I’m back to writing new songs. But that’s a topic for another day. I’ll look back on the previous songs I recorded with my band No Parking for our debut EP in 2011 entitled Pawis Steering.
Firefly is a favorite of the band since I finished writing it in July 2007. I wrote the initial line “There’s a fire inside your heart” even before Adele released Rolling in the Deep. Anyway, her version is “There’s a fire starting in my heart.”
No Parking
I wrote the song in two places. One was the new building of the College of Mass Communication of UP Diliman. It was dark and there were fireflies. I did the finishing touches besides the statue of the Oblation.
Basically, I think people always assume that the darkness is evil. But sometimes there’s peace where it’s dark. When you think about it, you won’t be able to see fireflies while the sun is up. For some lovers, the darkness can be a sanctuary too.
Firefly
There’s a fire inside your heart.
You are a firefly, flickering.
It can be so difficult
to see you shine in the daytime.
But I can take you to a place
where darkness flows with majesty.
Amidst the grace of all you see,
will your flame stay the same?
I have seen you at your best.
You render Polaris out of business.
But I fear the sun will come
and take the night away with you.
But I can take you to a place
where darkness flows with majesty.
Amidst the grace of all you see,
will your flame stay the same?
Twinkle, twinkle firefly.
How I wonder who you are.
Up above the world so high.
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle firefly.
How I wonder who you are.
Up above the world so high.
Like a diamond.
In the sky.
But I can take you to a place
where darkness flows with majesty.
Amidst the grace of all you see,
will your flame stay the same?
Restless Reporter 