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"At the heart of this song there seems to be a yearning or a desire to escape back to childhood innocence. Upon first hearing the song, I was intrigued by the melody and simple lyrics; it wasn't until I actually questioned the artists intent that I began seeing the deeper meaning of Adam Young's lyrics. The song starts by telling us we would "not believe" our eyes, a statement that suggests the song will cover some sort of fantastic occurrence. Then the song progresses into a dream like quality. The speaker actually speaks of fireflies as if they were surrounded by them, but I can't help believe the fireflies are supposed to stand for a specific event or situation. Hence the question: Who would catch fireflies? The answer: innocent children. The song speaks about the innocence of youth and how quickly that innocence escapes us. The chorus says "I'd LIKE to make myself believe" suggesting a desire of something that can not be completely accomplished. The speaker wants to believe earth moves slowly; if he can't believe that simple statement, it must mean the opposite is true--planet Earth spins much too fast. In other words, time passes by much too quickly. The speaker then talks about the desire to remain in that dream trance instead of waking up to reality, because within that dream trance is the innocence of youth. An innocence and naivety that allows a simple act--catching fireflies--to become a magical excursion into a wonderland of possibility and adventure. The point of the song seems to speak about the need to hold onto and embrace (maybe even slip back into) our child hood innocence so the reality of growing up does not completely take away the magic and joy the world has to offer." - Anonymous

Simply put: We are all forced to give up our childhood too soon, and sometimes we just wish we could go back to those simple days.

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This guy who wants to live in a fantasy world with everything perfect but he knows it is not possible.

I think it stands for childhood memories as fireflies compare lyrics to childhood memories " ...if ten million fireflies lit up the world as i fell asleep..." means he dreams of his childhood and " ....that planet earth turns slowly..." He tries to believe things change slowly " I'm weird cuz i hate goodbyes i got misty eyes as they said farewell" hes sad to see the memories go "ill know where several are if my dreams get real bizarre cuz i saved a few and i keep them in a jar" he only took time to save a few things " he refers to the memories as ten million fireflies" meaning he has millions of memories but saved a few

The song is trying to say that he likes it better in his dreams than how it is in reality. I agree with him.

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14y ago

because the song is about fireflies and how the singer is around them alot abd such :))

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Adam Young is an insomniac and most of his inspiration comes to him when he can't sleep.

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A lot of people say a lot of things...But i read HIS blog and he said it was about his home and Minnesoda. (he lives in Minnesoda so...) And when he was a kid and cought fireflies

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