Owl City- Firleflies

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)
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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
'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

This song is something more of a dream than anything but the genre is a pop song. Pop usually consists of enhanced, catchy beats, and innocent lyrics. It is "feel-good" music and this genre exists internationally. This music reaches out everywhere, in fact the I don't think the group that sings this song is American. The song is just amazing and has a serious message, so America appreciated it. It is influential because the song points out a fact that can't be ignored, "the world spins so fast", in our fantasies, the world moves slow. The singer simply expresses his make believe notion the the world moves slowly. Time is scary, and facing the fact that it doesn't stop for anyone is not as easy as it seems. This represents society as a whole. We all have fears, the singer's fear just seems to be trapped in his childhood. The video to the song correlates even more. Its' setting is a childlike room filled with old-school toys (toys that were once his I assume), he points out that he would rather sleep than be awake so that he can live in his fantasy. The correlation with the fireflies, just points out a childlike passion. The beginning lyrics talk about if 10 million fireflies lit up the world, the singer's dream. He says he would just "stand and stare", this is a human value- would you catch them? Or be amazed by their beauty? The target audience in my opinion is young adults, or people who are old enough to face the reality of life, and are too young to not be afraid of it (I.E- ME). The information is conveyed through swift lyrics, that have ALOT of meaning behind them. The tempo of the song is catchy and the lyrics aren't extremely hard to learn either so this song is EASY to love in my opinion. This genre, well song is particular relates CLOSELY to another genre- dreams. The singer reveals his childhood fear that he still holds onto. The song is basically a dream that the singer is having. The song makes an extreme emotional connection because he is revealing a fear of his. Anytime you are telling the world your fears, it is emotional and scary. But he shares a fear that many people do everywhere including myself. The writer is not a fan of trust based on the song in my opinion. One of my favorite lines of the song is "cause everything is never as it seems", the writer does not have strong trust for the real world. He feels like the world moves too fast, and the only way to truly slow it down is in a make-believe world in his dreams. The fireflies just represent his inner-child in my opinion. I love this song. Everything about it. I could listen to it all day.