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Flutter

Release date: 16th June 2022

From Life Is Yours
Track 6
3:36
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'Flutter' by Foals is an alternative track from the album 'Life Is Yours' (2022). The lyrics sketch an uneasy, abandoned aftermath after a sudden call and a departure, with the speaker describing an almost weightless state in mid-air before landfall. They compare loss to a broken bird wing, then turn to the certainty of absence, insisting there is nothing left in the mirror. The imagery leans on flight, wreckage, and reflection, giving the song a bruised, resigned tone, summed up by the line, “You had left for Rome”.

"Flutter" is a track by Foals, from the album Life Is Yours, released 16th June 2022. The track is 3:36 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Foals.

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Flutter

I was in the mid-air when you called me up to say
You had left for Rome when nobody was at home that day
Like a broken bird wing, run to make your heart sing, babe
There's wreckage on the ground, so I know you won't be found anyway

There is nothing in the mirror
There is nothing in the mirror
There is nothing in the mirror
There is nothing in the mirror

I thought I saw you there with black ribbons in your hair in the morning
It was March or May, but I forget the day when it dawned
I wrap myself around the truth, you can't be found anymore
'Cause we all think that our lives will be longer than they are

Take off your mask
There's nothing in the mirror
There's nothing in the mirror
There's nothing in the mirror
There's nothing in the mirror

There's nothing in the mirror
There's nothing in the mirror
There's nothing in the mirror
There's nothing in the mirror
There's nothing in the mirror
There's nothing in the mirror
There's nothing in the mirror
There's nothing in the mirror

And even though I could not be there
You were always in my heart I swear
And even though I could not be there
You were always in my heart right there

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From Life Is Yours

3:362022
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Life Is Yours
Life Is Yours
Foals
17th June 2022
Track number
6
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2022
  1. 1Life Is Yours
    4:13
  2. 2Wake Me Up
    4:24
  3. 32am
    3:44
  4. 42001
    4:27
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    Writer
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    Jimmy Smith (UK), Yannis Philippakis
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    Yannis Philippakis
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    James Keeley, Mark Rankin
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    Charlie Holmes, Kieran Beardmore, Matt Wolach
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    Matt Colton
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    Chris Laws, Mark “Spike” Stent
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