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100,000 Fireflies

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100,000 Fireflies

Release date: 1995

From Incidental Music 1991-95

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"100,000 Fireflies" is a track by Superchunk, from the album Incidental Music 1991-95, released 1995. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

100,000 Fireflies

100,000 Fireflies

I have a mandolin

I play it all night long

It makes we want to kill myself

I also have a dobro

Made in some mountain range

Seems like a mountain range in love

But when I turn up the tone

On my electric guitar

I'm afraid of the dark

Without you close to me

I went out in the forest and caught

100,000 fireflies

As they ricochet round my room

They remind me of your starry eyes

Someone else might not

Have made this so sad

But this is the worst night

I've ever had

Cause I'm afraid of the dark

Without you close to me

You won't be happy with me

Give me one more chance

You won't be happy anyway

Why do we still live here

In this repulsive town

When all our friends are in new york

Why do we keep shreiking

When we mean soft things

We should be whispering all the time

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Track details

From Incidental Music 1991-95

1995

Album

Incidental Music 1991-95

Release year

1995

—I'll Be Your Sister
—Connecticut
—Foolish
—100,000 Fireflies
—Baxter
—Forged It
—On The Mouth
—Precision Auto, Part 2
—Makeout Bench
—Night Of Chill Blue
—Invitation
—Who Needs Light

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Credited: Stephin Merritt, The Magnetic Fields