Blushing skin is whispering
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slight of tongue, can kill so softly
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Velvet lips sing lullabies
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so satin sleek but still so costly
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Knees weaken crumble and fall
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Mere mortals she's had them all
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This gift of sight
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this glorious blight
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[Chorus:]
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Fireflies
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close your eyes
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They flicker dim then die
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not true stars just fading lies
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(Fireflies close your eyes
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Dancing so sweetly by
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then disappearing with a sigh)
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Far too easily distracted
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by this wretched curse
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I'm enticed and so attracted
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bait and trap me, perhaps worse
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Jade brilliance emerald lies
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Each glimmer must fade and die
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This gift of sight
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this glorious blight
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I don't want these distractions
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no compromise for fractions
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Diminish these subtractions
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false lights are just refractions
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Fireflies
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Roper |