Firefly

The Big Bubble artwork

***Firefly*** is the eighth track from The Residents' thirteenth studio album, The Big Bubble.

According to the in-universe album credits for The Big Bubble, Die-Stay-Go was written by Frank Leone and Ramsey Whiten. Leone is the fictional guitarist of The Big Bubble, and Ramsey is the lead vocalist and percussionist.

## Background

The song is sung from the perspective of the fictional band The Big Bubble, created for The Residents' Mole Trilogy fiction. Existing generations following the events of *Mark of the Mole**,* The Big Bubble is made up of mixed raced descendants of that album's warring races. The Big Bubble's music oozes with rebellion against the unjust society created by the events of said album. Unlike much of *The Big Bubble***.** which is performed in the outlawed tongue of the Moles, Firefly is entirely in English.

Two years after the release of the album, Firefly was included on the '*Hit The Road Jack (Special Almost Dance Mix)*' EP. The EP also featured two other Big Bubble songs, the title track, and Cry For The Fire. On that release, FireFly was listed as a medley with The Big Bubble, indicating that the two pieces are part of one suite. Despite this, The Residents performed the album's title track without FireFly on all dates of The 13th Anniversary Show.

Although The Residents themselves have never re-worked FireFly, 90s rock band *Mooseheart Faith* covered the song for the official Residents tribute album, 'Eyesore: A Stab At The Residents,' and in 201, Residents fan 'Kwashotfi' submitted a cover of Firefly for inclusion on The Residents' remix album *I Am A Resident**.* The Residents did not use it.

## Lyrics

```
Firefly used to fly low
Those firefies used to fly low
Those firefies fly too high
Those firefies fly too high

```

```
One came low but it was too dark
One came low but it was too dark
Between the flashes it was too dark
Between the flashes it was too dark
And I was too slow

```

```
Fireflies used to fly low
Those firefies used to fly low
Those firefies used to fly low
Those firefies used to fly low
Those firefies...

```

```
Fly low
Fly low
Fly low
Fly low
Fly low
Fly low
Fly...
Fly low
Fly low
Fly low
Fly low
Fly low

```

## Credits

* Written and Performed by: The Residents
* Producers: The Cryptic Corporation

### Fake Credits

* Ramsey Whiten: Vocals, percussion
* Frank Leone: Electric guitar
* Paul Sage: Grand Piano, String syntheziser
* Alex Beason: Electric guitar

## Appearances

* The Big Bubble (1985)
* Hit The Road Jack (Special Almost Dance Mix) (1987)
* Mole Box (2019)

## See Also

* The Big Bubble
* Hit The Road Jack (Special Almost Dance Mix)
* Eyesore: A Stab At The Residents

**Cast of Characters**
Mohelmot · Chubs (Innisfree · The Scientist) · The ObserverDarkness · The Evil DisposerCross (Zinkenites · Kula Bocca · The Big Bubble · Frankie DuVall)
**Part One: *Mark of the Mole* (1981)**
(video game · novel)
**Side A: Hole-Workers at the Mercy of Nature**
"Voices of the Air" · "The Ultimate Disaster" · "Migration"
**Side B: Hole-Workers vs. Man and Machine**
"Another Land" · "The New Machine" · "Final Confrontation"
**Part Two: *The Tunes of Two Cities* (1982)**
(*The Comix of Two Cities*)
**Side A:** "Serenade For Missy" · "A Maze Of Jigsaws" · "Mousetrap" · "God Of Darkness" · "Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)" · "Praise For The Curse"
**Side B:** "The Secret Seed" · "Smokebeams" · "Mourning The Undead" · "Song Of The Wild" · "The Evil Disposer" · "Happy Home (Excerpt From Act II of "Innisfree")"
***Intermission: Extraneous Music From The Residents' Mole Show* (1982)**
**Side A:** "Lights Out (Prelude)" · "Shorty's Lament (Intermission)"
**Side B:** "The Moles Are Coming (Intermission)" · "Would We Be Alive? (Intermission)" · "The New Hymn (Recessional)"
**The Mole Show (1982-1983)**(*Mole Dance 82* · *Live At The Roxy* · *La Edad de Oro* · Uncle Sam Mole Show · VHS · *Live In Holland* · DVD bag set)
**Part Three: ???**
"Now It Is Too Late" · "Going Nowhere" · "Tired Old Man" · "Marching To The We" · *Mole Suite*
**Part Four: *The Big Bubble* (1985)**(fictional band · Black Shroud Records)
**Side A:** "Sorry" · "Hop A Little" · "Go Where Ya Wanna Go" · "Gotta Gotta Get" · "Cry For The Fire"
**Side B:** "Die-Stay-Go" · "Vinegar" · "**Firefly**" · "The Big Bubble" · "Fear for the Future" · "Kula Bocca Says So"
**Part Five: ???**
**Part Six: ???**
**Related works**
"Open Up" · "Anvil Forest" · The 10th Anniversary Show (*Assorted Secrets*) · *PAL TV LP* · The 13th Anniversary Show · *Mole Box: The Complete Mole Trilogy pREServed* ("From MOM1" · "Untitled" · "Jingle Bell" · "Another Another Land")
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