Fireflies

This song by Owl City, who is a one man band I might add, is a very bouncy song that can get annoying, but for the most part is a good song. Fireflies was kind of confusing to me at first. I didn't understand why a guy would want to make a song that was so girly. Adam Young, however, is a light-hearted guy who has many 'whimsical' ideas of life. In his own personal blog he has child like traits that show how young he is at heart. One of the reasons explaining why he would make a song that sounds like a child help him create. Not in a bad way, just in an open minded way. I feel like this song is a joke, but Adam really likes to express his opinions in his songs which can make them sound like music for younger children.
The song Fireflies was a big hit and made headlines in the industry. I don't think in my lifetime I've heard a song that was so good that was only produced by one man. Lyrics, music and all. But this song is really just about how he thinks youth is taken away too quickly. When we're kids we all think time takes forever to pass by and that its gonna take soooo long to be like the older kids. The reality of it is that that time passes by all too quickly and we don't even realize it till it's too late. Now I'm always thinking about how short my weeks are and how quickly the day is done. Ask anyone over the age of about 16 and they'll tell you how quickly time passes for them and what they'd give to just have more time in a day. Sure, there are things we all wait for to come, but we don't cherish the time we're living in now. In about five years I'm positive I'll be saying, "Damn I wish I was 18 again."






www.youtube.com/watch?v=psuRGfAaju4