You would not 

             
believe your e

yes
            
If ten million

            
 fireflies lit

             
 up the world 

            
as I fell asle

   
ep
             
'Cause they'd 

         
fill the open 

air 
            
and leave tear

          
drops everywhe

re
             
you'd think me

             
 rude but I'd 

              
just stand and

      
 stare

            
I'd like to ma

            
ke myself beli

eve
            
that planet Ea

            
rth turns slow

  
ly
            
It's hard to s

             
ay that I'd ra

             
ther stay awak

          
e when I'm asl

eep
            
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

     
s it seems

             
'Cause I'd get

   
 a thousand hu

gs
            
from ten thous

             
and lightning 

             
bugs as they t

             
ried to teach 

            
me how to danc

   
e
          
A foxtrot abov

e my head
          
a sockhop bene

ath my bed
             
a disco ball i

             
s just hanging

           
 by a thread

           
I'd like to ma

          
ke myself beli

eve
            
that planet Ea

            
rth turns slow

 
ly
            
It's hard to s

             
ay that I'd ra

             
ther stay awak

          
e when I'm asl

eep
            
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

     
s it seems

             
Leave my door 

             
open just a cr

ack
            
(please take m

  
e away from he

re)
             
'Cause I feel 

             
like such an i

nsomniac
            
(please take m

      
e away from he

re)
             
Why do I tire 

      
of counting sh

eep
            
(please take m

   
e away from he

re)
             
when I'm far t

             
oo tired to fa

          
ll asleep

             
To ten million

 
 fireflies
            
I'm weird 'cau

   
se I hate good

byes
             
I got misty ey

             
es as they sai

         
d farewell
             
but I'll know 

      
where several 

are
            
If my dreams g

    
et real bizarr

e
             
'cause I saved

             
 a few and I k

              
eep them in a 

   
jar

            
I'd like to ma

            
ke myself beli

eve
            
that planet Ea

            
rth turns slow

  
ly
            
It's hard to s

             
ay that I'd ra

             
ther stay awak

          
e when I'm asl

eep
            
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

     
s it seems

            
I'd like to ma

            
ke myself beli

eve
            
that planet Ea

            
rth turns slow

  
ly
            
It's hard to s

             
ay that I'd ra

             
ther stay awak

          
e when I'm asl

eep
            
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

     
s it seems

            
I'd like to ma

            
ke myself beli

eve
            
that planet Ea

            
rth turns slow

  
ly
            
It's hard to s

             
ay that I'd ra

             
ther stay awak

          
e when I'm asl

eep
            
Because my dre

             
ams are bursti

          
ng at the seam

s