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Fireflies Lyrics By Owl City

    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 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

    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 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

    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

    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

    Artist: Owl City

    Year: 2009

    Decade: 00s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 204