Fireflies lyrics

(w/ Rachael Yamagata)

You... looked just like my mother
Did when she was 19
Not afraid to die
I... started planning our future
You were just 19
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
in any place but here

Never say
You`ll never leave
Cuz you`ll 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`m... gonna sleep on the train tracks
It`s gonna be a peaceful night
Then it`s gonna get rough

Never say
You`ll never leave
Cuz you`ll 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`
- Must have been me
- Must have been me...

You... looked just 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
Still a firefly