Kamaskera Lightning Bug Waltz

The meadow lights its lanterns one by one
A hundred tiny dancers, gold and slow
They waltz above the grass when day is done
And nobody has taught them how to glow

Lightning bug waltz, lightning bug waltz
Turn and turn beneath the evening star
Nobody leads and nobody halts
You don't need music when you know you are

We sat upon the fence and watched them spin
Their little lights like secrets, on and off
The sky was dropping silver further in
And here below the gold was quite enough

Every summer they come back
Every summer, just the same
Dancing in the warm and black
None of them has ever had a name

Lightning bug waltz, lightning bug waltz
Turn and turn beneath the evening star
Nobody leads and nobody halts
You don't need music when you know you are