Sam Obernik - Mr Butterfly

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    Sanmayce said:

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    Thanks to a stranger who loves to give here comes the lyric of one absolutely fantastic video-song:

    Sam Obernik - Mr Butterfly

    one ray of sun, to bring me home,
    a little closer to you
    one grain of sand, to weigh me down
    so i could never leave you

    so when the opportunity steps up
    im gonna take it up and give you my love
    im gonna be the perfect alibi
    we're gonna fly me and you mr beautiful butterfly

    any time i mess it up
    im gonna make it up to you my love
    i'll be the raindrops when the tears run dry
    i'm gonna fly with you my, mr you, mr high
    mr please what you do, mr mr mr butterfly

    i fly all night to beautify
    the world while you are sleeping
    i colour out the darkest clouds
    and stellify your dreams

    i'll be the rose in the mouth of a turtle dove
    cause i think you know that it's you i love
    i'll be the light in the tail of a fire fly
    we're gonna light up the sky, me and you mr butterfly

    any time i mess it up
    im gonna make it up to you my love
    i'll be the raindrops when the tears run dry
    i'm gonna fly with you my, mr you, mr high
    mr please what you do, mr mr mr butterfly

    flying out of sight
    flying to leave behind our loveless crimes

    so when the opportunity steps up
    im gonna take it up and give you my love
    im gonna be the perfect alibi
    we're gonna fly me and you mr beautiful butterfly

    any time i mess it up
    im gonna make it up to you my love
    i'll be the raindrops when the tears run dry
    i'm gonna fly, high, with you my butterfly

    so when the opportunity steps up...

    (any way the wind goes
    i go with you)

    In my humble opinion it is 100% error-free.
     
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    Sam Obernik - Mr Butterfly (Music video)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7nDewY8W6Y

    Sanmayce, why has your comment been flagged as spam on this video?
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    I don't know, maybe because it is too long, I have other comments and uploads which are fine, but here I guess some people from youtube don't like superlatives too much (or maybe a youtube-bot decides automatically what is spam and what is not).
     
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    one ray of sun, to bring me home,
    a little closer to you
    one grain of sand, to weigh me down
    so i could never leave you

    so when the opportunity steps up
    im gonna take it up and give you my love
    im gonna be the perfect alibi
    we're gonna fly me and you mr beautiful butterfly

    any time i mess it up
    im gonna make it up to you my love
    i'll be the raindrops when the tears run dry
    i'm gonna fly with you my, mr you, mr high
    mr please what you do, mr mr mr butterfly

    i fly all night to beautify
    the world while you are sleeping
    i colour out the darkest clouds
    and stellify your dreams

    i'll be the rose in the mouth of a turtle dove
    cause i think you know that it's you i love
    i'll be the light in the tail of a fire fly
    we're gonna light up the sky, me and you mr butterfly

    any time i mess it up
    im gonna make it up to you my love
    (i'll be the raindrops when the tears run dry) I'm gonna be the perfect alibi
    i'm gonna fly with you my, mr you, mr high
    mr please what you do, mr mr mr butterfly

    flying out of sight
    flying to leave behind our loveless crimes

    so when the opportunity steps up
    im gonna take it up and give you my love
    im gonna be the perfect alibi
    we're gonna fly me and you mr beautiful butterfly

    any time i mess it up
    im gonna make it up to you my love
    i'll be the raindrops when the tears run dry
    i'm gonna fly, high, with you my butterfly

    so when the opportunity steps up...

    (any way the wind goes
    i go with you
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    Right, thanks Mixalopoulos.

    Initially I thought that
    'and stellify your dreams'
    was
    'instead of fly I dream',
    again deafness from my side.
     
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    Not deafness, stellify isn't a common word.
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    As far as I know it is to make stars (from 'stella' a woman's name meaning 'star'). I have no excuses - I did know a priori the word/pun.
     
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    Stellify: To change or be changed into a star, from the Latin "stella" a star.
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    Yes, my fault. 'Changing into' describes stellifying much better. I was thinking of a star being made from the stellar dust, but 'turn into' is better, similarly to cross/crux -> crucifying.

    Latin and Greek are essential when analysis is to be made, sadly I am ignorant of both.

    Edit:
    Dummy me, just now I looked in SOED for 'stellify' entry, and LO, I think in order to translate properly (here) its second definition must be used, namely 'put amongst the stars'. Mr Butterfly being the messenger/carrier of dreams to stars/heaven.
    For those without SOED(Shorter Oxford English Dictionary) here is one similar definition which combines the two from the SOED:
    http://www.definitions.net/definition/stellify
    Last edited by Sanmayce; 06-21-2011 at 02:51 PM. Reason: Adding the second definition
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mixalopoulos View Post
    Sam Obernik - Mr Butterfly (Music video)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7nDewY8W6Y

    Sanmayce, why has your comment been flagged as spam on this video?
    Here are the answer(s) at Google forum:
    http://www.google.com/support/forum/...cd3ef346&hl=en
     
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    An interesting possible stellify twist(new meaning) occurred last night while watching the documentary 'Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery' on History Channel, namely 'to disperse the dying star body remnants into space in a way resembling a butterfly'.

    Butterfly emerges from stellar demise in planetary nebula NGC 6302:



    "... A dying star that was once about five times the mass of the Sun is at the centre of this fury. It has ejected its envelope of gases and is now unleashing a stream of ultraviolet radiation that is making the cast-off material glow..."
    "... The "butterfly" stretches for more than two light-years, which is about half the distance from the Sun to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri..."


    For more info:
    http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0910h/

    Knowing how unfathomable is the author of these lyrics I would not blink if such a meaning is hidden in a deep/secret layer.