Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Someone pulls a burning thread
through the velvet overhead,
tearing up the dark in two.
Little light, and who are you?
Are you playing hide-and-seek?
You come quiet, then you shriek.
Standing on the windowsill,
I can watch you, very still.
[Chorus]
Firefly, oh firefly,
where you come from, where you fly?
If you're looking for a bed,
go and sleep somewhere instead,
in the field beyond the hill
where the dragon's teeth lie still,
not on Mama, not on me.
Firefly, oh, let us be.
[Verse 2]
Here's a swarm up from the south,
flying at the dragon's mouth.
He lies sleeping in the ground,
only teeth for miles around.
When you pass, the glasses ring,
and I hear you, how you sing.
Please don't stop and please don't drop,
fly on over our rooftop.
[Chorus]
Firefly, oh firefly,
where you come from, where you fly?
If you're looking for a bed,
go and sleep somewhere instead,
in the field beyond the hill
where the dragon's teeth lie still,
not on Mama, not on me.
Firefly, oh, let us be.
[Verse 3]
Mama pulls me from the pane,
whispers something: iron rain.
All the while the sirens wail,
and her face goes very pale.
If you're friendly, if you're kind,
why's she pulling me behind
down the stairs, and down, and down,
underneath the sleeping town?
[Final Chorus]
Firefly, oh firefly,
where you come from, where you fly?
If you're looking for a bed,
go and sleep somewhere instead,
in the field beyond the hill
where the dragon's teeth lie still,
not on Mama, not on me.
Firefly, oh, let us be.
[Outro]
You're no firefly. I know:
you're the iron rain. And so
don't come looking for a bed,
don't come down on us instead.
Don't you make us targets, please,
spare the shadows on their knees.