I wrote this song about Lanny Cordola a greatly accomplished guitarist who gave up his rock-start life to move to Kabul, Afghanistan to help the poverty stricken street kids there. The reference to "butterfly and the sun" are the English translations to the names Parwana and Khorshid. The story of these two girls death to a suicide bomber is what triggered Lanny's interest in helping these kids.
He Believes (A Girl With a Guitar)
The arena lights faded to black
Echoes of the last encore gone He was left feeling something he lacked There was something more to be done
He read about the untimely death Of the Butterfly and the Sun With Coltrane's words sounding in his head Let your music share the love
He believes in a girl with a guitar
That a butterfly can save a soldier He believes in a girl with a guitar That the melody of love will ring louder
He found himself in a foreign land
Standing on the streets of Kabul Trying to do whatever he can To sing his songs and heal the wounds
The Butterfly's sister took his hand
He decided on his mission He'd put a guitar into her hands A messenger for his vision
He believes in a girl with a guitar
That a butterfly can save a soldier He believes in a girl with a guitar That the melody of love will ring loud
James PorterfieldThank you for sharing this, Eddy! I listened to it over on Soundcloud and it's a nice demo of the song too. Always good to hear people writing with meaning, purpose and heart. Also, it was great to meet you in July at our event!5 years ago
Echoes of the last encore gone
He was left feeling something he lacked
There was something more to be done
Of the Butterfly and the Sun
With Coltrane's words sounding in his head
Let your music share the love
That a butterfly can save a soldier
He believes in a girl with a guitar
That the melody of love will ring louder
Standing on the streets of Kabul
Trying to do whatever he can
To sing his songs and heal the wounds
He decided on his mission
He'd put a guitar into her hands
A messenger for his vision
That a butterfly can save a soldier
He believes in a girl with a guitar
That the melody of love will ring loud
You can hear the song here:
He Believes (A Girl with a Guitar) on Soundcloud