Fireflies Lyrics

Grim tales by fairy lights

We sat mesmerised, mesmerised

Dancing iridescence

In your eyes like fireflies

Partners in devilment

We grabbed each day, unafraid

But the cold hands of consequence

Broke the spell and wrecked the game

Oh, the sun went out today

For reasons you won’t say

And I just can’t look away

From those fireflies

Naked rage or self-defense

Will we ever know, who’ll let go

No remorse or penitence

Can save the raft from the undertow

Oh, the sun went out today

And the colours burned into gray

But I just can’t look away

From those hurting eyes

We hurt, we grieve

(How could we imagine this would be)

We don’t concede

We hide, we blame

(We believed that the world would stay the same)

Our illusions won’t efface the pain

It remains

The sun went out today

For reasons I can’t say

And the colours died in the pale

Oh, the sun went out today

And I just can’t look away from those fireflies

Tall tales and satellites

All that remain

Turn back the day