the song be honest with your lover. If you must go, then do so, but find out if it's realy worth it. before she is lost for good. nobody caches my butterfly | Reviewer: jonathan murphrey | 10/21/08 the song seems to go like this. A boy meets a girl, that make love. then the next morrning he finds out she has a boy friend is ashamed of what shes done. So its basically about i guy that hooks up with somebody else's girl. I think this is escalated in the line that seas if im a dog then your a bitch, and the line talking about him coming back while the robins away. Butterfly | Reviewer: Me | 8/3/08 This is a great song, and it's sort of a three way meaning. Everyone has their own feelings attached to this song, but the song is called Butterfly, and this whole album is focused around a Madame Butterfly theme. I noticed that this song would generally outline Pinkerton's actions from his own point of view in the opera. Lost loves... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/27/07 Always reminds me of my first love... When i realised my depression was the cage i put her in and the harm it was doing to her i left... I said id return when i was better.... its been a long time now and things have changed.... there is no going back... Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2