Firefly Lyrics

hese days i'm drifting down dark empty halls where



the paintings are wishes hung burning like stars and



i'm kneeling and weeping and mourning their passing



realizing i'm foolish with all my reaching backwards



and your eyes pale and green haunt me from the canvas



they're saying i'm sorry and sorry is all that is left



of us the words they are hollow an shaped just like a



stranger i don't recognize this girl but i believe i



once knew her when i was younger



we chased fireflies all night and put them in a jar we



added grass and some sticks to make um feel at home we



thought we'd make some kinda firefly lantern but they



fluttered and died of asphyxiation



that night we slept in a sleeping bag on the lawn the



wind quietly blew the trees shuddered in song lulled to



sleep by the message that emerged from the ground like



a heart beat so constant assuring it's here you belong



oh love, it's here you belong



in this empty spot in my bed where your body once was



with a head on my chest fingers tracing lines on (my



arms) those tiny hands whispering you were spelling i



love you right from this spot not anymore but you used



to you used to smile and say i can't wait 'till we



have our own place some day with a dog and i'll get to



name him an there'll be no one to wake us everyday we



could sleep in if we wanted