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Fireflies Lyrics
You looked like my mother did when she was 19, not afraid to die.
I started plannin' our future, but you were just 19, and still a firefly.
You got terrible vision. You shoulda seen I was leavin' when I first appeared.
I got bit by the footlights. I got caught in the headlights headed any place but here.
Never say you'll never leave 'cause you never know 'til you try.
In a jar fireflies only last for one night, only last for one night.
Trains roll like gamblers in slow-mo,
tryin' to find good luck when they couldn't find love.
Oh yeah, and I am gonna sleep on the train tracks.
It's gonna be a peaceful, then it's gonna get rough.
Never say you'll never leave 'cause you never know 'til you try
In a jar fireflies only last for one night, only last for one night.
I must have had a reason for leavin'.
Not one I could see.
I must have had a reason for leavin'.
It must have been me, it must have been me.
You looked like my mother did when she was 19, not afraid to die.
For the last time I'm not your mother, and I was only 19 and still a firefly.
I started plannin' our future, but you were just 19, and still a firefly.
You got terrible vision. You shoulda seen I was leavin' when I first appeared.
I got bit by the footlights. I got caught in the headlights headed any place but here.
In a jar fireflies only last for one night, only last for one night.
tryin' to find good luck when they couldn't find love.
Oh yeah, and I am gonna sleep on the train tracks.
It's gonna be a peaceful, then it's gonna get rough.
Never say you'll never leave 'cause you never know 'til you try
In a jar fireflies only last for one night, only last for one night.
Not one I could see.
I must have had a reason for leavin'.
It must have been me, it must have been me.
For the last time I'm not your mother, and I was only 19 and still a firefly.
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Significance of footlights?
i think she left to find fame. and would rather have been a singer/actor whatever than stay with him.
i just think its about a couple. Their young and they have this great relationship but he or she knows they can't bottle up (fireflies in this case) too much of a good thing or they they die away. Its also about finding yourself snd making that choice to leave