Fireflies Lyrics - The Believer - Rhett Miller

You looked like my mother 

Did when she was 19, not afraid to die 

I started plannin' our future 

But you were just 19, still a firefly 

You got terrible vision 

You shoulda seen I was leavin' when I first appeared 

I got bit by the footlights 

I got caught in the headlights in any place but here 

Never say you'll never leave 

'Cause you'll never know 'til you try 

In a jar fireflies 

Only last for one night, only last for one night 

Trains roll like gamblers in slow mo 

Tryin' to find good luck when they couldn't find love 

Oh yeah, and I'm gonna sleep on the train tracks 

It's gonna be a peaceful night then it's gonna get rough 

Never say you'll never leave 

'Cause you'll never know 'til you try 

In a jar fireflies 

Only last for one night, only last for one night 

I must have had a reason for leavin' 

Not one I could see 

I must have had a reason for leavin' 

It must have been me, it must have been me 

You looked like my mother 

Did when she was 19, not afraid to die 

For the last time I'm not your mother 

And I was only 19, I'm still a firefly