"Fireflies" by Owl City

You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep

'Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude
But I would just stand and stare

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems

'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance

A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

Leave my door open just a crack
(Please take me away from here)
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep
(Please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell

But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
'Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

I'd like to make myself believe
That planet earth turns slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
Awake when I'm asleep
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams

[. From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/o/owl-city-lyrics/fireflies-lyrics.html .]

"The Saltwater Room" by Owl City

I opened my eyes last night and saw you in the low light
Walking down by the bay, on the shore, staring up at the planes that aren’t there anymore

I was feeling the night grow old and you were looking so cold
*like an introvert, I drew my over shirt
Around my arms and began to shiver violently, before
You happened to look and see the tunnels all around me
Running into the dark underground
All the subways around create a great sound
To my motion fatigue: farewell
With your ear to a seashell
You can hear the waves in underwater caves
As if you actually were inside a saltwater room

Time together is just never quite enough
When you and I are alone, I’ve never felt so at home
What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
We need time, only time
When we’re apart whatever are you thinking of?
If this is what I call home, why does it feel so alone?
So tell me darling, do you wish we’d fall in love?
All the time, all the time.


Can you believe that the crew has gone and wouldn’t let me sign on
All my islands have sunk in the deep, I can hardly relax or even oversleep
I feel as if i were home, some nights, when we count all the shiplights
I guess i'll never know why sparrows love the snow
We’ll turn off all of the lights and set this ballroom aglow


So tell me darling, do you wish we’d fall in love?
All the time.

Time together is just never quite enough
When you and I are alone, I’ve never felt so at home
What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
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We need time, only time
When we’re apart whatever are you thinking of?
If this is what I call home, why does it feel so alone?
So tell me darling, do you wish we’d fall in love?
All the time, all the time.

Time together is just never quite enough
When we’re apart whatever are you thinking of?
What will it take to make or break this hint of love?
So tell me darling, do you wish we’d fall in love?
All the time.

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"Dental Care" by Owl City

I brush my teeth and look in the mirror
And laugh out loud as I'm beaming from ear to ear
I'd rather pick flowers instead of fights
And rather than flaunt my style
I'd flash you a smile of clean pearly whites

I've been to the dentist a thousand times
So I know the drill, I smooth my hair
Sit back in the chair
But somehow I still get the chills

"Have a seat", he says pleasantly
As he shakes my hand and practically laughs at me
"Open up nice and wide", he says peering in
And with a smirk he says, "Don't have a fit
This'll just pinch a bit", as he tries not to grin
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When hygienists leave on long vacations
That's when dentists scream
And lose their patience

Talking only brings the toothaches on
Because I say the stupidest things
So if my result goes south
I'll swallow my pride with an Aspirin
And shut my mouth

Golf and alcohol don't mix
And that's why I don't drink and drive
Because good grief, I'd knock out my teeth
And have to kiss my smile goodbye

I've been to the dentist a thousand times
So I know the drill, I smooth my hair
Sit back in the chair
But somehow I still get the chills

from http://www.elyrics.net/read/o/owl-city-lyrics/dental-care-lyrics.html

Cyber Schools

I wish people would stop being predjudiced about cyber schools. How can you have an opinion about something you've never used? Or seen? Or even looked into? Because it seems to me that you aren't supposed to have an opinion without having information to back it up. We DON'T sit around in our pjs all day. We AREN'T stupid or socially inept (and if we are it's not because of homeschooling.) We DON'T get fat, because we have self control. And also, we are able to become very educated, because we have more time to do things. So please, don't judge us by how we do our schooling. It's the way of the future.

Life's Snowball

Life can be a snowball

Rolling down a hill on a snowy cold day

Gathering speed and getting bigger and bigger

Until it’s big enough to crush a whole town.

Life can do that

Bring you down.

You can feel like the snow

Going round and round and round.

Dizzy.

But don’t be sad,

Because I’m here.

You can cry on my shoulder anytime.

I’ll be your friend and support

So don’t worry or be sad.

I’m here and I’ll be your friend.

I won’t get mad.

Life's Highway

Life’s a busy highway

Everyone’s speeding but I wish the speed limit was more like

10 mph.

But everyone has to go so fast.

There are two lanes.

One for the fast people

Speeding their way through life.

Another for the slow ones

Taking their time and noticing every detail.

If we had the controls

What would we do?

Why

Why?

Such a simple question

With no real answer.

Confusing to all of mankind.

But mostly expressed by young ones.

Why?

You push their question aside,

Telling them

“Because I said so.”

Or

“That’s just the way it is!”

But really, you are wondering

“Why?”

Why are we confused by simple questions,

Ones that even the smartest people cannot even ponder?

What probes our minds to ask,

“Why?”

No one will, or can, answer.

My Kind of Math

School

I can't believe it's nearly the end of 8th grade. Nearly the end of the last year before high school. I can remeber going to a long boring meeting and sitting on my daddy's lap while my parents listened to a speaker explain about cyber schools. I remember being devestated because I wouldn't be attending a school like I'd seen on Mr. Rogers. I remember going to a big building and going to a room and a lady asked me if I knew how to skip and toss a ball and what a nurse is. I remeber going to my homeschool co-op and making new friends, and asking them if they were homeschooled too. I remeber going to a test I had to take in 1st grade and being sad because my teacher seemed sad and I wanted her to be happy. I remember 1st grade at my co-op when they needed a first grader to go with the second graders so the groups would be even, and feeling great when I got picked. I remember 3rd grade at co-op, when I didn't come back for the second semester and everyone thought I moved to Australia. I remeber 5th grade as being the hardest year for me, because I was shy and didn't really talk much. I remember feeling sick at co-op and going to my mom's journalism class instead of my science class. I remember hatching chicks, and feeling so protective of our little eggs. I remember my parents saying we weren't going to go back, and drawing pictures of FaceBook with my friends writing on my wall saying they miss me. I remember starting 7th grade with a feeling of awe,knowing I was a big kid now. I remember getting my laptop and being so excited because I had something my parents had. And now, I know I will look back on 8th gradeand see how far I have come. And I will put my head down and cry, because even a big kid isn't ashamed to cry sometimes.

Insperation or persperation?

So here I am again. Sitting down at my laptop and trying to find insiration. Hmmm.....its pretty hard. Especially when my brain thinks that summer is a great time to just shut down. I'm hoping inspiration comes to me soon, but so far all I have is perspiration.