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Fire Flies Lyrics
[Verse 1]
If you see me floatin' too many times
My face will be painted in these white brick lines
'Cause all my fear's invading
All the crazies put on buses and sent up here to find you
Livin' on the limits
[Verse 2]
And if you say goodbye too many times
The sentinels will find me and switch me off this time
'Cause all my fear's invading
All the crazies put on buses and sent up here to find you
Livin' on the limits
[Chorus]
All you ever get from the sonnet is the count of the fallen man
Every calling cost made to your heart
You were in the kind of game that put the force in me
I was ever chasing fireflies
[Bridge]
Sometimes I follow a firefly
It takes me into the night
Baby, I just survive
I got drunk, I'm sorry
Am I losing you?
Sometimes I follow a firefly
It takes me into the night
Baby, I just survive
I got drunk, I'm sorry
Am I losing you?
[Chorus]
All you ever get from the sonnet is the count of the fallen man
Every calling cost made to your heart
You were in the kind of game that put the force in me
I was ever chasing fireflies
If you see me floatin' too many times
My face will be painted in these white brick lines
All the crazies put on buses and sent up here to find you
Livin' on the limits
And if you say goodbye too many times
The sentinels will find me and switch me off this time
All the crazies put on buses and sent up here to find you
Livin' on the limits
All you ever get from the sonnet is the count of the fallen man
Every calling cost made to your heart
You were in the kind of game that put the force in me
I was ever chasing fireflies
Sometimes I follow a firefly
It takes me into the night
Baby, I just survive
I got drunk, I'm sorry
Am I losing you?
Sometimes I follow a firefly
It takes me into the night
Baby, I just survive
I got drunk, I'm sorry
Am I losing you?
All you ever get from the sonnet is the count of the fallen man
Every calling cost made to your heart
You were in the kind of game that put the force in me
I was ever chasing fireflies
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I feel this song is about someone who is struggling with substance abuse, and the significant other has been hurt so many times from their addiction. They are finally realizing the damage that they have put on the relationship and they both feel like their body is being ripped apart from ‘losing”’the other. They are struggling because their lover was a huge reason why they wanted and kept trying to get better… but they didn’t have the will or strength to overcome the consuming effects of addiction. The lover still is madly in love with them, but something needed to snap, or break so there could be growth.