Overnight Success
[Intro]
[Verse]
Beauty and fragility
Are easy to admire
Everybody loves a butterfly
Until they step into the fire
They see the colours in the daylight
They see the freedom in the sky
But forget all about the caterpillar
And the years it spent confined
They never felt the transformation
Working silently within
Or watched an old identity
Dissolve beneath the skin
[Pre-Chorus]
They call it an overnight success
Like it happened by surprise
But some transformations
Take a lifetime to arrive
[Chorus]
Overnight success
That's what people will say
They never saw the silent seasons
Or the storms that cleared the way
They see wings
But mourn the loss
They see the beauty
but not what it cost
[Interlude]
[Verse]
They say the chrysalis a prison
They call the waiting wasted years
But every colour on these wings
Was painted with silent tears
For years I gathered fragments
From places no one knew
Building something in the darkness
Known only to a chosen few
Every setback added pressure
Every failure played a part
Every disappointment I faced
Quietly reshaped my heart
[Pre-Chorus]
The colours weren't invented
The colours were always there
Waiting for the right moment
To finally fill the air
[Chorus]
Overnight success
That's what people will say
They never saw the silent seasons
Or the storms that cleared the way
They see wings
But mourn the loss
They see the beauty
but not what it cost
[Bridge]
The cocoon looked like surrender
The waiting looked like loss
But the deepest forms of growth
Have a price that's rarely seen
For every moment in the sunlight
There were years behind the scenes
[Final Chorus]
Overnight success
That's what people will say
They never saw the silent seasons
Or the storms that cleared the way
But the colours tell a story
Written slowly over time
And every shade upon those wings
Was earned one day at a time
[Outro]
Everybody loves a butterfly
Beauty is easy to perceive
But overnight success
That takes decades to achieve.
Copyright Taun A. Richards 2020