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Poppy
Zig
Flicker

TRACK

Flicker

Release date: 26th October 2023

From Zig

Track 5

2:22

Alternative Music

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About This Track

'Flicker' by Poppy is an alternative track from the album 'Zig' released in 2023. The lyrics cast a defiant, self-directed stance against someone trying to take control, with the narrator insisting they will be “the driver of my own life” and refusing to be steered, dismissed, or shamed. There is also a sharpened theme of distrust towards false brightness, paired with an insistence on vigilance and self-assurance, as insults and accusations are met with a cool refusal to be pushed aside.

"Flicker" is a track by Poppy, from the album Zig, released 26th October 2023. The track is 2:22 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Poppy.

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Poppy

Poppy

Lyrics

Flicker

Never put your grimy hands on my steering wheel
Tryin' to juke me off the road
I'll be the driver of my own life
Vigilant, self-assured, I know that makes you hard
But you can't run me off the road
Won't be fooled by light on high
Calling me virginal
Calling me other perversions I love
Someone who could cut you off, surgical
God please be merciful
'Cause I flicker between fear and a vision of forever
I flicker between fear and a vision of forever
That's too much time for you to change your mind
I flicker between fear and a vision of, vision of forever
I am mine and you are mine and I am not yours
I can drive a manual, flip it in reverse
Stutter, shutter, shiftin' motor, watch you contort
But I'm the one and you're the other
Get the fuck out of my car
Calling me virginal
Calling me other perversions I love
Someone who could cut you off, surgical
God please be merciful
'Cause I flicker between fear and a vision of forever
I flicker between fear and a vision of forever
That's too much time for you to change your mind
I flicker between fear and a vision of, vision of forever

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Track details

From Zig

2:222023

Listen

Album

27th October 2023

Track number

5

Release year

2023

1Church Outfit
1:54
2Knockoff
3:05
3Hard
2:26
4What It Becomes
3:38

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Poppy — Flicker

Poppy — Flicker

Flicker

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Credits

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