Sometimes at night fireflies light up; and so we catch them and put them in… Read Full Bio ↴Sometimes at night fireflies light up; and so we catch them and put them in a jar. Living beings they are, and lamps they become until they burn out and die. They serve one purpose--to entertain. A song holds within itself a certain power of the same measure. When it is created, it holds captive the thoughts and ideas, emotions and inner turmoil of its creator...over time the song grows and evolves, and though it may mean different things to different people, its final end is to give the listener pleasure. And so, here you are---my jar of fireflies.

"Invisible War" is my first jar...a collection of some of the first fireflies I ever caught; mostly they were just sprouting their wings in that time, learning all about life, exploring the world, and frolicking about with me in fascinating places like Mongolia, where I lived until I was eight. Really I caught the first specimen in this particular jar when I was fifteen--"Song of the Open Road"--based on the Whitman poem of the same name.

Now, at 20, I'm always chasing around a few fireflies at a time, attempting to master the art of capturing the most elaborate creatures. The idea is that the better the creature, the longer it will stay alive and the brighter its light will shine. We need bright light, see, because it's dark sometimes, very dark.

I have dreams about how the world should be. Indeed we live in a place which was meant to be beautiful; though we oftentimes ruin it ourselves by default. In science there is the idea of entropy--the tendency of things toward disorder. If a vase is sitting on a little table, it's quite probable that it could fall off and shatter into a hundred pieces, if not rather unlikely that all those pieces would jump back together again and shape themselves once again into a beautiful vase--unless of course someone worked very hard to glue it all back together into something new and different.

Unfortunately the implications of this in real life are much more complicated than a single vase shattering to the ground. We see natural disasters that destroy and reshape lives; wars, rumors of wars that create tension and dissension between people groups; poverty, disease, starvation, and everything that lies between.

These are the things which burden my heart, and the things which I've always felt compelled to express through my music. If all I do in life is shine a little light into the dark spaces of the world, my time on earth will certainly not have been wasted.

So I catch firefies.

Let It Find You
Merry Ellen Kirk Lyrics

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My love
Where are you?
I'm falling so endlessly
Like I always do
My hollow heart

If you have love
Deep inside you

If you have love
Let it find you

One day

Will you see?
You throw away the memories
That hide away the truth
My hollow heart

If you have love
Deep inside you

If you want love
Let it find you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Merry Ellen Kirk's "Let It Find You" might seem simple at first, but they convey a profound message. It talks about the search for love and how it feels like falling endlessly, especially when you have a "hollow heart." The singer is yearning for someone to fill the void in her heart, and she's asking where her love is. It's a common feeling that many people experience, the desperation and eagerness to find someone that they can share their life with. The line, "If you have love deep inside you, let it find you," suggests that sometimes, searching for love is not enough. Instead, we should focus on nurturing the love that we already have within us so that the right person can find us.

The second stanza talks about throwing away memories that hide away the truth. It suggests that we should let go of the past and whatever is holding us back from experiencing true love. My hollow heart is a metaphor for emptiness and longing, a feeling that only love can truly fill. The song reminds us that love is a two-way street, and it's not just up to us to find it. Sometimes, we also need to allow it to find us.

Line by Line Meaning

My love
Addressing the loved one

Where are you?
Asking for their whereabouts

I'm falling so endlessly
Expressing the feeling of falling in love deeply and completely

Like I always do
Implying repeated experiences of falling in love

My hollow heart
Acknowledging the emptiness of the heart without love

If you have love
Assuming that the loved one possesses love within themselves

Deep inside you
Emphasizing the depth of the love inside

If you have love
Repeating the previous statement

Let it find you
Encouraging the loved one to let love find them naturally

One day
Referring to a future moment when things may change

Will you see?
Asking if they will recognize when love is around them