if feelings were fireflies

if feelings were fireflies
I'd catch one in the blink of an eye
in an old mason jar
with holes in the lid
I'd capture it as it flies
but for now
I don't know where I'm going
who I am
I have no way of knowing
somebody help me
I'm drowning on dry land

if feelings were fireflies
I'd run inside and show it to mom
I'd say
"look what I found!"
and unscrew the lid
she'd laugh
"put that damn thing back down!"
but now
I'm no longer a child
nobody cares
what I find in the wild
somebody help me
I'm drowning on dry land

if feelings were fireflies
I'd run and I'd catch them all day
but I'd always remember
to open the jar
and let them fly away
but for now
I don't know what I feel
and right now 
I don't know what's real
somehow
I'll have to reel 
my fireflies in
bring them inside from the wind
until the day I can feel again
and then
move on where I can be me
if feelings were fireflies
I'd set them all free