🎵 Fireflies // by Owl City

190 ContributorsTranslationsBahasa MelayuPortuguêsEspañolDeutsch Fireflies Lyrics “Fireflies”, Owl City’s debut single, was an international smash hit, effectively launching the genre Twee into the mainstream. It reached #1 in the US in November 2009.… Read More  [Verse 1: Adam Young] 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 would just stand and stare [Chorus: Adam Young] 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 everything is never as it seems [Verse 2: Adam Young] 'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs As they tried to teach me how to dance A foxtrot above my head, a sock hop beneath my bed A disco ball is just hanging by a thread [Chorus: Adam Young] 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 everything is never as it seems (When I fall asleep) [Bridge: Adam Young & Matt Thiessen] 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? [Verse 3: Adam Young] To ten million fireflies, I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes I got misty eyes as they said farewell (They said farewell) But I'll know where several are if my dreams get real bizarre 'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar (Jar, jar, jar) [Chorus: Adam Young] 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 everything is never as it seems (When I fall asleep) 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 everything is never as it seems (When I fall asleep) [Outro: Adam Young] 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 Because my dreams are bursting at the seams