Firefly (original song)

Fireflies were a part of ancient Mayan mythology, often being associated with the stars. They were said to contain the light of stars.

In East Asia, the ancient Chinese sometimes captured fireflies in transparent or semi-transparent containers and used them as lanterns.

Bioluminescence is a very efficient process. Some 90% of the energy a firefly uses to create light is actually converted into visible light. By comparison, an incandescent electric bulb can convert only 10 percent of total energy used into visible light, and the remainder is emitted as heat.

Tropical fireflies, particularly in Southeast Asia (Thailand and Malaysia), routinely synchronize their flashes among large groups, a startling example of spontaneous biological order.

I've had a couple of requests for the chords for this so here it is:

capo on 4

verse
C G C G C G D x2

chorus
Am walk up to C G D
Am walk up to C G D G

walk up is
002210
020010
032010
I also use lots of hammer ons with the second finger which gives the chords more variation


See them like firelight sparkle in twilight
See them when evening draws down
They will be your friends with you forever
They'll never let you down
Night comes much sooner and longer than we would like
Morning is too far away
And all of the sunlight around here is leaving
Shadows they chase it away

And gone is the warmth in the air
Like flowers once weaved in your hair
And empty is all that I do
But think of the fireflies as you

Do you remember dear our wedding day
All of the mourners they came
Sat down in sunlight and we said its alright
With clouds over threatening rain
You looked into my eyes And said you were mine
You kissed me so softly then cried
And we danced together there in the firelight
for we knew we'd such little time

Gone is the cold in the air
Like flowers once weaved in your hair
And empty is all that I do
But think of the fireflies as you

Down through the years that have gone before
I sit as an old man today
On my veranda, playing my guitar
I sing as the light leaves the day
I'm finding it hard now, hard to remember
All of the things that I've known
Memories circle in darkness like fireflies
Leaving me there all alone

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• firefly
• original
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• joe
• burton
• Folk
• Country
• Alternative

[imaginature1day]

Thank you so much for every song that you sing...it does my heart good every time I listen!

[joeburton77]

@imaginature1day you are very, very welcome!!! :)

[Celtic505]

Wow. Just, wow. I clicked on this while looking for Firefly tv clips....but I'm just taken back by the lyrics and song. The song is great but the lyrics are quite haunting...

[joeburton77]

@Celtic505 thanks very much , glad you liked it :)

[grant8220]

Came across this by accident and I'm glad I did. Very well done.

[joeburton77]

@grant8220 thanks, glad you liked it :)

[Vexlica]

I came across this looking for the Firefly theme song... I am glad I clicked on this video.. Beautiful! It's been on a constant loop for the past hour! <33

[BardofShadow]

Are you sure you are not a browncoat?? But even if you are not, that is some very , very shiny music you are making. Keep it coming!

[parranojja]

Very good man very good!

[Automathan5388MR]

Very very nice

[BardofShadow]

@MusselmanTheatre That was exactly my thought reading the lyrics.

[MusselmanTheatre]

Awesome song! Came across looking for Firefly/Serenity songs. Works for Zoe & Wash. Beautiful piece of original work!!

[RSruler98]

Misclicked. On This. But hey, Im Glad I did.