The song is that last burst of childhood you had before it was gone for good. Then you grew up and moved on, only later did you realize it. Childhood fades
During middle school, my brother and I would get picked up along with other kids to head over to the care center. We would wait there to be picked up, since many of our parents got out of work later than 3. I'll never forget this song coming on the radio, and all of us boys singing along, including one of the kids who had a mutual hate relationship with me.
Life is so good rn. I know there’s darkness in the world, but if you just take your time and move slow you can really see and feel the joyful yet beautiful side of the world. Love and Be Loved
I wouldn’t call it “suffering,” otherwise we wouldn’t be addicted to nostalgia. It’s more of a mixture of slight sadness, loss and celebration. We wish we could’ve realized we were in the “golden years,” so we could’ve truly made the most of those very exclusive moments. But of course, we can’t truly go back. So all we can do is mourn the loss of what was, and celebrate the events that made us into who we are today. “That is the land of lost content. I see it shining plain. The happy highways where I went, and cannot come again.” -A.E. Housman
I have so many childhood memories attached to this song... listening to it now at midnight in this slowed version with my eyes closed gives me an out of body experience I can't explain.
BROOO IT GIVES ME AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE TOO I THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAZY BUT IM HAPPY TO KNOW IT WAS NOT JUST ME!! I DO THE SAME THING LOL I ALSO LISTEN TO THIS SONG AT MIDNIGHT W/ MY EYES CLOSED
I just had the best night of my life and I all I needed was me myself and a scooter a ride around the city and met some friends all while listening to this song and for the first time in years actually felt happy and smiled because I wanted to sometimes all you need to say is fuck it
.... last night said fuck it and did the exact same thing with my 50cc and got arrested (noisy exhaust) just feel like the world is aginst me everytime I try to do something
@@skilxrd1203 But you can’t let it keep you down, you gotta push back to make it through. Life will be better when you get ‘through’ every ones is different, but you’ll know your there when you make it.
This was always my most favorite song growing up, and it still is. I love everything about it so much, it's never failed to be a type of comfort for me. This slowed version may as well be a lullaby. It makes an already calming song so much more soothing.
In school when I was 12 I had a pen pall in America (I’m from Denmark) and my pen palls favourite song was this, and because of her I discovered Owl City. It brings back so many memories I wish I appreciated more back then.
The GIF is from GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES by Studio Ghibli, I personally think it’s a very great and depressing movie but with wholesomeness and sweetness, it could also be the most depressing anime Movie in the world.
This song was the last song played at my Senior Year Prom 2 months ago. It brings back so many memories. Like people said or say we don’t realize we’re making memories… We’re having fun and enjoying life. So some advice to anyone who reads it… Make the most of it. Your’ll miss it..
As a soldier we are trained to fight and die if necessary, we trained to accept death, and that our time may come at any time. We embrace it, welcome it, but when the brother next to us die... That's what hurts the most, because those are the people you end up fighting for. Thanks Anton, Johnson, Povy, and Brown... I'll keep telling your stories. Till Valhalla brother's... Save me a spot.
1 year ago I was having the best time of my life listening to this music. I was happy, I smiled, I danced, I laughed... now this song just stays in my memory with the good times of my life next to the person i loved the most in life! :')
I recently moved away from my childhood home. My best friend and I would listen to this song on repeat in her bedroom while building our harry potter lego sets, talking for hours upon hours. After we would get popsicles and go ride on our scooters and make imovies while we played mariokart. Such good times, such a bitter-sweet moment listening to this song again.
Back when music was good. People singing about their good memories with friends and how great life is when you look at it. Now it's all about drugs, money and sex, how far our generations are falling 😕
I'd actually like to go look outside at the fire flies while sitting down or laying down and listen to this song slowed:) it would be so peaceful. (Do you agree?)
When I was younger I would listen to this song so much! Ever sense my sister showed it to me, if I was to name one song as my absolute favorite, it's this one, I love all songs equally, but this one give me so much nostalgia. It sounds even more awesome slowed down!
Never thought how much this song would mean to me. I have get some problems when trying to fall asleep, and this song just resonates with it so much. The meaning of the lines are just... really good, I don't know how to explain. And I used to listen to this song so much before, and now that I'm back to this very video, it just becomes even more nostalgic than it already is. Awesome ^^
I love listening to this.... My brother and stepdad are in a fight rn.... I really needed it... I would love the fireflies to just carry me away peacefully in the night so I won't have to hear them screaming at each other... Someone help me please.... I'm getting so sick of it.... Even my depression is getting worse....
damn. I miss my childhood, I was so innocent and happy and played dolls and barbies now I just have anxiety and question why I'm even here. and if I should even stay? because its basically just stress now. nothing else.
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 (Thread, 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 (Ha-ha) To ten million fireflies I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes I got misty eyes as they said farewell (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 (Jar, jar, 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
if these comments were written without listening to the song, my word there would be a difference. without music: hey guys! how's your day going? this song was so good! with music: the nostalgia. i feel like i'm transported into another dimension where a tesseract beholds the past, absent of the dire present. my childhood, my friends, all an archive in a seemingly indefinite yet continual forthcoming of unpredictable events. if you're reading this, you're beautiful. yes, you're appreciated. don't give up. LIKE HOLY SHIT GROW UP 🤣
“We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun”
Yup.
Ok
Ok
thanks for this
Okay
“The same things that made us laugh, make us cry.”
Obama prism 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Big Smoke said something like that.
Memes sometimes like that
No cap
@@Who-nu4ci G thanks G
3:54 this hits hard
all the memories set in there emotions EVERYTHING
I agree
Yea it hits hard honestly.
true shit dude...
Ikr
The song is that last burst of childhood you had before it was gone for good. Then you grew up and moved on, only later did you realize it.
Childhood fades
I just read your comment when they said "Bursting at the seams"
i remember getting into the car and turning this song on and singing this makes me so happy and nostalgic
During middle school, my brother and I would get picked up along with other kids to head over to the care center. We would wait there to be picked up, since many of our parents got out of work later than 3. I'll never forget this song coming on the radio, and all of us boys singing along, including one of the kids who had a mutual hate relationship with me.
I owned the album and sometimes I’ll throw it on and just close my eyes in my car and let it take me back to 2009, no worries, just living.
Same
Life is so good rn. I know there’s darkness in the world, but if you just take your time and move slow you can really see and feel the joyful yet beautiful side of the world.
Love and Be Loved
Thank You💖💐
The Greek word for 'return' is nostos. Algos means 'pain'. So nostalgia is the pain caused by an unappeased yearning to return. Sounds about right
True
I wouldn’t call it “suffering,” otherwise we wouldn’t be addicted to nostalgia. It’s more of a mixture of slight sadness, loss and celebration. We wish we could’ve realized we were in the “golden years,” so we could’ve truly made the most of those very exclusive moments. But of course, we can’t truly go back. So all we can do is mourn the loss of what was, and celebrate the events that made us into who we are today.
“That is the land of lost content. I see it shining plain. The happy highways where I went, and cannot come again.”
-A.E. Housman
The most beautiful thing is... as we all get older... its these type of songs we show our kids
This isnt just good music....but pure emotions 😭
I listened to this song when I was really young.... it makes me cry every time I hear it. It reminds me of my childhood... before it all went to shit.
Gives me flash backs of summer camp and Nickelodeon and late nights reading picture books 😭
I have so many childhood memories attached to this song... listening to it now at midnight in this slowed version with my eyes closed gives me an out of body experience I can't explain.
BROOO IT GIVES ME AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE TOO I THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAZY BUT IM HAPPY TO KNOW IT WAS NOT JUST ME!! I DO THE SAME THING LOL I ALSO LISTEN TO THIS SONG AT MIDNIGHT W/ MY EYES CLOSED
I just had the best night of my life and I all I needed was me myself and a scooter a ride around the city and met some friends all while listening to this song and for the first time in years actually felt happy and smiled because I wanted to sometimes all you need to say is fuck it
Ikr
.... last night said fuck it and did the exact same thing with my 50cc and got arrested (noisy exhaust) just feel like the world is aginst me everytime I try to do something
@@skilxrd1203 brodie these opps tryina stop you from being happy don't let them take you smile down stay up and do want makes you feel right✊
@@procterdocter ✊
@@skilxrd1203 But you can’t let it keep you down, you gotta push back to make it through. Life will be better when you get ‘through’ every ones is different, but you’ll know your there when you make it.
I remember listening to this in 2013 coming home from my grandparents late at night. never failed to make me smile ^^
"we regret to inform you your childhood has expired."
This was always my most favorite song growing up, and it still is. I love everything about it so much, it's never failed to be a type of comfort for me. This slowed version may as well be a lullaby. It makes an already calming song so much more soothing.
In school when I was 12 I had a pen pall in America (I’m from Denmark) and my pen palls favourite song was this, and because of her I discovered Owl City. It brings back so many memories I wish I appreciated more back then.
same but i got a friend in mexico (i'm from guam)
*this brings back so much nostalgia for me. also thanks for re-uploading this.* 🥺🖤
Damn your name almost got me
I've listened to this song when I was a baby and I still do and this just bring's back memories.Also I love this
The GIF is from GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES by Studio Ghibli, I personally think it’s a very great and depressing movie but with wholesomeness and sweetness, it could also be the most depressing anime Movie in the world.
i watched it recently and it broke me
for real, my CLE teacher made my class watch this movie for an activity and it’s still one of the best and saddest movies i have ever seen 😭
The past 😄 and now 😔
OG's has good memories in the past in 2010's days flew by until 2021 ruined the best memories
Hmhm
This song was the last song played at my Senior Year Prom 2 months ago. It brings back so many memories. Like people said or say we don’t realize we’re making memories… We’re having fun and enjoying life. So some advice to anyone who reads it… Make the most of it. Your’ll miss it..
Remember when the world hates you but the love of God for you truly remains forever.
Amen to that
3:55 that got me
As a soldier we are trained to fight and die if necessary, we trained to accept death, and that our time may come at any time. We embrace it, welcome it, but when the brother next to us die... That's what hurts the most, because those are the people you end up fighting for. Thanks Anton, Johnson, Povy, and Brown... I'll keep telling your stories.
Till Valhalla brother's...
Save me a spot.
1 year ago I was having the best time of my life listening to this music. I was happy, I smiled, I danced, I laughed...
now this song just stays in my memory with the good times of my life next to the person i loved the most in life! :')
I recently moved away from my childhood home. My best friend and I would listen to this song on repeat in her bedroom while building our harry potter lego sets, talking for hours upon hours. After we would get popsicles and go ride on our scooters and make imovies while we played mariokart. Such good times, such a bitter-sweet moment listening to this song again.
Back when music was good. People singing about their good memories with friends and how great life is when you look at it. Now it's all about drugs, money and sex, how far our generations are falling 😕
good vibes
good vibes
good vibes
good vibes
good vibes
good vibes
good vibes
How are you
Ölö
"Memories are the happiest but also the saddest"
I'd actually like to go look outside at the fire flies while sitting down or laying down and listen to this song slowed:) it would be so peaceful. (Do you agree?)
me too but there's no fireflies near our place :(
@@jana-sc6nn Fr
Yes 100%
You're not wrong! I'd love that!
Yeeess same
3:54
I get goosebumps everytime
I'm felt like it's deep🖤
This right here underrated whenever I listen to this I see all my old memories from the past.
This gives me so much peace! Thank you. 💕
Thank you for re uploading this!!! 🙏🏼
3:47 best part
When I was younger I would listen to this song so much! Ever sense my sister showed it to me, if I was to name one song as my absolute favorite, it's this one, I love all songs equally, but this one give me so much nostalgia. It sounds even more awesome slowed down!
That chord change at 3:25 is just so damn amazing…. 24/11/21
Just had 7 seizures this year and back here listening to this masterpiece
3:54 this hits hard put it on 0.65 its like your a fallen soldier
Never thought how much this song would mean to me. I have get some problems when trying to fall asleep, and this song just resonates with it so much. The meaning of the lines are just... really good, I don't know how to explain. And I used to listen to this song so much before, and now that I'm back to this very video, it just becomes even more nostalgic than it already is.
Awesome ^^
we enjoyed this song when we were young. Now we understand the lyrics as we are older
First came to this video in 2021 at 14 about to start high school.
Starting my senior year in 2 weeks. 😢
Where did the time go? 😭 Take me back!!!
This song takes me home, to a time when my family was all together and we we all happy and still talking to each other, I miss my cousins...
I love listening to this.... My brother and stepdad are in a fight rn.... I really needed it... I would love the fireflies to just carry me away peacefully in the night so I won't have to hear them screaming at each other... Someone help me please....
I'm getting so sick of it.... Even my depression is getting worse....
U better now?
@@motechi_s_legs much better, thank you!
Hey we are all here for you don’t be afraid to speak
this describes of my childhood memories
Idk why but I feel like crying when I hear the song slowed
Wow this sounds fucking amazing
3:51 enjoy !
Music is the only thing keeping me alive
I’m leaving to go to Florida tommorw and it’s 3am and I can’t sleep so why not pack and listen to this💕
So how has Florida been?
@@spic3ypin3appl36 good it was really fun :))
@@riverdaletextingstories2410 awesome :)
PLS ONE HOUR!! FIREFLIES SLOWED FOR 1HR
yesss ^^
I can barley pull back my tears
I love this 💖
very nostalgic, reminds me of my childhoo
Welp, late or not, thanks for reuploading the original. This is one of my favourite songs of all time :)
The picture in the background is from a movie called Grave of the Fireflies.
Love this song
“It’s enough to make a grown man cry, and that ok”
A legend once said
"The past is history,the future is a mystery, and tomorrow is a gift that's why its called the present..."
if u wont listen to slowed + reverb songs with me u aint the one 🙄🤚
I like to make myself believe That planet Earth turns slowly
its hard to explain how this song makes me feel its happy and memory but also sad bc of the world its not how it seems
3:54 sounds like Mando
It really does 🥺
damn. I miss my childhood, I was so innocent and happy and played dolls and barbies now I just have anxiety and question why I'm even here. and if I should even stay? because its basically just stress now. nothing else.
Don’t kill yourself stay on planet earth and live out your life
@@Dontbeafraid2 eh maybe I can't make promises but it helps to know at least someone cares :)
@@evelynluvss :)
@@evelynluvss some people still car
Care*
Playing Halo 2 on PC over Garena and messaging people on Xfire... without a care in the world, just living life. Good times.
love it
When this song is slowed down all I think about is lofe
To my best friend Kaylee, this will always be our song
I love y'all more than life itself
RIP JUICE WRLD 999
You would not believe your eyes you would not believe your eyes you would not believe your eyes
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FUNNEST VIDEO GAME EVER WTFFFFF
The gif ;-;
I just finished that movie
3:54 makes me feel not matter idk
Nostalgic old kids
I remember celebrating my 4th birthday I’m gonna be 15 in 2 months…
Everybody's sad but I'm just petting centipedes and giving them lovely songs to listen to
“Hey! What’s it like having friends? Uh having fun oh well I never got to experience fun because I never had any friends…”
3:52 ARGGGHHHH
Im Afraid: Arthur Morgan 1899 rdr2
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
(Thread, 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
(Ha-ha)
To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
(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
(Jar, jar, 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
I miss me.
That is a very Grave anime with Fireflies in.
:( why of all, its grave of fireflies
if these comments were written without listening to the song, my word there would be a difference.
without music: hey guys! how's your day going? this song was so good!
with music: the nostalgia. i feel like i'm transported into another dimension where a tesseract beholds the past, absent of the dire present. my childhood, my friends, all an archive in a seemingly indefinite yet continual forthcoming of unpredictable events. if you're reading this, you're beautiful. yes, you're appreciated. don't give up.
LIKE HOLY SHIT GROW UP 🤣
3:44 wait for it
"I try to make my self believe."
fire
Why am I crying in the club rn
Best Roadtrip Song
(yes this is stolen stop saying that yall 😃👊
i turned 18 today
Happy birthday =)
@@mr.person4050 thank you! 💗
We are sorry to tell you your childhood has expired....
3:54
I remember the original one which got deleted
nice
3:48 so say😢😢
They are adding fireflies to Minecraft 😁
ATTENTION YOUR CHILDHOOD HAS EXPIRED
is that tom sawyer?