The Dance Upon Nothing
(from Then Up)
FIREFLY LYRICS
1. Firefly
2. Wish upon a Star
3. These eyes
4. Wake up
5. Red
6. Lying
7. Any worse
8. The end
9. Tomorrow
10. Happy Words
1. FIREFLY
Dreaming of a distant golden sky in a perfect world where there’s no room to lie.
Gazing up into a starry night where the stars fall down and bathe in silver light.
The night’s so cold, but your eyes shine like gold.
Your smile is the sky and this cold grey is lit by fireflies.
Let me sing for you, my broken soul.
Let me play for you and rebuild a shattered world.
As the river’s running wild and free, I will swim into the fountain of your dreams.
The night’s so cold, but your eyes shine like gold.
Your smile is the sky and this cold grey...
These tiny lights, this darkened nights,
these stars so bright, like fireflies.
2. WISH UPON A STAR
When we close our eyes and dream, we find something in the seams of love that penetrates our hearts.
And when we wish upon a star, does it wonder if we’ve seen the lives that are torn apart?
And all we seem to know about is what we see for ourselves, for ourselves.
And all we seem to care about is what we see for ourselves, for ourselves.
But when I close my eyes and dream, I find something in the seams of hope that penetrates my heart.
And when I wish upon a star, I wish I knew what we are and why we are so blind.
And all we seem to know about is what we see for ourselves, for ourselves.
And all we seem to care about is what we see for ourselves, for ourselves.
How can we dream of happiness if we dream our dreams alone?
And how can we ignore the pain, when the pain is our own?
I’m wishing for a better world, not just for ourselves, not just for ourselves.
And hoping we have time enough to see it for ourselves, for ourselves.
3. THESE EYES
These eyes, they hold depths that are too deep,
full of stairs that are too steep; I must fall before I climb.
Those tears, falling unchecked down my cheek,
What is it now? I can’t see; the shadows make me blind.
So lead me home.
This old woman is all alone.
Long ago she fell out of the line,
all alone, she got left behind.
Lead her home.
That face, with lines so old and deep,
like shadows from your sleep; they’re the scars of your life.
Those tears, are they echoes of your fears?
And can you still hear the dreams that haunt you in the night?
So lead me home.
This old woman is all alone
Long ago she fell out of the line, all alone, she got left behind.
So lead me home.
This old woman is all alone
Long ago she fell out of the line,
all alone, she got left behind.
Lead her home.
4. WAKE UP
It seems often I’ve wondered about too many things,
and I take too much time just to think;
Why don’t fairy lights flutter?
Why wrap presents in bows?
Why have Christmas trees inside and why’s it so cold?
As I stare out the window, warm and cosy inside,
and if it snows this Christmas, I’ll wake up and smile.
I’ll smile.
Baby born in a manger, on a cold winter’s morn.
And the Angels cried, ‘Jesus, a new king is born.’
As I stare out the window, warm and cosy inside
And if it snows this Christmas
As I stare out the window, warm and cosy inside
And if it snows this Christmas,
And if it snows this Christmas,
And if it snows this Christmas,
I’ll wake up and smile.
Smile.
Wake up and I’ll smile to see you.
Wake up on Christmas morn.
5. RED
Well, I left from the door where the roses grow tall,
at the window, the shape of your face.
Well I smiled and I waved you goodbye,
but a tear chose to fall from your eye.
Is it hard that I left there without you?
Is it you that believes that I doubt you?
When it’s me that turned round when you said,
‘A rose, it stays red.’
Well these blossoms won’t bloom and I’ve had to assume
that my flowers will die in my palm.
Well my garden won’t grow anymore
and my roses aren’t tall by the door.
It’s so hard that I left there without you,
and it’s me that regrets that I doubt you,
and I should have took heed when you said,
‘A rose, it stays red.’
Well I dreamed if I saw you, I’d smile and implore you
and tell you how wrong that I was,
and you’d smile, understand, and you’d put in my hand
a rose.
6. LYING
Fallen by the roadside, inches from the car,
a whirling, frenzied vulture pack comes down to our level.
And a tiny cry is broken, stifled by the noise, pleading from minority, a voice.
And I don’t think I need this anymore.
And I don’t need to see the smiles when we’re all broken on the floor.
And I don’t think we need this anymore.
You’re lying.
Fingers tap on glasses; we’ve risen for the speech.
Encouragement to nothing, yet the price is till toosteep,
and there are compliments to the hostess, congratulations to the man
who is making our lives hell, I bet, beneath that puzzled frown.
And I don’t think I need this anymore.
And I don’t need to see the smiles when we’re all broken on the floor.
And I don’t think we need this anymore.
You’re lying.
You’re lying.
You’re lying.
7. ANY WORSE
I made a choice and I gave it all I’ve got.
Too much is little and I told them that I’m glad, but I’m not
because I lack what I want.
I’m resigned that I’m hungry and I’ll never quench the taste.
You asked if I’m lonely and I told you I’m ok, but I‘m not
because I lack what I want.
Don’t stand there and shout about all that I have missed.
Please don’t make it any worse than it already is.
I’ve realized I’m wrong here and I’ve thrown away my spade.
The ace is now gone here and I want to be ok, but I’m not
because I lack what I want
Don’t stand there and shout about all that I have missed.
Please don’t make it any worse than it already is.
I don’t lie. I just exaggerate,
and in my mind it’s already too late.
Don’t stand there and shout about all that I have missed.
Please don’t make it any worse.
8. THE END
Fairest maiden lost for love
Climb her tower
Send her flowers above
Comes Prince Charming
With his dark black steed
Stares adoring, so alluring is she
In my mind love's just a story
A fairytale that just gets boring
Where there's love there will always be the end
Two young lovers
Fight for their right
To love each others
Hold one another at night
Comes the morning
No sun to rise
Where loves poison
Strikes out both their lives
In my mind love's just a story
A fairytale that just gets boring
Where there's love there will always be the end
Where there's love there's always hate
But in our minds it's all a fairytale
And we are blind to what we will find
Where there's love there'll always be the end
9. TOMORROW
Tomorrow, I’ll read the letters in my head
with all the things you never said, like, ‘I love you.’
Tomorrow, I’ll go dancing in the rain,
I’ll find a flower without a name,
and every cloud will look the same.
And I feel every bone, hear every sigh,
watching as each day goes by,
wondering if they’ll be the same.
And I see every change that goes through me,
like a lock without a key
I’m still waiting for one day.
Can’t wait for tomorrow
I’ll find a star that’s not been seen,
I’ll read a beauty magazine,
I’ll sit a while and watch the sea.
And I feel every bone, hear every sigh,
watching as each day goes by,
wondering if they’ll be the same.
And I see every change that goes through me,
like a lock without a key
I’m still waiting for one day.
So bring on tomorrow.
I can’t wait for tomorrow.
Hold on to tomorrow, because tomorrow is just another day.