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Fireflies Lyrics
you would not believe your eyes
if ten million fireflies lit up the world as i fell asleep 'Cause they'd fill the open air and leave teardrops everywhere you'd think me rude but I'd just stand and stare Chorus: I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly Its hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause everything is never as it seems 'Cause id get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs as they tried to teach me how to dance A foxtrot above my head a sockhop beneath my bed a disco ball is just hanging by a thread (chorus) When i fall asleep leave my door open just a crack (please take me away from here) 'Cause i feel like such an insomniac (please take me away from here) why do i tire of counting sheep (please take me away from here) when I'm far too tired to fall asleep To ten million fireflies I'm weird 'cause i hate goodbyes i got misty eyes as they said farewell but ill know where several are if my dreams get real bizarre 'cause i saved a few and i keep them in a jar Chorus (x2) I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that i'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause my dreams are bursting at the seams |
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07-13-2009
I think this song is about the growing up and letting go of childhood, while still embracing our dreams and acting upon a few of them ("I saved a few and kept them in a jar"), with the fireflies representing those dreams.
Just a thought... Less than a day left until Ocean Eyes :)
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07-15-2009
it makes me feel like everything is going to be okay
09-15-2009
not that neone really cares but ive been having THE shitiest week and then i finally got Ocean Eyes and i hadnt listened to Owl City in forever and its like nothing ever happened to me the past week.
the kids got a amazing gift.
09-17-2009
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07-15-2009
Filled with wonder and hope and plain joy.
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07-16-2009
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07-17-2009
Absolutely positively fantastic
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07-19-2009
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07-20-2009
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07-21-2009
and also
"Its hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems"
to me he is kinda saying something is going wrong for him, and he cant sleep because he is so tired of it, but he would rather be asleep when he is awake.
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07-21-2009
This is one of my new favorite songs.
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07-22-2009
But yeah, this song is amazing.
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07-23-2009
'Cause my dreams are bursting at the seams"
beautiful.
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07-30-2009
I couldn't sleep (because I have insomnia) and I was dealing with losing one of my friends.
So I went outside, where it was completely silent and black (except for the unimaginable amount of stars) and I laid down on my back, and put my iPod on shuffle.
This song played right away, and I just froze for a couple minutes, watching the stars and listening.
And I know it sounds cheesy, but it was as if nothing else existed in that moment.
It was one of those memories that you can never completely explain to anyone, but it sticks with you none the less. Amazing song.
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but then again I can see what laxer4 is saying, except the closest thing I have to religion is music. so yes, it was like relating to god in a way I suppose.
10-21-2009
Now it always has a connection with me.
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07-31-2009
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07-31-2009
He is incredibly talented!
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08-06-2009
Could be a result of doing drugs all night and can't sleep while coming down.
I got really excited at first cuz I swore Postal Service came out of retirement
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08-08-2009
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08-09-2009
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08-14-2009
Either way, it's very well composed, and I havent had a song put me in such a trance like state for so long.
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08-14-2009
He tries to asleep, but he is unable to do so (metaphorically represented by the "ten million fireflies"). The rest of the song seems pretty much an extension of this metaphor. The fireflies performing the "foxtrot about [his] head", a "sockhop" etc.
The seemingly happy tune of the song is juxtaposed to the background vocals: "(please take me away from here)", which may suggest that he wishes for the insomnia to stop, as fun and bizarre the "fireflies" or dreams he sees may be.
10-27-2009
Poor guy. I had trouble going to sleep as a kid - I'm not sure about now, I end up thinking for hours till I sleep or get mentally tired - sometimes I end up laying there afterwards angry if I'm still awake - and my sleep schedule is way outta whack and the random coffee and candy also influences it. I don't know what'd happen if I was balanced again, but I think I'd have trouble sleeping like when I was younger.
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08-16-2009
and now the person is older and is saying that they'd rather, basically, dream the day away, because when they are asleep they feel like a kid again. and everything they used to feel and imagine comes back to them, if they just dream.
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08-21-2009
I also see what everyone's talking about not wanting summer to end.
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08-22-2009
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08-24-2009
I'd like to make myself believe
that planet Earth turns slowly
Its hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
- To me, making the planet turn slowly = a longer day = more time to do stuff, stuff that he would wanna do but has to go to sleep. i'm an insominac too, because i hate the idea of sleeping. it's a waste of time. if humans didn't have to sleep, more things would be accomplished. but thats never how it goes.
10-09-2009
10-18-2009
Insomnia.
But more accurately the fireflies represent the electronics in our lives that make us all insomniacs. The 10 million fireflies that light up the air are the computers, cell phones, radios, toys and other devices that many of us just don't turn off when we goto sleep.
He gets a million hugs from 10 million lightning bugs that want to teach him how to dance. You ever leave a computer or two on that have LED's on them? How about a tv show playing on your monitor or tv screen? Think about it.
He'd like to believe that the earth turns more slowly, when you lay there trying to fall asleep with insomnia you feel like everything is going so fast...like you won't have enough time asleep to wake up in the morning. So you hope the earth turns more slowly so you will be able to sleep longer.
Its hard to say that I'd rather be awake when I'm asleep. This about covers it. So many things we have turned on, that we'd rather be doing than sleeping...but really the thing you want most is that sleep. It just doesn't seem like that since you can't bring yourself to turn everything off.
Sorry if this was long winded but I really identify with this song.
10-27-2009
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