Fireflies Lyrics - Singles - Roper

Blushing skin is whispering 

slight of tongue, can kill so softly 

Velvet lips sing lullabies 

so satin sleek but still so costly 

Knees weaken crumble and fall 

Mere mortals she's had them all 

This gift of sight 

this glorious blight 

[Chorus:] 

Fireflies 

close your eyes 

They flicker dim then die 

not true stars just fading lies 

Fireflies close your eyes 

Dancing so sweetly by 

then disappearing with a sigh 

Far too easily distracted 

by this wretched curse 

I'm enticed and so attracted 

bait and trap me, perhaps worse 

Jade brilliance emerald lies 

Each glimmer must fade and die 

This gift of sight 

this glorious blight 

I don't want these distractions 

no compromise for fractions 

Diminish these subtractions 

false lights are just refractions