assingment #4

You would not believe your eyes


If ten million fireflies

Lit up the world as I fell asleep



'Cause they'd fill the open air

And leave teardrops everywhere

You'd think me rude

But I would just stand and stare



I'd like to make myself believe

That planet Earth turns slowly

It's hard to say that I'd rather stay

Awake when I'm asleep

'Cause everything is never as it seems



'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs

From ten thousand lightning bugs

As they tried to teach me how to dance



A foxtrot above my head

A sock hop beneath my bed

A disco ball is just hanging by a thread



I'd like to make myself believe

That planet Earth turns slowly

It's hard to say that I'd rather stay

Awake when I'm asleep

'Cause everything is never as it seems

When I fall asleep



Leave my door open just a crack

(Please take me away from here)

'Cause I feel like such an insomniac

(Please take me away from here)



Why do I tire of counting sheep

(Please take me away from here)

When I'm far too tired to fall asleep



To ten million fireflies

I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes

I got misty eyes as they said farewell



But I'll know where several are

If my dreams get real bizarre

'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar



I'd like to make myself believe

That planet Earth turns slowly

It's hard to say that I'd rather stay

Awake when I'm asleep

'Cause everything is never as it seems

When I fall asleep



I'd like to make myself believe

That planet Earth turns slowly

It's hard to say that I'd rather stay

Awake when I'm asleep

'Cause everything is never as it seems

When I fall asleep



I'd like to make myself believe

That planet earth turns slowly

It's hard to say that I'd rather stay

Awake when I'm asleep

Because my dreams are bursting at the seams
                                                                                   Song: fireflies


Album: Owl City

Author: Adam Young

I chose this song because it had a techno, peaceful type of tune. I think it can be interpreted in two ways; one way would be wanting to go back to childhood. Or just enjoy nature before it’s gone. It gives off sort of a fantasy feeling and peace; I like the song because of that. The two poetic terms in this song are; rhyme scheme “…A, A, (sometimes another A) …B, B, (sometimes another B)” and a rhyme, like head/bed/thread.