Counting Fireflies

Lyrics

Another Friday, we're on the porch swing
Counting fireflies, hear the car horns ringing
The same cheap wine, same worn-out T-shirts
We're laughing, yeah, but now the silence hurts

I watch you all from across the haze
Remembering the ease of those old days
Before the quiet came to sit beside me
Before the thought I couldn't seem to hide

Every time I'm out with friends
It feels different now
I used to be touchy here and touchy there
But since that night, it changed my heart

Yeah, since that night it changed my heart
Pulled the curtain down and tore the map apart
Now I'm just watching from the window pane
Praying things will feel the same again

You reached for my hand, I pulled it back slow
A simple gesture, a place I used to go
It's not that I don't love the warmth you bring
It's just that I remember everything

I see the ghost of my old self still smiling
Before the vulnerability was tiring
She'd lean right in, not think about the fallout
I'm standing here, responding to your call-out

Every time I'm out with friends
It feels different now
I used to be touchy here and touchy there
But since that night, it changed my heart

Yeah, since that night it changed my heart
Pulled the curtain down and tore the map apart
Now I'm just watching from the window pane
Praying things will feel the same again

It wasn't a fire, no, it was a slow fade
Just a moment where the light and shadow played
Something shifted in the air, a tiny click
Now I'm a little guarded, I'm a little sick
Of holding onto something that I can't name
Wishing I could just be carelessly the same.

Every time I'm out with friends...
It feels different now...
Every time I'm out with friends...
It feels different now...