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17-04-2004 17:34 usscheesewiz |
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| on a nother note i love this song i think this helps show a human sence of regret to rivers and the rest of the band this song fits the pinkerton album perfectly it give it a balance |
| 17-04-2004 18:13 DELNORTEGIRL |
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| I agree that it is misplaced on the album but i do think its a nice song, it talks about regrets in life and everyone goes through that, |
| 25-04-2004 18:05 weezer_cult |
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| How can it be misplaced if it's Weezer? I find this song a perfect ending to an amazing album...
It's a beautiful song. Just the way that Rivers sings it as if he just wrote it after crying for hours.
Amazing. |
| 10-05-2004 03:51 taylor8285 |
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| I totally disagree too. Why should an album be full of songs that all sound alike? This song is so heartbreaking and almost brings tears to my eyes. Kudos to Weezer for putting this song on this wonderful album. |
| 24-05-2004 21:42 Boivin |
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| Probobly one of weezers best songs. dont care what any one else thinks... describes life in a way. |
| 24-05-2004 21:43 Boivin |
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| Melinda i think ur mixing Rivers up with Jay-Z |
| 24-05-2004 22:12 Boivin |
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| I also think that instead of labling Rivers as a rapist. maybe u should suggest that he said something to his girlfriend that he regreted and she told him to fuck off |
| 24-05-2004 22:44 Bronwen |
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| I like that everyone on here rips up this Melinda chick. woot. And as for Butterfly, its an awesome song and yeah it is alittle out of place but thats what makes weezer wicked! THEY are out of place! Have you seen video capture device?? (the weezer dvd) Theyre fucking nuts! |
| 25-05-2004 18:50 Boivin |
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| Oh ya... the whole butterfly... and "no more sighing in her breast" is probobly just a medifore for Rivers relationship with a girl |
| 31-05-2004 06:19 elephantine |
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| Melinda, try not to take lyrics too literally....ever. They hardly mean exactly what they say. As for the rest of you, lay off of Melinda, please, since you think she doesn't know what she's talking about, take pity on her for her lack of experience and TRY TO BE FUCKING NICE FOR ONCE YOU COCKSUCKING TITTYFUCKERS!!!!  |
| 10-09-2004 02:27 XoSoadXo |
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hah i kinda doubt he raped a gurl...It also a really good song  |
| 24-10-2004 20:49 konichiwa |
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| hello! the song is totally not about rape...the whole album actually revolves around themes in Madama Butterfly...you know...Pucini's opera? Pinkerton is the name of the lieutenat who fell in love with "Butterfly", hence the title of the album. |
| 22-11-2004 00:34 geeky_me |
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a very heartbreaking song. I did cry the first time I heard and even tho I've heard it a thousand times over. Love how at then end you can hear Rivers put his guitar down and sigh.
Im toatally smitten  |
| 09-12-2004 22:50 tis_candice |
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| good song good song
i do have to admit, if you take the lyrics literally it sounds a bit like he raped someone
but i think its a good song and it shows the diversity of the band, they dont play just one style
i heart this song |
| 10-12-2004 03:46 Leat |
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I think this is about how he finds a girl he likes so much, and she is just very delicate. Basically, he changed her with certain relations would be my guess. "I did what my body told me to," And he hurt her.
Then he wants to keep going after what is delicate, and every time he thinks he want's something he looses it, so he's use to chasing it. "Chasing butterflys"
But, I don't know for sure. |
| 16-12-2004 19:51 ilracnella |
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| I think it's funny that the only reason people don't like this song is because it's not loud and obnoxious like all of the rest of the songs. It's called music...open your mind to it...it might be interesting. |
| 16-12-2004 19:57 tis_candice |
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| i never said i didnt like it!
i love this song |
| 24-12-2004 06:09 tis_candice |
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| um
ok i've heard different things
is it
there it goes; slips away
or
the ghost slips away
hmmmmm? |
| 26-12-2004 15:34 shblam |
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It sounds more like
there it goes, slips away
to me.
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| 08-02-2005 00:02 theflyingw37 |
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Did you really just spell it medifore?
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its metaphor
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now that that is taken care of, I really do not see how this song is out of place in the album. Yes it is different style, but so is El Scorcho. And for the topic of the absense of the dissonance...as the last song of the album it acts as a resolution and closer to the album, maybe a sad ending, "I ain't never coming back...I'm sorry...", but it ends on a very plain major chord just like the rest of the song is very consonant, except for the F#7 chord near the end of the chorus, but it is quickly resolved to a B Major chord |
| 08-02-2005 00:03 theflyingw37 |
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| (continued)
The songs acts perfectly as the last song on the album...which is probably why its the last song of the album. |
| 12-02-2006 23:57 ripberger77 |
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| you guys that think this song is about raping a girl are ignorant. the entire pinkerton album is actually based on the opera "madam butterfly" about an american sea captain named Pinkerton falls in love with a japanese girl (named cio-cio san, like rivers says in 'el scorcho'). she commits hara-kiri, or whatever, and this song is told from pinkerton's point of view at the end of the opera.
check out wikipedia.
completely beautiful song.  |
| 13-02-2006 00:02 LilAngelKiss |
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| heyheyhey,
this song is soooooooo good. i love it. so, its boring. or, you're not hearing all the song. its not just about the notes that hit your ears, but the ones that hit your soul. |
| 23-04-2006 18:11 Mibbish |
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| I dont really know how I feel about this song.. I remember when I first heard it about a year ago... I hated it, cause it was.. you know; boring! But when I heard it again now, I'm not sure I feel that way anymore.. It's kinda cute |
| 07-05-2006 13:43 jbeck22 |
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First off, it is "the ghost slips away," not "there it goes, slips away."
Also, this songs definitely not about rape. It's called symbolism. It's about Rivers always feeling like he needs to chase a butterfly (meaning girl/relationship), but whenever he gets it (girl), his feelings change and she is hurt. So he's just saying sorry for his feelings changing.
I got all that from some interview he did where he talked about this song.....so I'm 99% sure it's correct. |
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Send "Butterfly" ringtones to your cell
lyrics corrected by Libertini on 05-01-2005