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@ALBUM: Butterfly
@ARTIST: Mariah Carey



@SONG: Honey
@FEATURING: The Treacherous Three
@LYRICS: M Carey
@MUSIC: S Combs, S Jordan, M Carey, S Haugh, B Robinson, R Larkins, L Price, M McLaren

Ooh ooh, Honey, got me hooked on you
(I like that)
Oh, oh

(Come on)
(MC)

La da...
(I like that)
(Let's go)

Oh, honey you can have me
When you want me
You simply ask me to be there
And you're the only one
Who makes me come running, yeah
'Cause what you got
Is far beyond compare
Whoa

And it's just like honey
When your love comes over me
Oh, baby, I've got a dependency
So, I'm strung out
For another taste of your honey

It's like honey
When it washes over me
And no sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for you
Crying for you
I adore you
One and only love addicting me
I'm much stronger with you, darling
Don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait
For another taste of honey

Honey, I can't describe
How good it feels inside
Honey, I can't describe
How good it feels inside

Yeah, oh, I can't be elusive with you honey
'Cause it's latent that I'm feeling you
And it's too hard for me to leave abruptly
You're the only thing I wanna do
Ooh

And it's just like honey
When your love comes over me
Oh, baby, I've got a dependency
So, I'm strung out
For another taste of your honey
(Oh honey)

It's like honey
When it washes over me
And no sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for you
Crying for you
I adore you
One and only love addicting me
I'm much stronger with you, darling
Don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait
For another taste of honey

Baby I can hardly wait
(Harlem world, we won't stop)
(And Mariah, you on fire)
Gotta have another taste
(Harlem world, we won't stop)
(So Mariah, take us higher)
Gotta have you
Now come on, baby
I got to have you right now
(Harlem world, we won't stop)
(And Mariah, you on fire)
Come sleep with me, darling
(Harlem world, we won't stop)
(And Mariah, take us higher)

(Breakdown)
Ooh, woah
Every little thing you do
(Now what we gonna do right here)
(Is we gonna smooth it out, come on)
Ooh, woah, honey, got me hooked on you
(MC, and she won't stop)
Honey, it's like

It's like honey
When it washes over me
And no sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for you
Crying for you
I adore you
One and only love addicting me
I'm much stronger with you, darling
Don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait
For another taste of honey

It's like honey
When it washes over me
And no sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for you
Crying for you
I adore you
One and only love addicting me
I'm much stronger with you, darling
Don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait
For another taste of honey

It's like honey
When it washes over me
And no sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for you
Crying for you
I adore you
One and only love addicting me
I'm much stronger with you, darling
Don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait
For another taste of honey

Honey, I can't describe
How good it feels inside



@SONG: Butterfly
@LYRICS: M Carey
@MUSIC: M Carey, W Afanasieff

When you love someone so deeply
They become your life
It's easy to succumb
To overwhelming fears inside
Blindly I imagined
I could keep you under glass
Now I understand to hold you
I must open up my hands
And watch you rise

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Oh, fly abandonedly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

I have learned that beauty
Has to flourish in the light
Wild horses run unbridled
Or their spirit dies
You have given me the courage
To be all that I can
And I truly feel your heart
Will lead you back to me
When you're ready to land

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Oh, fly abandonedly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

I can't pretend these tears
Aren't overflowing steadily
I can't prevent this hurt
From almost overtaking me
But I will stand and say goodbye
For you'll never be mine
Until you know the way it feels to fly

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Oh, fly abandonedly into the sun
(Fly to the sun)
If you should return to me
(I will know you were mine)
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
(Spread your wings and fly)
Butterfly

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Oh, fly abandonedly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Butterfly
So flutter through the sky
Butterfly
Fly
Spread your wings and fly
Butterfly



@SONG: My All
@LYRICS: M Carey
@MUSIC: M Carey, W Afanasieff

I am thinking of you
In my sleepless solitude tonight
If it's wrong to love you
Then my heart just won't let me be right
'Cause I've drowned in you
And I won't pull through
Without you by my side

I'd give my all
To have just one more night with you
I'd risk my life
To feel your body next to mine
'Cause I can't go on
Living in the memory of our song
I'd give my all
For your love tonight

Baby, can you feel me
Imagining I'm looking in your eyes
I can see you clearly
Vividly emblazoned in my mind
And yet you're so far
Like a distant star
I'm wishing on tonight

I'd give my all
To have just one more night with you
I'd risk my life
To feel your body next to mine
'Cause I can't go on
Living in the memory of our song
I'd give my all
For your love tonight

I'd give my all
To have just one more night with you
I'd risk my life
To feel your body next to mine
'Cause I can't go on
Living in the memory of our song
I'd give my all
For your love tonight
Give my all for your love
Tonight



@SONG: The Roof
@LYRICS: M Carey
@MUSIC: M Carey, JC Olivier, S Barnes, C Rooney, A Johnson, K Muchita

It wasn't raining yet
But it was definitely a little misty
On that warm November night
And my heart was pounding
My inner voice resounding
Begging me to turn away
But I just had to see your face
To feel alive
And then you casually walked in the room
And I was twisted
In the web of my desire for you
My apprehension blew away
I only wanted you
To taste my sadness
As you kissed me in the dark

Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relive the splendour of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night

And so we finished the Moet
And I started feeling liberated
And I surrendered as you took me
In your arms
I was so caught up in the moment
I couldn't bear to let you go
So I threw caution to the wind
And started listening to my longing heart
And then you softly pressed your lips to mine
And feelings surfaced
I'd suppressed for such a long time
(And I was lifted)
And for a while I forgot
The sorrow and the pain
And melted with you as we stood
There in the rain

Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relive the splendour of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night

Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relive the splendour of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night

Last night I dreamed
That I whispered the words
I love you, boy
And touched you so very subtly
As we were kissing goodbye
(Pretty baby, how I'm missing you)

Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relive the splendour of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night

Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relive the splendour of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night

Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relive the splendour of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night

Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relive the splendour of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night



@SONG: Fourth Of July
@LYRICS: M Carey
@MUSIC: M Carey, W Afanasieff

Trembling
Starry eyed
As you put your hand in mine

It was twilight
On the fourth of July
Sparkling colours
Were strewn across the sky
And we sat close enough
That we just barely touched
While roman candles
Went soaring above us
And baby

Then you put your hand in mine
And we wandered away
I was trembling inside
But I wanted to stay
Pressed against you there
And leave the world behind
On that fourth of July

So starry eyed
On the flowery hillside
Breathless and fervid
Amid the dandelions
As it swept over me
Like the wind through the trees
I felt you sigh
With a sweet intensity
And baby

Then you put your hand in mine
And we floated away
Delicately lay entwined
In an intimate daze
A crescent moon began to shine
And I wanted to stay
Tangled up with you among the fireflies
On that fourth of July

Thunder clouds
Hung around
So threateningly
Ominously hovering
And the sky
Opened wide
Showering
Oh, yeah, yeah

Then you put your hand in mine
And we ran from the rain
(From the rain, yeah)
Tentatively kissed goodnight
And went our separate ways
And I've never truly felt
The way that I felt
The fourth of July
(Fourth of July)

Truly I have never felt the same inside
Like that fourth of July
(Fourth of July)
Truly I could never feel the same as I felt
That fourth of July
(Fourth of July)



@SONG: Breakdown
@LYRICS: M Carey, A Henderson, C Scruggs
@MUSIC: M Carey, S Jordan

You called yesterday to basically say
That you care for me
But that you're just not in love
Immediately, I pretended
To be feeling similarly
And led you to believe I was OK
To just walk away from the one thing
That's unyielding and sacred to me

Well, I guess I'm trying to be
Non-chalant about it
And I'm going to extremes
To prove I'm fine without you
But in reality
I'm slowly losing my mind
Underneath the guise of a smile
Gradually, I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel
And I lie convincingly
'Cause I don't want to reveal
The fact that that I'm suffering
So, I wear my disguise
'Til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights
And then I break down and cry

So, what do you do
When somebody you're devoted to
Suddenly just stops loving you
And it seems they haven't got a clue
Of the pain that rejection
Is putting you through
Do you cling to your pride
And sing "I Will Survive"
Do you lash out and say
"How dare you leave this way"
Do you hold on in vain
As they just slip away

Well, I guess I'm trying to be
Non-chalant about it
And I'm going to extremes
To prove I'm fine without you
But in reality
I'm slowly losing my mind
Underneath the guise of a smile
Gradually, I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel
And I lie convincingly
'Cause I don't want to reveal
The fact that that I'm suffering
So, I wear my disguise
'Til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights
And then I break down and cry

Well, I guess I'm trying to be
Non-chalant about it
And I'm going to extremes
To prove I'm fine without you
But in reality
I'm slowly losing my mind
Underneath the guise of a smile
Gradually, I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel
And I lie convincingly
'Cause I don't want to reveal
The fact that that I'm suffering
So, I wear my disguise
'Til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights
And then I break down and cry

Well, I guess I'm trying to be
Non-chalant about it
And I'm going to extremes
To prove I'm fine without you
But in reality
I'm slowly losing my mind
Underneath the guise of a smile
Gradually, I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel
And I lie convincingly
'Cause I don't want to reveal
The fact that that I'm suffering
So, I wear my disguise
'Til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights
And then I break down and cry

Well, I guess I'm trying to be
Non-chalant about it
And I'm going to extremes
To prove I'm fine without you
But in reality
I'm slowly losing my mind
Underneath the guise of a smile
Gradually, I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel
And I lie convincingly
'Cause I don't want to reveal
The fact that that I'm suffering
So, I wear my disguise
'Til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights
And then I break down and cry



@SONG: Babydoll
@LYRICS: M Carey, M Elliot
@MUSIC: M Carey, C Rooney, S Jordan

Yeah
Oh, baby

It 2:11 and I'm stressing
Watching TV in my hotel suite
I check my service every second
At 2:10 you still hadn't called me
(No no no no)
So, I'm gonna leave my cell phone
Turned on in my purse by the bed
And before I fall asleep
I guess I'll just check my machine
(One more time)
Again and again
Because, I'm obsessing on you

I wanna be your babydoll
(I just wanna be yours)
Wrap me up nice and tight
(Wrap me up nice and tight)
Love me all through the night
Come lay me down
Enfold me in your arms
Cover me with velvet kisses
Rock me on and on
And whisper softly to me
You wanna be my babydoll

Zoning out
Thinking about you and me
Between the sheets
I want to get intimate
But you're not within my reach
(No no no no)
So I'll have a little more wine
And I'll try to drink you
Out of my head
And I'll lie awake awhile
'Til I'm high enough
I can forget about you
Until I wake up again

I wanna be your babydoll
(Baby)
Wrap me up nice and tight
(Wrap me up nice and tight)
Love me all through the night
Come lay me down
Enfold me in your arms
Cover me with velvet kisses
Rock me on and on
And whisper softly to me
You wanna be my babydoll
My babydoll

Slipping into dreams
I feel my love surround you
My subconscious seems
To weave itself around you
Do you care for me
Beyond idolization
Tell me how you feel
But don't keep me at bay
'Cause I won't be waiting long

I wanna be your babydoll
(I want you)
Wrap me up nice and tight
(So tight, baby)
Love me all through the night
(All through the night)
Come lay me down
Enfold me in your arms
Cover me with velvet kisses
Rock me on and on
And whisper softly to me
You wanna be my babydoll
(On and on...)

I wanna be your babydoll
Wrap me up nice and tight
Love me all through the night
Come lay me down
Enfold me in your arms
Cover me with velvet kisses
Rock me on and on
And cuddle up next to me
C'mon and be my babydoll
Don't you wanna be my babydoll
Come and rock me on
On and on

I wanna be your babydoll
I wanna be your babydoll
I wanna be your babydoll
I wanna be your babydoll



@SONG: Close My Eyes
@LYRICS: M Carey
@MUSIC: M Carey, W Afanasieff

I was a wayward child
With the weight of the world
That I held deep inside
Life was a winding road
And I learned many things
Little ones shouldn't know

But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And though time's rolled by
Still I feel like that child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon

Funny how one can learn
To grow numb to the madness
And block it away
I left the worst unsaid
Let it all dissipate
And I try to forget

As I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And the time rolled by
Still I feel like a child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon

Nearing the edge
Oblivious
I almost fell right over
A part of me
Will never be quite able
To feel stable
That woman-child falling inside
Was on the verge of fading
Thankfully, I woke up in time

Guardian angel
I sail away on an ocean
With you by my side
Orange clouds roll by
They burn into your image
And you're still alive

As I closed my eyes
Steady my feet on the ground
Raise my head to the sky
And though time rolls by
Still I feel like a child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon



@SONG: Whenever You Call
@LYRICS: M Carey
@MUSIC: M Carey, W Afanasieff

Love wandered inside
Stronger than you
Stronger than I
And now that it has begun
We cannot turn back
We can only turn into one

I won't ever be too far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
And I'll always remember
The part of you so tender
I'll be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call

And I'm truly inspired
Finding my soul
There in your eyes
And you have opened my heart
And lifted me inside
By showing me yourself
Undisguised

And I won't ever be too far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
And I'll always remember
That part of you so tender
I'll be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call

And I will breathe for you each day
Comfort you through all the pain
Gently kiss your fears away
Mmm
You can turn to me and cry
Always understand that I
Give you all that I am inside

And I won't ever be too far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call

I won't ever be too far to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
I'll always remember
That part of you so tender
And be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call
Whenever you call
Whenever you call



@SONG: Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)
@LYRICS: M Carey, E John, B Taupin
@MUSIC: M Carey, D Morales

Don't be afraid to fly
Spread your wings
Open up the door
So much more outside

Don't be afraid to fly
Come spread your wings
And just fly
Fly, fly, just fly, just fly
Don't be afraid
Don't let your spirit die
She said...

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly

Don't be afraid to fly
Don't be afraid to just fly
You, you've become a butterfly
Don't be afraid to just fly
Butterfly

Butterfly
Feel it fly
Fly away
Far far

Butterfly
Feel it fly
Fly away
(Butterfly)
Far far
Far far

Butterfly
Butterfly

Butterfly
Butterfly
Butterfly

(Butterfly)

Butterfly
Butterfly

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly

Fly away
Butterfly
Butterfly

Fly away
Butterfly
Butterfly

Fly away
Butterfly
Butterfly

Fly away
Butterfly

Fly away
Butterfly
Butterfly

Fly away
Butterfly
Butterfly

Fly away
Butterfly
Butterfly

Butterfly



@SONG: The Beautiful Ones
@FEATURING: Dru Hill
@LYRICS/MUSIC: Prince

Baby, baby, baby
What's it gonna be
Oh, baby, baby, baby
Yeah, yeah
Is it him or is it me
Whoa

Don't make me waste my time
Do do do
Don't make me lose my mind, yeah

Baby, baby, baby
Can't you stay with me tonight
Oh, baby, baby, baby
Com'on
Don't my kisses please you right

You were so hard to find
Do do do
The beautiful ones
They hurt you every time

Paint a perfect picture, baby
And bring to life a vision in one's mind

The beautiful ones
The beautiful ones
They always smash the picture
Yeah, always, baby, every time
Check it out- Mariah

Do do do do do do
Do do do
Do do do do do do
Do...

If I told you, baby
That I was in love with you
Oh, baby, baby, baby
If we got married
Would that be cool

You make me so confused
The beautiful ones
You always seem to lose, baby
Baby, baby

The beautiful ones
The beautiful ones
They always

The beautiful ones
The beautiful ones
Always

Do you want him
Or do you want me
'Cause I want you
Yes I do, baby
I want you, oh baby
Alright, baby
I want you, oh yeah
(I want you)

Baby, baby...

I may not know...
I may not know...

But one thing is for certain, baby
And I know what I want
And that is I want to please you, baby
Please you, baby
I want you...

Oh, baby, baby, baby
I need you, yeah
Baby, baby, baby
Love me, love me
Need, need, need
I gotta know
I gotta know, baby
Baby, baby, baby...

I need you
Baby, baby, baby
I want you...

The beautiful ones
They hurt you every time



@SONG: Outside
@LYRICS: M Carey
@MUSIC: M Carey, W Afanasieff

It's hard to explain
Inherently, it's just always been strange
Neither here nor there
Always somewhat out of place everywhere
Ambiguous
Without a sense of belonging to touch
Somewhere halfway
Feeling there's no-one completely the same

Standing alone
Eager to just believe
It's good enough to be what you really are
But in your heart
Uncertainty forever lies
And you'll always be
Somewhere on the outside

Early on, you face the realisation
You don't have a space
Where you fit in
And recognise you were born to exist

Standing alone
Eager to just believe
It's good enough to be what you really are
But in your heart
Uncertainty forever lies
And you'll always be
Somewhere on the outside

And it's hard
And it's hard
And it's hard

Irreversibly
Falling in-between
And it's hard
And it's hard
To be understood
As you are
As you are

Oh, and God knows
That you're standing on your own
Blind and unguided
Into a world divided
You're thrown
Where you're never quite the same
Although you try
Try and try
To tell yourself you really are
But in your heart
Uncertainty forever lies
And you'll always be
Somewhere on the outside
You'll always be

Editor: Kade "Archer" Hansson; e-mail: archer@kaserver.org