Firework by Katy Perry is featured in Silly Love Songs, the twelfth episode of Season Two. It is sung by Rachel, with the New Directions Girls singing back-up.
The Glee Club's assignment was to sing a love song to a partner, and Rachel uses Finn as her inspiration after he comes down with mononucleosis and admits to her that when he kissed Quinn, he experienced "fireworks". As Rachel is singing, she points out at Mercedes, Tina, Lauren, Brittany, and Santana to join her.
Lyrics[]
Rachel:
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep
6 feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing?
Do you know that there's still a chance for you
'Cause there's a spark in you
You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the 4th of July
'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh,"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh,"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe
You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe your reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time, you'll know
You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the 4th of July
'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh,"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh,"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe
Boom, boom, boom, even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through-ough-ough
'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh,"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh,"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, aweee!
(Boom, boom, boom, even brighter) than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom, even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Trivia[]
- This is the second performance that starts in a medical room of some sort. The first was Jessie's Girl in Laryngitis (Season One) and the third was I Feel Pretty/Unpretty in Born This Way (Season Two).
- This song was sung in the first episode of The Glee Project.
- When the Glee version of the song was released, the original showed gains in performance on the Billboard Hot 100, rising from #3 to #2.