Owl City Finally Explains That Strange 'Fireflies' Lyric In The Most Intricate Way Ever

Owl City's debut single "Fireflies" became one of 2009's biggest tracks not just because of its catchy dream-like melody, but because of the weird-as-hell lyrics. The most notable lines are "'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs / From ten thousand lightning bugs / As they tried to teach me how to dance," which has FINALLY be explained eight years later.

Adam Young graciously broke down the lyrics in great detail to a fan on Twitter last night, as he posed a very important question that we're still wondering about: "Does each firefly hug you 1,000 times or do only 1/10th of the bugs give you a hug?" The musician finally settles the hullabaloo by saying he was embraced 1,000 times by 10,000 luminescent insects. Well there you have it folks!