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Genre
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Release year
2009
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Loading the chords for 'Owl City - Fireflies (Official Music Video)'.
You would not believe your eyesIf ten million firefliesLit up the world as I fell asleep'Cause they fill the open airAnd leave teardrops everywhereYou'd think me rude but I would just stand and stareI'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowlyIt'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 hugsFrom ten thousand lightning bugsAs they tried to teach me how to danceA foxtrot above my headA sock hop beneath my bedA disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread)I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowlyIt'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 crackPlease take me away from here'Cause I feel like such an insomniacPlease take me away from hereWhy do I tire of counting sheep?Please take me away from hereWhen I'm far too tired to fall asleepTo ten million firefliesI'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyesI got misty eyes as they said farewell (they said farewell)But I'll know where several areIf 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 slowlyIt'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 slowlyIt'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)Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind | By: Adam R. Young | Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Intro

You would not believe your eyes

Verse

If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
'Cause they 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

Chorus

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 (thread, 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

Verse

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

Chorus

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)

Outro

(Because my dreams are bursting at the seams)

By: Adam R. Young · Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind · Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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