Fireflies - Rhett Miller, 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

I’m still a firefly