Ice Butterfly

"Ice Butterfly"
Single by The Clique
from the album Ice Butterfly
Released	1990
Format	Cassette
Recorded	July 1990 at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA
Length	5:54
Label	Bartholomew's Bizzare Publications & Productions
Songwriter(s)	Matt Sharp
Producer(s)	The Clique and Gary McCagan
Status	Released

"Ice Butterfly" is a song written by Matt Sharp for his short-lived musical project, The Clique. The song was released as a maxi-single cassette in 1990.

Overview

Sharp ca. 1989

The Clique was formed by Sharp with musicians Hurshel Burton and Keith Harris around 1989 or 1990 after Sharp and Burton met at a meeting for the Black Rock Coalition. While Sharp was employed at a tanning salon, one of his clients was a producer who commissioned Sharp to write a song for a planned TV movie titled Ice Butterfly about the figure skaters Randy Gardner and Tai Babilonia.

Matt went gung ho into the project - he had never written a song before or sung before. Borrowing funding from his mother, Matt and his 2 buddies rented a real studio and recorded the track. Soon it was learned that NBC killed the guys project, and the man stopped coming into Matt's workplace. Matt and his gang decided to turn the recording into a cassette "Maxi Single" and try to get it played on local LA college radio, etc. The project fizzled soon afterwards.

—Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History

Packaging

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Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ice Butterfly" (Single)	5:32

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ice Butterfly" (Radio Mix)	5:32
2.	"Ice Butterfly" (Instrumental)	5:32

Personnel

• Matt Sharp — lead vocals, bass
• Hurshel Burton — lead vocals, electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, cover art
• Keith Harris — drums, vocals, percussion
• Michael Behrman — keyboards
• Gary McCagan — producer, engineer

Lyrics

Soft pure conscious in stability
Balanced steady in cautious perfection
A pulse in grace drifted into sweet belief
And it flowed swiftly into the innocence
Warm movement through downy visibility
Comforts virtue continuously fluent
Smooth slipping into confident velvety
Integrity through the eyes of an Ice Butterfly

A tender blush holds itself pristine
Everything brushes into the curious
A quick relief of releasing dignity
The dreamy farewell to the oh-so-precious
Once constant in its flawless quaint beauty
Smiles only when romanced in nostalgia
So courteous to tremble silently
And it numbs the mind of an Ice Butterfly

Cold chapped woken in reality
Fair weather crowd left with their gratitude
Compare your silhouette to how you are perceived
A pitched battle with fresh conviction
Poetic form returned rightfully
White feather plucked from your conscience
Soft pure constant in stability
Integrity through the eyes of an Ice Butterfly

See also

• List of Matt Sharp songs
• The Clique