Dave Matthews wrote "The Fly" as a contribution to the ATO Pictures film "Joshua," which won an Excellence in Cinematography award at the Sundance Film Festival.
When I pull the wings off of the fly The fly never wonders why I did it When I pull the wings off of the fly The fly never wonders why I did You know they didn't ever Have to love me No, no, no
And no one ever will ever Love them now Oh, oh, but they They always wanted somehow To save me Why, oh, why For pit's sake, they should've saved themselves Oh, oh, but you
You always said I never missed a note I only ever wanted to be with you
I only wanted someone to play Play, play, play When I pull the wings off the fly The fly never wonders why You know they never really ever had to love me No, no, no
But no one will ever love them now Oh, oh, but they They always thought that somehow they could save me But why oh why For pity's sake me, they should've saved themselves but you you always said I never missed a note and nobody ever knew me like you do, you do
You always said it's gonna be ok, ok I only ever really wanted to be with you I only wanted someone to play, play, play, play When I pull the wings off of the fly The fly never wonders why I did it