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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2009 22:56:36 GMT -5
wow,number 21 in itunes.i hope this go to top 5 in itunes.
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Post by nali on Sept 15, 2009 9:40:37 GMT -5
top 40!! 46 40 OWL CITY Fireflies 811 596 215
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Post by gboichris on Sept 15, 2009 12:22:31 GMT -5
I knew this would be a hit!!!!
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Post by Rεvôlvεr† on Sept 15, 2009 12:27:13 GMT -5
Love this song!
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Post by Gravity. on Sept 15, 2009 16:46:34 GMT -5
Top 40!! Hope that this gets top 20.
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Post by Cody on Sept 15, 2009 22:11:10 GMT -5
I like this song but the lyrics are ridiculous and make this guy seem like captain obvious. "you would not believe your eyes, if 10 million fireflies, lit up the world as you fell asleep" First of all, no shit Second, if you were sleeping, how could you see 10 million fireflies? There would be nothing to believe Sorry, good song, but these lyrics still make me chuckle
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Post by Rurry on Sept 15, 2009 22:15:26 GMT -5
LOL, clearly there is hidden meaning there....I think he knows that you can't see fireflies when you sleep.
I'm still not totally sure what this song is about. I've heard it's about insomnia, but to me it really seems more like a coming-of-age, growing up song, and wishing the world would slow down, and I think it's also about learning to take the time to enjoy the little things. That's just how I take it though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2009 22:16:10 GMT -5
cody,sometimes people listen songs for different reasons.some people like to listen the lyric,some listen the hot beats,some listen because it is catchy.
i think this song's music background is so different and there is some hook about this song.
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Post by Rurry on Sept 15, 2009 22:17:05 GMT -5
I honestly like the lyrics. There, I said it.
They're different. They're not in your face. They don't have an obvious meaning. I can see why they're not for everyone, but I personally like the lyrics. I like the melody too...this song is just so "pleasant". It's so calming to listen to. We need more songs like this on pop radio.
I really hope it's a big hit.
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Post by Cody on Sept 15, 2009 22:37:09 GMT -5
lol I don't hate them I just get a kick out of them because to me they make no sense. But still I like the song and I'm glad it's getting pop recognition
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Post by gin on Sept 15, 2009 22:40:33 GMT -5
I like this song but the lyrics are ridiculous and make this guy seem like captain obvious. "you would not believe your eyes, if 10 million fireflies, lit up the world as you fell asleep" First of all, no s**t Second, if you were sleeping, how could you see 10 million fireflies? There would be nothing to believe Sorry, good song, but these lyrics still make me chuckle you would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as i fell asleepOkay, ten million fireflies, yes that would be impressive. Granted, dispersed amongst the whole world, there would be no sense of collective light and thus their efforts would go unappreciated. 'Cause they'd fill the open air Well they certainly can't fill closed air now, can they? and leave teardrops everywhereThat is false. Fireflies don't cry. you'd think me rude but I'd just stand and stareI would not think you rude for staring at fireflies, nor do I think they would find you rude, either. They are fireflies, incapable of social analysis. I would think you rude if you stared at me, however, but then again I would think you stupid because you're someone who stares, so I would write you off as someone not to be concerned with. I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly Its hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleepWhen you're asleep, you usually can't talk. If you can, it's going to be incoherent jumble which would almost never scramble together to form a coherent sentence declaring personal preference. 'Cause everything is never as it seemsOkay. 'Cause id get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs10 lightning bugs = 1 hug? No. Physically impossible. as they tried to teach me how to danceThe fireflies couldn't give a shit less about you. A foxtrot above my headNo. a sockhop beneath my bedNo. a disco ball is just hanging by a threadWhere did that even come from? (chorus) When i fall asleep
leave my door open just a crack (please take me away from here) 'Cause i feel like such an insomniac (please take me away from here)We're going to leave your door open just a crack, because you feel like an insomniac? I'm trying to discern how that is in any way a logical statement. Do you enjoy being an insomniac? Then you would be awake and could open the damn door yourself. Are you trying to fall asleep? Then outside noise from the other room would distract you, and thus you would not want your door cracked open. why do i tire of counting sheep (please take me away from here) when I'm far too tired to fall asleep
To ten million fireflies I'm weird 'cause i hate goodbyesBecause everyone just LOVES goodbyes. i got misty eyes as they said farewell but ill know where several are if my dreams get real bizarre 'cause i saved a few and i keep them in a jarYou prevented a select few from being with their giant group of friends and family for your own selfish reasons. You're an asshole. Chorus (x2)
I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that i'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause my dreams are bursting at the seamsYou're implying that dreams had constraints to begin with. Um, NO, they're dreams.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2009 22:52:11 GMT -5
u are giving bad review for the song,gin. haha i cant blame you,i myself cant understand what this song is about.this song makes me feel like i am in a fantasy world story.
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Post by gin on Sept 15, 2009 23:03:39 GMT -5
u are giving bad review for the song,gin. haha i cant blame you,i myself cant understand what this song is about.this song makes me feel like i am in a fantasy world story. It's not a terrible song, but the lyrics are pretty sappy. Still, I did not expect this to impact the pop charts at all.
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Post by Rurry on Sept 15, 2009 23:04:22 GMT -5
I didn't either really...at least not this quickly.
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Post by rfucom on Sept 16, 2009 1:40:42 GMT -5
Next Single according to FMQB 10/9
Bugs - Owl City
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Post by rfucom on Sept 16, 2009 1:41:41 GMT -5
u are giving bad review for the song,gin. haha i cant blame you,i myself cant understand what this song is about.this song makes me feel like i am in a fantasy world story. It's not a terrible song, but the lyrics are pretty sappy. Still, I did not expect this to impact the pop charts at all. their next single is more catchy than this.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2009 1:46:51 GMT -5
u are giving bad review for the song,gin. haha i cant blame you,i myself cant understand what this song is about.this song makes me feel like i am in a fantasy world story. It's not a terrible song, but the lyrics are pretty sappy. Still, I did not expect this to impact the pop charts at all. i guess the american taste in music sometimes are not explainable. i am curios whether my nation will eat this song.
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Post by JayBoozer on Sept 16, 2009 2:29:38 GMT -5
I like this song but the lyrics are ridiculous and make this guy seem like captain obvious. "you would not believe your eyes, if 10 million fireflies, lit up the world as you fell asleep" First of all, no s**t Second, if you were sleeping, how could you see 10 million fireflies? There would be nothing to believe Sorry, good song, but these lyrics still make me chuckle you would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as i fell asleepOkay, ten million fireflies, yes that would be impressive. Granted, dispersed amongst the whole world, there would be no sense of collective light and thus their efforts would go unappreciated. 'Cause they'd fill the open air Well they certainly can't fill closed air now, can they? and leave teardrops everywhereThat is false. Fireflies don't cry. you'd think me rude but I'd just stand and stareI would not think you rude for staring at fireflies, nor do I think they would find you rude, either. They are fireflies, incapable of social analysis. I would think you rude if you stared at me, however, but then again I would think you stupid because you're someone who stares, so I would write you off as someone not to be concerned with. I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly Its hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleepWhen you're asleep, you usually can't talk. If you can, it's going to be incoherent jumble which would almost never scramble together to form a coherent sentence declaring personal preference. 'Cause everything is never as it seemsOkay. 'Cause id get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs10 lightning bugs = 1 hug? No. Physically impossible. as they tried to teach me how to danceThe fireflies couldn't give a s**t less about you. A foxtrot above my headNo. a sockhop beneath my bedNo. a disco ball is just hanging by a threadWhere did that even come from? (chorus) When i fall asleep
leave my door open just a crack (please take me away from here) 'Cause i feel like such an insomniac (please take me away from here)We're going to leave your door open just a crack, because you feel like an insomniac? I'm trying to discern how that is in any way a logical statement. Do you enjoy being an insomniac? Then you would be awake and could open the damn door yourself. Are you trying to fall asleep? Then outside noise from the other room would distract you, and thus you would not want your door cracked open. why do i tire of counting sheep (please take me away from here) when I'm far too tired to fall asleep
To ten million fireflies I'm weird 'cause i hate goodbyesBecause everyone just LOVES goodbyes. i got misty eyes as they said farewell but ill know where several are if my dreams get real bizarre 'cause i saved a few and i keep them in a jarYou prevented a select few from being with their giant group of friends and family for your own selfish reasons. You're an asshole. Chorus (x2)
I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that i'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause my dreams are bursting at the seamsYou're implying that dreams had constraints to begin with. Um, NO, they're dreams. I think it's pretty simple... you're taking the song too literally. He's an insomniac (which is actually true... he wrote most of his songs in his basement with no sleep), and fireflies are representative of his sleep/dreams. There are some silly colloquial statements in there like "YOU would not believe your eyes" (I don't think he's literally referring to you) or "It's hard to say" (he doesn't literally mean SAY out loud) that you also take literally. It's pretty obvious to me that the first and second verses are specific dreams he's had (dreams often don't make sense) and the chorus is a statement about his constant state of insomnia (I'd like to make myself believe the Earth turns slowly = time doesn't pass normally for me). The last verse is him pleading the metaphorical fireflies to take him in to sleep and since sleep/dreams are so rare he wants to keep them "in a jar." I dunno. lol
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Post by WotUNeed on Sept 16, 2009 7:59:12 GMT -5
Personally, I don't think these are particularly deep lyrics. I agree it's basically just supposed to be dreamlike imagery. I just think it's poorly composed. It reminds me of the kind of poetry people write in an attempt to sound deep, only they don't end up saying anything. I don't mind lyrics that aren't obvious - many of my favorite songwriters (P.F. Sloan, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Tweedy, etc.) have written a lot of songs that are anything but straightforward. That said, having some meaning beneath the surface isn't a free pass on songwriting.
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Post by ZAYN on Sept 16, 2009 18:10:02 GMT -5
Oh gahh yall aren't familiar with Owl City.
My friends have been fans of his for years, his lyrics are NONSENSE...all of them! Listen to "hello seattle" complete and utter bullshit.
His lyrics are so bad he can't even memorize them, he has to read them off his macbook when he performs live!
Catchy song, shitty artist.
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Post by Rurry on Sept 16, 2009 18:56:21 GMT -5
I'm not saying the lyrics are beautifully written and a piece of timeless art, I just think they're kinda cool and different for pop radio.
I'm not sure why people are taking it so literally either, it's pretty clear it's not meant to be taken literally lol.
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Post by Rurry on Sept 16, 2009 18:57:59 GMT -5
you would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as i fell asleepOkay, ten million fireflies, yes that would be impressive. Granted, dispersed amongst the whole world, there would be no sense of collective light and thus their efforts would go unappreciated. 'Cause they'd fill the open air Well they certainly can't fill closed air now, can they? and leave teardrops everywhereThat is false. Fireflies don't cry. you'd think me rude but I'd just stand and stareI would not think you rude for staring at fireflies, nor do I think they would find you rude, either. They are fireflies, incapable of social analysis. I would think you rude if you stared at me, however, but then again I would think you stupid because you're someone who stares, so I would write you off as someone not to be concerned with. I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly Its hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleepWhen you're asleep, you usually can't talk. If you can, it's going to be incoherent jumble which would almost never scramble together to form a coherent sentence declaring personal preference. 'Cause everything is never as it seemsOkay. 'Cause id get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs10 lightning bugs = 1 hug? No. Physically impossible. as they tried to teach me how to danceThe fireflies couldn't give a s**t less about you. A foxtrot above my headNo. a sockhop beneath my bedNo. a disco ball is just hanging by a threadWhere did that even come from? (chorus) When i fall asleep
leave my door open just a crack (please take me away from here) 'Cause i feel like such an insomniac (please take me away from here)We're going to leave your door open just a crack, because you feel like an insomniac? I'm trying to discern how that is in any way a logical statement. Do you enjoy being an insomniac? Then you would be awake and could open the damn door yourself. Are you trying to fall asleep? Then outside noise from the other room would distract you, and thus you would not want your door cracked open. why do i tire of counting sheep (please take me away from here) when I'm far too tired to fall asleep
To ten million fireflies I'm weird 'cause i hate goodbyesBecause everyone just LOVES goodbyes. i got misty eyes as they said farewell but ill know where several are if my dreams get real bizarre 'cause i saved a few and i keep them in a jarYou prevented a select few from being with their giant group of friends and family for your own selfish reasons. You're an asshole. Chorus (x2)
I'd like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly It's hard to say that i'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 'Cause my dreams are bursting at the seamsYou're implying that dreams had constraints to begin with. Um, NO, they're dreams. I think it's pretty simple... you're taking the song too literally. He's an insomniac (which is actually true... he wrote most of his songs in his basement with no sleep), and fireflies are representative of his sleep/dreams. There are some silly colloquial statements in there like "YOU would not believe your eyes" (I don't think he's literally referring to you) or "It's hard to say" (he doesn't literally mean SAY out loud) that you also take literally. It's pretty obvious to me that the first and second verses are specific dreams he's had (dreams often don't make sense) and the chorus is a statement about his constant state of insomnia (I'd like to make myself believe the Earth turns slowly = time doesn't pass normally for me). The last verse is him pleading the metaphorical fireflies to take him in to sleep and since sleep/dreams are so rare he wants to keep them "in a jar." I dunno. lol That actually makes sense lol. I never thought of it that way.
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Post by gin on Sept 16, 2009 20:40:07 GMT -5
His lyrics are so bad he can't even memorize them, he has to read them off his macbook when he performs live! LOL that really is pathetic.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2009 22:11:12 GMT -5
His lyrics are so bad he can't even memorize them, he has to read them off his macbook when he performs live! LOL that really is pathetic. :o is he the first artist to do so???i wonder if people know about his live performance and not supporting him.even if this blow big,i guess maybe it will reach top 10 at best.
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Post by ClevelandRox on Sept 17, 2009 0:47:07 GMT -5
I love the "theme" of his lyrics though! So light and fluffy and always makes me smile. :)
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Post by bigbluenote on Sept 17, 2009 1:20:45 GMT -5
Something about this song reminds me of 90's pop. I can't quite place my finger on it. But I LOVE it.
Glad to see this song doing well so far.
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Post by Ron57 on Sept 17, 2009 18:56:20 GMT -5
REALLY getting into this.
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Post by NorthernDownpour on Sept 19, 2009 7:50:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2009 23:13:20 GMT -5
it is now number 12 i guess in itunes...i think this will be top 20 in CHR.
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