Dreams of Fireflies

When does a dance become a ballet
When do the words become a play
When does the day become the night
Before or after the last moment of light

For what is the day but a bridge to tomorrow
And the day but a bridge to the night
They exist side by side in their eternal ride
While they carefully keep each other in sight

Stars and dandelions
Like coins thrown into wells
Are the things that we can wish upon
And where our dreams do dwell

But the dark it is the darkness
It’s the stars that make it night
For the night is God’s cathedral
Which one enters at twilight

And occasionally when needed
Some stars will leave the evening skies
And for a short while dwell amongst us
In the dreams of fireflies

Time, could you please help me
I had a memory
I somehow lost in the past

Christmas but glittering
And I’ve been wondering
Do you hear the echoes it cast

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Lord

Time it would not divide
What the heart keeps inside
Words that don’t try to
Deceive

And on this Christmas night
Better by candlelight
To trust like a young child
Believes

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Lord
Believe

Time it would not divide
What the heart keeps inside
Words that don’t try to deceive

Removed sorrow
Dreams to follow
Appear on this day

Believe
Believe
Believe
Oh Lord

Time, could you please help me
I had a memory
I somehow lost in the past

He won the war
In a foreign land
That was no hero
That was my old man

And he came back home
Where he met his wife
And he raised his kids
While he made a life

Now he never preached
Though he always knew
And we watched him close
Just to pick up clues

And sometimes late
In the dead of night
I can see him there
In the pale moonlight

I am trying
And I don’t know how
And I don’t know when
But I’ll have to tell him someday

And as for this woman
My father wed
We knew we were loved
With the words unsaid

And when we were young
She taught us all to read
And then one by one
She would watch us leave

Never saw her cry
For she hid her tears
As one by one
We would disappear

But of course we’d write
And of course we’d call
Just to hear her voice
Whenever we would fall

I am trying
And I don’t know how
And I don’t know when
But I’ll have to tell her someday

So I wrote these words
And I hope they last
For the years have come
And the years have past

Think of all they gave
Think of all the debt
But can’t find a way
To repay them yet

For the days still come
And the debt still mounts
And do words unsaid
Ever really count

But sometimes still
In the dead of night
I can see them there
In the pale moon light

I am trying
And I don’t know how
And I don’t know when
But I’ll have to tell them someday

Time you should be sleeping
Everyone around you
Is already dreaming
And closely by

Stars are looking downward
Glad that they have found you
Watching and protecting
So you should try

To close your eyes until tomorrow
Childhood dreams are always new
And when you are there I’ll follow
And believe that my whole life is...

I can see you breathing
Know that I am near you
Feel the evening whisper
In gentle sighs

To close your eyes until tomorrow
Childhood dreams are always new
And when you are there I’ll follow
and believe that my whole life is...
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