(autistic community version)
Fireflies by Adam Young and Owl City
You would not believe your eyes
If millions of people
Lit up the world like fireflies
‘Cause they just filled up their hearts
No more teardrops everywhere
You’d see me I would just stand, smile and stare
I’d lost all my belief that planet Earth was sometimes fair
It’s hard to say that I’d thought stay hidden or asleep
‘Cause everything is never as it seems
‘Cause I’d get a thousand stares
From literally everywhere
As they tried to teach me how to live
A remark above my head
Treating me like they want me dead
My heavy mind was just hanging by a thread (thread, thread)
I’d lost all my belief that planet Earth was sometimes fair
It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay hidden or asleep
‘Cause everything is never as it seems (when I stay awake)
Not living my life under attack
Please take me away from here
‘Cause I feel like such an insomniac
Please take me away from here
Why do I tire of trying to sleep?
Please take me away from here
When I’m far too tired to fall asleep
To ten million fireflies
Wouldn’t you like to see spirits rise
I got misty eyes as they said, “We’re free” (they said we’re free)
I can see where several are
Hearts as bright as stars
‘Cause I felt a few giving so much hope from afar (from afar)
I’d lost all my belief that planet Earth was sometimes fair
It’s hard to say that I’d thought stay hidden or asleep
‘Cause everything is never as it seems
I’d lost all my belief that planet Earth was sometimes fair
It’s hard to say that I’d thought stay hidden or asleep
‘Cause everything is never as it seems
All our best and love
Ross Fraser and Jeni Dern
Words – Ross A Fraser
Listen/Sing Along – youtu.be/psuRGfAaju4
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Rights – Adam Young and Owl City Universal Music Group
In association with Service Graphics and Blackaddie Country House, Dumfries & Galloway
To begin the seasonal sing along, we are starting with “Fireflies”, a song my wife first introduced me to.