Be my firefly

keep me up, keep it down, keep me safe at night

I won't try to find out

how to float, how to breathe, how to see between

because one day I'll get back to

that place where we started far beyond our view

It's not so safe inside

been looking out, staring up, waiting for a sign

before we lose the light out

but i can't leave, can't pretend like i do anything right

(When I float away)

I lost track of myself again this year

(I won't find a thing)

keeps slipping through the cracks and I can't take it back

(When I float away)

and each night it follows me home

(I won't find a thing)

and eats away until I'm gone

and I wish that you would let this go

oh I'll go down to the river and I'll try to wash this off my back

and I wish that you would let this go

oh I'll fall down in the water and I'll try to savor one last breath

oh I wish you wouldn't let me go