We Are the Living - Sophie Hunger

We are the living

We’re out in the fields

For being in the city

For walking on heels

We were expected

We were a surprise

But then when they had us

We kept them alive

We were the future

They gave us a name

They bottled and beat us

They left us alone

They bought us a TV

They asked where we’ve been

They called us the daughter and then

They called us their son

Oh when the butterflies burn

The butterflies burn

The butterflies burn

Yeah when the butterflies burn

The butterflies burn burn burn

Yeah when the butterflies burn

The butterflies burn

The butterflies burn

Oh we’re gonna be gone

We’re gonna be gone gone gone

They had to have us

'Cause they felt alone

'Cause they really wanted

'Cause someone said so

They made us from bedsheets

With their heads in the clouds

They made us from whiskey

And tugboats and prows

We are the living

We are the living

Hmmm

Oh when the butterflies burn

The butterflies burn

The butterflies burn

Oh when the butterflies burn

The butterflies burn burn burn

Yeah when the butterflies burn

The butterflies burn

The butterflies burn

Oh we’re gonna be gone

We’re gonna be gone gone gone

We are the living we are the living we are the living

We are the living we are the living we are the living

We are the living