Intro:
          

Verse:
             
  You would no

       
t believe your

 eyes,
 
  If ten milli

on fireflies,
             
  Lit up the w

             
orld as I fell

    
 asleep,
             
 'Cause they'd

           
 fill the open

 air,
 
  And leave te

ardrops everyw

here,
    
  You'd think 

me rude,
             
  But I would 

              
just stand and


 stare,

Chorus:
             
  I'd like to 

             
make myself be

             
lieve that pla

            
net Earth turn

       
s slow---ly,
              
  It's hard to

              
 say that I'd 

             
rather stay aw

            
ake when I'm a

  
sleep,
             
  Cos everythi

             
ng is never as

         
 it seems,

Verse:
             
 'Cos I'd get 

             
a thousand hug

             
s from ten tho

  
usand lightnin

g bugs,
             
  As they trie

             
d to teach me 

      
how to dance,
             
  A foxtrot ab


ove my head,

  A sock hop b

eneath my bed,
             
  A disco ball

             
 is just hangi

             
ng by a thread

  
,

Chorus:
             
  I'd like to 

            
make myself be

             
lieve that pla

            
net Earth turn

       
s slow---ly,
             
  It's hard to

              
 say that I'd 

             
rather stay aw

            
ake when I'm a

  
sleep,
             
  Cos everythi

             
ng is never as

             
 it seems when

          
 I fall asleep

,

Bridge:
             
  Leave my doo

             
r open just a 

  
crack, (Please

 take me away 

from here)
             
 'Cause I feel

             
 like such an 

        
insomniac,(Ple

ase take me aw

ay from here)
            
  Why do I tir

              
e of counting 

  
sheep, (Please

 take me away 

from here)
             
  When I'm far

             
 too tired to 

    
fall asleep,

Breakdown:
             
  To ten milli

    
on fireflies,

  I'm weird 'c

ause I hate go

odbyes,
             
  I got misty 

             
eyes as they s

     
aid farewell,
             
  But I'll kno

         
w where severa

l are,

  If my dreams

 get real biza

rre,
             
 'Cause I save

             
d a few and I 

          
keep them in a

      
 jar,

Coda:
             
  I'd like to 

            
make myself be

  
lieve,
              
  That planet 

            
Earth turns sl

    
ow---ly,
              
  It's hard to

              
 say that I'd 

 
rather stay,
             
  Awake when I

     
'm asleep,
             
 'Cause everyt

             
hing is never 

        
as it seems,
          
  When I fall 

    
asleep,
              
  I'd like to 

            
make myself be

  
lieve,
              
  That planet 

           
Earth turns sl

#    
ow---ly,
              
  It's hard to

              
 say that I'd 

 
rather stay,
             
  Awake when I

     
'm asleep,
             
 'Cause everyt

             
hing is never 

       
as it seems,
          
  When I fall 

asleep,

Outro:
             
  I'd like to 

            
make myself be

 
lieve,
              
  That planet 

           
Earth turns sl

#    
ow---ly,
              
  It's hard to

              
 say that I'd 

 
rather stay,
             
  Awake when I

     
'm asleep,
             
  Because my d

             
reams are burs

              
ting at the se


ams,