Capo 3

[Intro]
  

[Verse 1]
             
You would not 


believe your e

yes

If ten million

 fireflies
          
Lit up the wor

           
ld as I fell a


sleep
             
'Cause they'd 

         
fill the open 

air

And leave tear

drops everywhe

re
             
You'd think me

 
 rude
         
But I would ju

             
st stand and s


tare

[Chorus]
        
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
           
Awake when I'm

 
 asleep
         
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

     
s it seems

[Verse 2]
             
'Cause I'd get

   
 a thousand hu

gs

From ten thous

and lightning 

bugs
             
As they tried 

         
to teach me ho

     
w to dance
          
A fox trot abo

    
ve my head

A sock hop ben

eath my bed
             
A disco ball t

         
hat's just han

          
ging by a thre


ad

[Chorus]
        
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
           
Awake when I'm

 
 asleep
         
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

     
s it seems

[Bridge]
             
Leave my door 

       
open just a cr


ack
(Please take me away from here)
             
'Cause I feel 

         
like such an i

      
nsomniac
(Please take me away from here)
        
Why do I tire 

            
of counting sh


eep
(Please take me away from here)
             
When I'm far t

         
oo tired to fa

   
ll asleep

[Verse 3]
             
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

[Chorus]
        
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
           
Awake when I'm

 
 asleep
         
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

     
s it seems
            
When I fall as


leep

[Chorus]
        
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
           
Awake when I'm

 
 asleep
         
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

     
s it seems
            
When I fall as


leep

[Chorus/Outro]
        
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
           
Awake when I'm

 
 asleep
         
Because my dre

             
ams are bursti

          
ng at the seam

s