David Usher was born in Oxford to an ethnic Thai Buddhist, artist Samphan Usher and a Jewish Montrealer, Dan Usher, who is an economist at Queen's University.[1] He has relocated to Malaysia, New York, California and Thailand since early childhood before his family settled in Kingston, Ontario. He attended high school at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute.
Attending university at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Usher joined Moist in 1993 and their 1994 debut release, Silver, went quadruple platinum in Canada. As the lead singer of the band, he shot to stardom with his soulful voice and vaguely exotic good looks.
After Moist's multi-platinum follow-up, Creature, was released in 1996, David took some time during the band's hiatus to record his debut solo album, Little Songs, released in 1998. That same year he married photographer and actress Sabrina Reeves, with whom he is still living. Together they have a daughter, Coco, who was born on January 12, 2003.
After recording the album Mercedes 5 and Dime with Moist, he revived his solo career again, releasing the highly successful Morning Orbit in the summer 2001. It contains the hit single "Black Black Heart". In 2003, he released another solo album entitled Hallucinations, which matched the amount of major label albums he had recorded with Moist.
In 2005, he surpassed that number with the release of If God Had Curves. The album had a resemblance to his first solo effort Little Songs, as it is dominantly an acoustic album. This album also featured a collaboration with Tegan Quin, on the track "Hey Kids".
2007 David and family have moved back to Montreal, Canada and David's embarking on a tour in September/October and November 2007.
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Butterfly
David Usher Lyrics
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Chocked and indicted by the truth
And it's always tough when there's never enough
Of the good things coming
And there was never enough for you
There was never enough for you
Butterfly
I can't see you anymore
My eyes are taken still too high
Came down naked on you
Butterfly
Where you gone
I can't feel you anymore
I can't feel you anymore
Got excited when I thought that we would last
Twisted inside out 'til we were drowning
From the first attack we could never go back so we just keep on coming
But I was never enough for you
Was there ever enough for you
Butterfly
Where you gone
I can't feel you anymore
My eyes are taken still too high
Came down naked on you
Butterfly
Where you gone
I can't feel you anymore
I can't feel you anymore
And if you think you're dying
Baby well you know I felt the same
'Cause we were only hoping
Why's it always feel like, feel like
It feels like rain
Butterfly
Where you gone
I can't see you anymore
My eyes are taken still too high
Came down naked on you
Butterfly
Where you gone
I can't feel you anymore
I can't feel you anymore
I can't feel you anymore
I can't feel you anymore
The lyrics to David Usher's song Butterfly tell the story of a failed relationship that leaves one person feeling lost and disconnected from the other. The first verse introduces the theme of not having enough of the good things in life and how it affects the relationship. The chorus uses the metaphor of a butterfly to represent the elusive qualities of the other person. The singer is unable to see or feel the other person anymore, even though they were once close. The second verse references the hope they had for the relationship to last, but it is unclear what caused it to fail. The bridge suggests that both parties were struggling with their own mortality and searching for meaning. Overall, the song depicts the pain and confusion of an ended relationship and the struggle to move on.
One interesting fact about this song is that it was written during David Usher's time in Cambodia as part of his humanitarian work. Another is that the music video for the song features footage shot while Usher was in Cambodia, including a scene of him riding a motorbike past Angkor Wat. The song was released as a single from Usher's album Strange Birds in 2007 and was one of his most successful solo singles. The music video won a MuchMusic Video Award for Best Post-Production, and the song was nominated for a Juno Award for Single of the Year. The song has also been used in several TV shows and movies, including Grey's Anatomy and The Good Wife.
The chords for Butterfly are as follows:
Intro: E Am C D
Verse: E Am C D
Chorus: E Am C D
Bridge: F C G D
Outro: E Am C D
Line by Line Meaning
You came apart on me last Sunday morning
You broke down emotionally in front of me last Sunday morning.
Chocked and indicted by the truth
Overwhelmed and guilty because of a painful fact or a revelation.
And it's always tough when there's never enough of the good things coming
When positive things are scarce, it's always difficult to cope with life.
And there was never enough for you
You were never satisfied with what you had.
Butterfly, where you gone? I can't see you anymore
Addressing someone who has disappeared or changed in a way that makes them unrecognizable.
My eyes are taken still too high, came down naked on you
One's gaze or thoughts are preoccupied with something that has affected them, and it has made them vulnerable.
I can't feel you anymore
The person has become a stranger, and the feeling of closeness is gone.
Got excited when I thought that we would last
The hope of a lasting romantic relationship excited me.
Twisted inside out 'til we were drowning
We struggled and contorted ourselves so much that it became all-consuming and overwhelming.
From the first attack we could never go back so we just keep on coming
From the first time we experienced conflict, we couldn't reconcile, so we kept encountering new problems.
But I was never enough for you, was there ever enough for you?
I couldn't satisfy you, but was anyone ever able to?
And if you think you're dying, baby well you know I felt the same
If you feel like you are hurting or might not survive, know that I've been there too and empathize with you.
'Cause we were only hoping, why's it always feel like, feel like, it feels like rain
All we were doing was hoping, but it always seems like things are going wrong or becoming more difficult.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: DAVID USHER, JEFFREY HOWARD PEARCE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Daniel Chapman
It left with the bees, the forests and everything else that was respectable and given to us by the earth. Oh, and if it's his woman he's talking about, well, she left cause he started doing motivational speeches instead of making awesome music, bwahahah. Never been the first one to comment before, hope everyone wars it out with me like they do with every other comment someone makes here on youtube...gonna be a pip. ;) cashew outside.