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Fireflies

The Smashing Pumpkins
Track 30 on ATUM: A Rock Opera in Three Acts 

Producer

Billy Corgan
Apr. 21, 20231 viewer

Fireflies Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We stand out on a clover shield
Hunted, yet unloved
Seasick as one preys
Through tasteless, dray haze

[Chorus]
I'm waiting on your fireflies (Fireflies)
To illume your lantern bright (Bright)
Pound fool and penny-wise
Waiting on your fireflies (Fireflies)
'Cause some dreams do survive
Wise, ain't I?

[Verse 2]
Daunted 'midst ghoulish brides
Embracing on glassed sand
We should clasp hands
Come cherish where I stand

[Chorus]
I'm waiting on your fireflies (Fireflies)
To illume your lantern bright (Bright)
Pound fool and penny-wise
Waiting on your fireflies (Fireflies)
'Cause some dreams do survive
Wise, ain't I?

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At the launch station where Shiny was launched into space twenty years prior to the events of the story, there is a ship still on the launch pad which Shiny and Ruby make their way to. Through Ruby, Shiny’s pure consciousness tells him that the safest thing for him to do in the situation that they’re in is to launch back into space to escape from the X+I. The song, “Fireflies” is Shiny arguing with himself whether leaving Earth is a good idea and he ultimately decides to do it.

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ATUM: A Rock Opera in Three Acts (2023)
The Smashing Pumpkins
  1. 1.
    ATUM
  2. 2.
    Butterfly Suite
  3. 3.
    The Good in Goodbye
  4. 4.
    Embracer
  5. 5.
    With Ado I Do
  6. 6.
    Hooligan
  7. 7.
    Steps in Time
  8. 8.
    Where Rain Must Fall
  9. 9.
    Beyond the Vale
  10. 10.
    Hooray!
  11. 11.
    The Gold Mask
  12. 12.
    Avalanche
  13. 13.
    Empires
  14. 14.
    Neophyte
  15. 15.
    Moss
  16. 16.
    Night Waves
  17. 17.
    Space Age
  18. 18.
    Every Morning
  19. 19.
    To the Grays
  20. 20.
    Beguiled
  21. 21.
    The Culling
  22. 22.
    Springtimes
  23. 23.
    Sojourner
  24. 24.
    That Which Animates The Spirit
  25. 25.
    The Canary Trainer
  26. 26.
    Pacer
  27. 27.
    In Lieu Of Failure
  28. 28.
    Cenotaph
  29. 29.
    Harmageddon
  30. 30.
    Fireflies
  31. 31.
    Intergalactic
  32. 32.
    Spellbinding
  33. 33.
    Of Wings
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Release Date
April 21, 2023
Tags
Rock
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