Summer Song Of The Day: 100,000 Fireflies
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Artist: Magnetic Fields
Song: 100,000 Fireflies
For some people, Memorial Day weekend is the start of summer. For others, its that first hot day, or tan-lines, or a long weekend at the beach. But for me, it’s the first night when there’s a full sky of fireflies. Because nothing makes me feel like I’m a kid again like catching fireflies, and some ice cream…
LYRICS:
I have a mandolin
I play it all night long
It makes me want to kill myself
I also have a dobro
Made in some mountain range
Sounds like a mountain range in love
But when I turn up the tone
On my electric guitar
I’m afraid of the dark without you close to me
I went out to the forest and caught
A hundred thousand fireflies
As they ricochet round the room
They remind me of your starry eyes
Someone else’s might not have made me so sad
But this is the worst night I ever had
’cause I’m afraid of the dark without you close to me
You won’t be happy with me,
But give me one more chance
You won’t be happy anyway
Why do we still live here
In this repulsive town?
All our friends are in New York
Why do we keep shrieking,
when we mean soft things?
We should be whispering all the time…
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