What is the meaning of the song Fireflies by Owl City?

Owl City explains reasoning behind confusing 'Fireflies' lyric ... Owl City has revealed the mathematical reasoning behind one of the confusing lyrics from his 2009 hit 'Fireflies'. .... “I was the recipient of 1,000 hugs from 10,000 lightning bugs for a grand total of 10,000,000 hugs,” Young explained in reply. read more

The song is mainly about his insomnia. The song describes the dreams of Adam and what he sees. 'You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as i fell asleep'. Fireflies probably represent his dreams and how magical it is. read more

The fireflies are seeds of hope, small memories and snippets of joy that"leave teardrops everywhere" as the person in the song misses those times. Fireflies teaching him how to dance symbolize that though all those good things happened in the past, better thing are in hold for the future and that they are showing how to act and think in the future. read more

Owl City has revealed the mathematical reasoning behind one of the confusing lyrics from his 2009 hit ‘Fireflies’. Owl City – aka Adam Young – shot to prominence nearly eight years ago with the single, which went six times platinum worldwide and spent three weeks at the top of the UK singles chart. read more

The song"Fireflies" is mainly about not being able to sleep, and those"fireflies" represent those dreams in his head that make everything come alive. Adam Young has a condition called insomnia, which prevents sleep from happening. read more