GARNiDELiA is a music group consisting of composer tokuP and singer MARiA. … Read Full Bio ↴GARNiDELiA is a music group consisting of composer tokuP and singer MARiA. TokuP is a successful music composer who wrote hit songs for many popular artists, including LiSA's "oath sign" and "Crossing Field", and also a popular Vocaloid songs composer. MARiA is a talented NicoNico Douga singer who had performed with several musicians as guest vocal, and had done many popular covers for tokuP's Vocaloid songs as well as other producers' songs.

In the past, their collaborative song “COLOR” was chosen to be the theme for the anime “Freezing”. On May 13, 2012, they performed for their Chinese fans at the ANIME ROCK CONVENTION in Shanghai, and are looking to do more live performances overseas. They are currently signed to Pony Canyon Inc.. Their major debut single “ambiguous” is the 2nd opening song of the anime "Kill la Kill".

The name "GARNiDELiA" is an portmanteau of "Le Palais Garnier de Maria", which means “Maria's Opera House”, and "Cordelia", the name of an asteroid discovered in toku's birth year.

Butterfly
GARNiDELiA Lyrics

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透明な世界はいらない
白と黒のコタエはいらない
愛の歌傷(いた)み抱えながら
曖昧に歌い続けた
舞い落ちる君の翅(はね)
抱きしめては眠った
完璧な世界はいらない
目覚めない夢なんていらない

汚(けが)れては心迷う君と
はしゃいでからまっていたい
見上げる四角い空
飛び立つ君に手を振る
変わらないもの変わりゆくもの
花から花へすりぬけてゆこう
光の中で翅(はね)をゆらして
儚く奏でさまよう
I'm a Butterfly

このまま風にのり
追いつけない夜空まで
星をよけ潜んだ月へと far away
映して
変わらないもの変わりゆくもの
花から花へすりぬけてゆこう
光の中で翅(はね)をゆらして
儚く奏でどこまでもゆこう
限りあるもの忘れゆくもの
「消えないで」明日も願うよ

貴方のそばで羽根を落とす日まで
儚く歌い飛ぶの I'm a Butterfly

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of GARNiDELiA's song Butterfly talks about embracing imperfections, ambiguity, and transience. The singer rejects the idea of a perfect, black and white world, and instead, chooses to sing ambiguously with a heart full of love and pain. The singer also talks about wanting to be tangled up with someone who is lost and dirty, instead of being in a clean, perfect world. The chorus line repeats the phrase "I'm a butterfly" which represents transformation, freedom, and beauty in motion.

In the later part of the song, the singer wants to fly like a butterfly and sees the beauty in constant change. The lyrics mention that the things that stay constant and the things that change are both worth embracing. The singer desires to keep flying amidst the changing circumstances, and hopes that even while things are forgotten or lost, the light and the melody of the butterfly's wings will keep on shining.

Line by Line Meaning

透明な世界はいらない
I don't need a transparent world

白と黒のコタエはいらない
I don't need answers that are black or white

愛の歌傷(いた)み抱えながら
While holding onto pain, I sang a song of love

曖昧に歌い続けた
I kept singing ambiguously

舞い落ちる君の翅(はね)
Your falling wings

抱きしめては眠った
I held onto them and slept

完璧な世界はいらない
I don't need a perfect world

目覚めない夢なんていらない
I don't need dreams that I can't wake up from

汚(けが)れては心迷う君と
You who get lost in your heart when you're tainted

はしゃいでからまっていたい
I want to play and entangle with you

見上げる四角い空
The square-shaped sky I look up at