Discover the story of the song > Let the Fireflies Fly Away – Mark Mulcahy

The protagonist is at a restaurant and finds a frog in his food. At the zoo, the workers were fired and now the polar bears are in charge of feeding the animals. The animals start behaving strangely and the protagonist wants to escape and wishes the dinosaurs were still alive. A chicken is hitchhiking and the beavers try to escape, but fail. The protagonist wants to let the fireflies go free. In simple terms, the lyrics talk about strange and chaotic situations at the zoo, the desire to escape, and the wish for things to be different.