2002-04-10 @ 10:45 p.m.

while ive never. ever. in my life. been a princess. this. is one of my favorite songs of all time. and has been since the first time i heard it. and some nights. nights like this. i find it playing on repeat in my head.

'fireflies' by lori mckenna

before you met me i was a fairy princess
i caught frogs and called them prince
and made myself a queen
and before you knew me id traveled round the world
and i slept in castles
and fell in love
because i was taught to dream

i found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top
to capture tinker bell
and they were just fireflies to the untrained eye
but i could always tell

cause i believe in fairy tales
and dreamers dreams
like bedsheet sails
and i believe in peter pan
and miracles, anything i can to get by

and fireflies

now before i grew up i saw you on a cloud
and i could bless myself in your name
and pat you on your wings
and before i grew up i heard you whisper so loud
well life is hard and so is love
child, believe in all these things

i found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top
to capture tinker bell
and they were just fireflies to the untrained eye
but i could always tell

cause i believe in fairy tales
and dreamers dreams
like bedsheet sails
and i believe in peter pan
and miracles, anything i can to get by

and fireflies
and fireflies

before you met me i was a fairy princess
i caught frogs and called them prince
and made myself a queen
and before you knew me id traveled round the world
and i slept in castles
and fell in love
because i was taught to dream