Fireflies

Cathrine showed me this song on her ipod yesterday. We were on the bus. It got me interested, it seemed good, but her earplugs were of very poor quality. It wasn't until my walk late last night that I was able to listen to this in full quality, with amazing sound filling up my ears and my body and heart. And what I heard completely blew me away. I've been listening to it non-stop since then, singing, dancing, falling flat on my back on the couch or bed, analyzing, breathing, feeling the music. I'm in love here. And the chorus is... I don't know what to call it. Incredibly beautiful. Incredibly stimulating. Incredibly me.

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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

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

'cause I'd get a thousand hugs
from ten thousand lightening bugs
as they'd try to teach me how to dance
a foxtrot above my head
a sockhop beneath my bed
a discoball that's just hanging by a thread

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

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 I'll know where several are
if my dreams get real bizarre
'cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar

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
because my dreams are bursting at the seams