The Bird And The Worm lyrics - Owl City

If you're the bird

Whenever we pretend it's summer

Then I'm the worm

I know the part, it's such a bummer

But fair is fair

If my segments get separated

I'll scream

And you'll be there

Close your eyes

(Close my eyes)

Slide the cotton off of your shoulder

And feel the shine

(Feel the shine)

I'm hooked so toss me over

And cast a line

(Well, I'll try)

I'll throw a party and greet my undersea friends

(It depends)

As they arrive

(If they arrive)

You and I left our troubles far behind

(Troubles far behind)

But I still have just one more question on my mind

For all my pals who live in the oceans and the seas

With friends like these, well,

Who needs enemies?

If I'm your boy

Let's take a shortcut we remember

And we'll enjoy

Picking apples in late September like

We've done for years

Then we'll take a long walk

Through the cornfield

And I'll kiss you

Between the ears

If you're my girl

Swirl me around your room with feeling

And as we twirl

The glow in the dark stars on your ceiling

Will shine for us

As love sweeps over the room

'Cause we tend to make

Each other blush

(you make me blush)

You and I left our troubles far behind

(Troubles far behind)

But I still have just one more question on my mind

For all my pals who live in the oceans and the seas

With fronds like these, well,

Who needs anemones?

You're the bird, I'm the worm

And it's plain to see

That we were meant to be

We were meant to be

We were meant to be

(If you're the bird,

If you're the bird,

Then I'm the worm)

We were meant to be

Umbrella Beach lyrics - Owl City

Stands and gears, oh how the daisies bloom

When chandeliers light up the engine room

Can you feel the drops as it starts to rain

There's an underwater Ferris wheel

where I found the missing link to this island chain

Home will always be here, unseen, outta sight

Where I disappear and hide

I think dreamy things as I'm waving goodbye

So I'll spread out my wings and fly

Home is a boxcar and it's so far out of reach

Hidden under umbrella beach

Home will always be here, unseen, outta sight

Where I disappear and hide

I think dreamy things as I'm waving goodbye

So I'll spread out my wings and fly

I'll spread my wings and fly

Home is a boxcar and it's so far out of reach

Hidden under umbrella beach

The Saltwater Room lyrics - Owl City (feat. Breanne Düren)

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 stars that aren't there anymore

I was feeling the night grow old and you were looking so cold

So 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 isn’t ever 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?

Only time, only time

Can you believe that the crew has gone and they wouldn't let me sign on?

All my islands have sunk in the deep, and I can hardly relax or even oversleep

But I feel warm with your hand, in mine, when we walk along the shoreline

I guess we'll never know why sparrows love the snow

We'll turn out all of the lights and set this ballroom aglow

So tell me, darling, do you wish we'd fall in love?

Yeah, all the time, all the time

Time together isn’t ever 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?

Only 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 isn’t ever 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

Oh all the time

Dental Care lyrics - 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

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 resolve 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

Meteor Shower lyrics - Owl City

I can finally see that You're right there beside me

I am not my own, for I have been made new

Please don't let me go I desperately need You

I am not my own, for I have been made new

Please don't let me go I desperately need You

Fireflies lyrics - 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 tear drops 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

The 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...)

[2x]

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

The Tip Of The Iceberg lyrics - Owl City

Welcome back 

Winter once again 

And put on your warm fuzzy sweater 

Cuz you'll feel much better when 

The snowflakes fall 

Gently to the ground 

The temperature drops 

And your shivers freeze all the rivers around 

But I keep you warm 

If speed's a pro 

Inertia must be a con 

Cuz the cold wind blows at precise rates 

When I've got my ice skates on 

If all the roads 

Were paved with ice that wouldn't thaw or crack 

I could skate from Maine to Nebraska 

Then on to Alaska and back 

Cuz you keep me warm 

Peer over the edge 

Can you see me? 

Rivulets flow from your eyes 

Paint runs from your mouth 

Like a waterfall 

And your lungs crystalize 

I'll travel the sub-zero tundra 

I'll brave glaciers and frozen lakes 

And that's just the tip of the iceberg 

I'll do whatever it takes 

To change 

Farewell powdery paradise 

We'd rather skate on the finished ice 

Fingers failed us before they froze 

Frostbite bit down on all our toes 

Snow drifts build up and enfold us 

As we wait out this winter storm 

So we snuggle close in the darkness 

And keep each other so warm

Vanilla Twilight lyrics - Owl City

The stars lean down to kiss you

And I lie awake and miss you

Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere

'Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly

But I'll miss your arms around me

I'd send a postcard to you, dear

'Cause I wish you were here

I'll watch the night turn light blue

But it's not the same without you

Because it takes two to whisper quietly

The silence isn't so bad

'Till I look at my hands and feel sad

'Cause the spaces between my fingers

Are right where yours fit perfectly

I'll find repose in new ways

Though I haven't slept in two days

'Cause cold nostalgia chills me to the bone

But drenched in vanilla twilight

I'll sit on the front porch all night

Waist deep in thought because when

I think of you I don't feel so alone

I don't feel so alone

I don't feel so alone

As many times as I blink

I'll think of you tonight

(Tonight, tonight, tonight...)

I'll think of you tonight

When violet eyes get brighter

And heavy wings grow lighter

I'll taste the sky and feel alive again

And I'll forget the world that I knew

But I swear I won't forget you

Oh if my voice could reach back through the past

I'd whisper in your ear:

"Oh darling, I wish you were here"

Tidal Wave lyrics - Owl City

I wish I could cross my arms, and cross your mind

Cause I believe you'd unfold your paper heart and wear it on your sleeve

All my life I wish I broke mirrors, instead of promises

Cause all I see, is a shattered conscience staring right back at me

I wish I had covered all my tracks completely cause I'm so afraid

Is that the light at the far end of the tunnel or just the train?

Lift your arms only heaven knows, where the danger grows

And it's safe to say there's a bright light up ahead and help is on the way

(Help is on the way, Help is on the way, Help is on the way...)

Help is on the way

I forget the last time I felt brave, I just recall insecurity

Cause it came down like a tidal wave, and sorrow swept over me

Depression, please cut to the chase and cut a long story short

Oh please be done. How much longer can this drama afford to run?

Fate looks sharp, severs all my ties and breaks whatever doesn't bend

But sadly then, all my heavy hopes just pull me back down again

(Back down again, back down again, back down again...)

I forget the last time I felt brave, I just recall insecurity

Cause it came down like a tidal wave, and sorrow swept over me

Then I was given grace and love, I was blind but now I can see

Cause I found a new hope from above, and courage swept over me

It hurts just to wake up, whenever you're wearing thin

Alone on the outside, so tired of looking in

The end is uncertain and I've never been so afraid

But I don't need a telescope to see that there's hope

And that makes me feel brave

Hot Air Balloon lyrics - Owl City

We wrote a prelude to our own fairytale.

And bought a parachute at a church rummage sale

And with a mean sewing machine and miles of thread

We sewed the day above L.A. in navy and red.

We round a racetrack through your mom's kitchen chairs

And fought the shadows back down your dark basement stairs.

I lit a match and let it catch to light up the room.

And then you yelled as we beheld an old maroon.

Hot air balloon

I'll be out of my mind

and you'll be out of ideas pretty soon.

So let's spend the afternoon

in a cold hot air balloon.

Leave your jacket behind.

Lean out and touch the tree tops over town.

I can't wait to kiss the ground wherever we touch back down.

la la la la la la

la la la la la la

We drank the great lakes like cold lemonade.

And both got stomach aches sprawled out in the shade.

So bored to death you held your breath and I tried not to yawn.

You make my frown turn upside down and now my worries are gone.

I'll be out of my mind

and you'll be out of ideas pretty soon.

So let's spend the afternoon

in a cold hot air balloon.

Leave your jacket behind

Lean out and touch the tree tops over town.

I can't wait to kiss the ground wherever we touch back down.

I'll be out of my mind

and you'll be out of ideas pretty soon.

So let's spend the afternoon

in a cold hot air balloon.

Leave your jacket behind

Lean out and touch the tree tops over town.

I can't wait to kiss the ground wherever we touch back down.

Butterfly Wings lyrics - Owl City

If i was a raindrop

would you be my thunderstorm?

It's cold so surround me

With rain clouds to keep me warm

I feel like I'm falling

So darling don't let me go

The thought is appalling but should I slip away

Into the stormy sea will you remember me?

Asleep in a warm cocoon

We dream of lovely things

We're both gonna wake up soon

So we hope that tomorrow brings

Us our butterfly wings

If i was a grain of sand

Would you be Miami Beach

So dusty with starlight

Close your eyes and cuddle close to me

I'll try not to wake you

Or make a sound while you're dozing off

But in the night should the high tides sweep me away from you

Tell me again my dear will you be waiting here?

Whenever we leave the ground

And take to the sky

I'll smile as I'm gazing down

Cause I've always wonder why we won't need feathers to fly

Rugs From Me To You lyrics - Owl City

Toupee or not toupee 

That is the question 

It refused to stay as it all turned grey; 

William Shakespeare's receding hair 

Please excuse the pun, 

'It's hair today, gone tomorrow' 

So be thankful 

For what precious locks you have 

Toupee or not toupee 

That is the question 

And by the way 

I just gotta say 

Thank the Lord I'm not going bald 

And if I may quip 

My curls and I 

Are just like heaven 

'Cause rest assured 

There'll be no parting there 

But should my head get bare like Friar Tuck 

(Our chase to swallow)

It makes me smile 

'Cause I know just what I'd do 

Yeah if I had more wigs than I knew what to do with 

I'd open a secondhand store 

And if you ever went bald 

You'd recall it 

'Cause I'd cleverly call it 

'Rugs From Me To You'

Sunburn lyrics - Owl City

So there we were, back home from somewhere inside my head

Oh, bravely I fought off the monsters beneath her bed

Pillars of postwar books supported by frame of mind

While she memorized the pages that I tried to not hide behind

She took my hand in hers and whispered her love for me

The lantern died that night but we didn't need to see

Implying that she's the bee's knees and I am the cat's meow

It's funny how she recalls what I can't remember now 

But when her smile came back and I didn't feel half as horrible

She gave me a heart attack just because she looked so adorable

We both put our sunblock on, played on the beach and vowed that we'd live and we'd learn

Yeah, but she got a tan, and I got a sunburn

I got a sunburn

So there we were out there, unaware of where we'd been

We kicked off our flipflops and swung from the rooftops again

It's awkward but I'll confess she's all I can think about

And it's funny how I recall what she can't remember now

But when her smile came back and I didn't feel half as horrible

She gave me a heart attack just because she looked so adorable

We both put our sunblock on, played on the beach and vowed that we'd live and we'd learn

Yeah, but she got a tan, and I got a sunburn

Oh, afterglow, look out below

We left a trail of dust behind

As we parted ways, she held my gaze

And left an imprint on my mind

I tried not to cry as we said goodbye

And hung the clouds above my town

But I shed a tear when she disappeared

Cause now I'm a stranger on the ground

When her smile came back and I didn't feel half as horrible

She gave me a heart attack

We both put our sunblock on, played on the beach and vowed that we'd live and we'd learn

But she got a tan, and I got a sunburn

She got a tan, and I got a sunburn

Yeah, but she got a tan, and I got a sunburn

If My Heart Was A House lyrics - Owl City

You're the sky that I fell through

And I remember the view whenever I'm holding you

The sun hung from a string

Looking down on the world as it warmed over everything

Chills run down my spine as our fingers intwine

And your sighs harmonize with mine

Unmistakably I can still feel your heart

Beat fast when you dance with me

We got older and I should have known

(Do you feel alive?)

That I'd feel colder when I walk alone

(Oh, but you'll survive)

So I may as well ditch my dismay

(Bombs away... Bombs away...)

Circle me and the needle moves gracefully

Back and forth, if my heart was a compass you'd be North

Risk it all cause I'll catch you if you fall

Wherever you go, if my heart was a house you'd be home

It makes me smile because you said it best

I would clearly feel blessed if the sun rose up from the west

Flower balm perfume, all my clothes smell like you

Cause your favorite shade is navy blue

I walk slowly when I'm on my own

(Do you feel alive?)

Yeah, but frankly I still feel alone

(Oh, but you'll survive)

So I may as well ditch my dismay

(Bombs away... Bombs away...)

Circle me and the needle moves gracefully

Back and forth, if my heart was a compass you'd be North

Risk it all cause I'll catch you if you fall

Wherever you go, if my heart was a house you'd be home

If my heart was a house, you'd be home

Strawberry Avalanche lyrics - Owl City

This is a world of dreams and reverie

Where I felt the stars explode around me

A grass blade flashed with a gleam as it slashed open a moonbeam

And I stared back breathlessly

As mountains of fruit tumbled out I barely had the chance to shout

Oh strawberry avalanche, crash over me

Staying awake that night was rather hard

Deep in a sleeping bag in your back yard

When we woke up buried alive

Beneath the fruity landslide

We both laughed hysterically

It could've been just another dream

But, I swear I heard you scream

Oh strawberry avalanche, crash over me

Oh, there's a citrus constellation in the galaxy

Scratched on the back of both my eyelids

That I've been dying to see

If you were a beautiful sound in the echoes all around

Then I'd be your harmony

And we'd sing along with the crowds

Beneath the candy coated clouds

Oh strawberry avalanche please crash over me

This is a world of dreams and reverie

Where I felt the stars explode around me

"Maybe I'm Dreaming" (2008)

• On The Wing lyrics - Owl City
• Rainbow Veins lyrics - Owl City
• Super Honeymoon lyrics - Owl City
• The Saltwater Room lyrics - Owl City
• Early Birdie lyrics - Owl City
• Air Traffic lyrics - Owl City
• The Technicolor Phase lyrics - Owl City
• Sky Diver lyrics - Owl City
• Dear Vienna lyrics - Owl City
• I'll Meet You There lyrics - Owl City
• This Is The Future lyrics - Owl City
• West Coast Friendship lyrics - Owl City

On The Wing lyrics - Owl City

Breathe and I'll carry you away into the velvet sky

And we'll stir the stars around

And watch them fall away into the Hudson Bay

And plummet out of sight and sound

The open summer breeze will sweep you through the hills

Where I live in the alpine heights

Below the Northern Lights, I spend my coldest nights

Alone, awake and thinking of...the weekend we were in love

Home among these mountain tops can be so awfully dull

A thousand miles from the tide

But photos on the walls of New York shopping malls

Distract me so I stay inside

I wish the rockets stayed over the promenade

Cuz I would make a hook and eye

And fish them from the sky, my darling, she and I

We're hanging on so take us high

To sing the world goodbye...

I am floating away

Lost in a silent ballet

I'm dreaming you're out in the blue and I am right beside you

Awake to take in the view

Late nights and early parades

Still photos and noisy arcades

My darling, we're both on the wing, look down and keep on singing!

And we can go anywhere

Are you there?

Are you there, or are you just a decoy dream in my head?

Am I home or am I simply tumbling all alone? 

I am floating away

Lost in a silent ballet

I'm dreaming you're out in the blue and I am right beside you

Awake to take in the view

Late nights and early parades

Still photos and noisy arcades

My darling, we're both on the wing, look down and keep on singing!

And we can go anywhere

Are you there?

Rainbow Veins lyrics - Owl City

High rise, veins of the avenue

Bright eyes and subtle variations of blue

Everywhere is balanced there like a rainbow above you

Street lights glisten on the boulevard

And cold nights make staying alert so hard

For heaven's sake, keep me awake so I won't be caught off guard

Clearly I am a passerby but I'll find a place to stay

Dear pacific day, won't you take me away?

Small town hearts of the New Year

Brought down by gravity, crystal clear

City fog and brave dialogue converge on the frontier

Make haste, I feel your heartbeat

With new taste for speed, out on the street

Find a road to a humble abode where both of our routes meet

The silver sound is all around and the colors fall like snow

The feeling of letting go, I guess we'll never know

Cheer up and dry your damp eyes and tell me when it rains

And I'll blend up that rainbow above you and shoot it through your veins

'Cause your heart has a lack of colour and we should've known

That we'd grow up sooner or later 'Cause we wasted all our free time alone

Your nerves gather with the altitude

Exhale the stress so you don't come unglued

Somewhere there is a happy affair, a ghost of a good mood

Wide eyed, panic on the getaway

The high tide could take me so far away

VCR's and motorcars unite on the Seventh Day

A popular gauge will measure the rage of the new Post-Modern Age

'Cause somewhere along the line all the decades align.

We were the crashing whitecaps

On the ocean

And what lovely sea-side holiday, away

A palm tree in Christmas lights

My emotion

Struck a sparkling tone like a xylophone

As we spent the day alone

Cheer up and dry your damp eyes and tell me when it rains

And I'll blend up that rainbow above you and shoot it through your veins

'Cause your heart has a lack of color and we should've known

That we'd grow up sooner or later 'cause we wasted all our free time alone

Super Honeymoon lyrics - Owl City

Glamour and fashion

Models and magazines... a striking runway entrance

Beauty and passion

Stardust and high class scenes of popular teens

When I lived in Denver, I met a millionaire

With ribbons in her blonde hair

I still remember

She was like a princess straight from a dreamy castle in the air

So lovely...

She was everything to me

Both alone in the dark

We long to see the sun

Rise over the Bering Strait

I was sick of the west

When I turned 21

So I moved to the Sunshine State

We played golf on the moon

And tennis on the sun

Like athletes of the afternoon

The solar flares burned my arms

And made her makeup run

On our super lunar honeymoon

I was the youngest son of a congressman

And everything was my fault...

She was a gymnast, happily swinging

On the uneven bars, tucked in a somersault

The Saltwater Room lyrics - 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,

So I can hardly relax or even oversleep

I feel as if I were home some nights,

When we count all the ship lights.

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?

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

Early Birdie lyrics - Owl City

Good evening, shuttle bus! Tell me where you're going to take us

Someplace that I have never been

It's chic transportation to new destination where I leave my reflection on the glass

I'd ask but we don't know how far these interstates go

Or how deep the city roots go down

In chilly sub-depth railways, the weathered concrete stairways provide me with a means of getting home... if I ever leave

On crystal sand, we sleep hand-in-hand

While soothing words hover like hummingbirds

So many sights to see so wake up like an early birdie

And we'll get a head start on the day

Stained-glass skyways and crowded 6 lane highways

If I look back when I begin to leave, will they remember me?

Circuit flights bend the lights when I am spent

And tour guides make happy brides feel heaven-sent