Taken off the album "Mosaic"
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Matt Smith:
"'Flicker' was one of the first tracks written for the "Mosaic" album. A fish-out-of-water tale of brutal honesty, the lyrics are a bit more straightforward and candid than usual from me, but that's what felt most authentic in the moment. Musically, it's aggressive, melodic, and fast, and sits somewhere slightly different for us, I think. It seemed like an obvious choice for opening track of the record."

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Music & Lyrics: Matt Smith
Recorded & mixed by Matt Smith at Theocracized Studios and Full Moon Studios
Mastered by Emily Lazar and Chris Allgood at The Lodge, NY
Video produced by Ingo Spörl https://hard-media.com

THEOCRACY is:
Matt Smith - Vocals
Taylor Washington - Lead Guitar
Jonathan Hinds - Guitar
Jared Oldham - Bass
Ernie Topran - Drums

Lyrics:
FLICKER

Sometimes I feel like I just don’t belong here
Like a shadow cast from a time long past
I’m swallowed up and dissipating

I feel so out of phase and so invisible
It’s disorienting, alienating
Little stranger, welcome to the world

Do you ever feel like you just don’t belong here?
Me I’ve always known this isn’t home
I’m starting to feel so disconnected
A stranger in a strange and growing ever stranger land
In a world that I don’t understand
So misdirected
Trapped inside a world that buried Mozart in a pauper’s grave
And said, “Give us Barabbas,”crucified Christ and turned away
Electing fools to lead us
Rejecting truth, see us spiraling down
Shall we enter the last days?

Out of place and out of time
Oh tell me what’s the value of a life
In a modern day and age where monsters cling to evil ways
I can’t shake the feeling I just don’t belong
But we flicker for a moment
Flicker for a moment, then we’re gone
I don’t belong here
I don’t belong here

Pleasure slaves indulging every manner of perversion
If technology’s the god we feed, our sacrifice is full submersion
Lifelong friendships ended over stupid politicians
All the rhetoric and superstitions
Life on a screen, a simulated world that buried Mozart in a pauper’s grave
And said, “Give us Barabbas,” crucified Christ and turned away
This world feels so synthetic
Lost apathetic
While tragedy vampires drink blood of the fallen

Out of place and out of time
Oh tell me what’s the value of a life
In a modern day and age where monsters cling to evil ways
I can’t shake the feeling I just don’t belong
But we flicker for a moment
Flicker for a moment, then we’re gone

Centuries of deep corruption led to compromise
Practicing a counterfeit morality, the great disguise and
I don’t belong here
I’m just a weary traveler
This world has lost sight of the value of a life

Out of place and out of time
Oh tell me what’s the value of a life
In a modern day and age where monsters cling to evil ways
I can’t shake the feeling I just don’t belong
But we flicker for a moment
Flicker for a moment, then we’re…

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Taken off the album "Mosaic" (October 13th, 2023)
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Matt comments: "“Mosaic” is one of my personal favorite Theocracy tracks of all time. At its heart it’s a throwback to the peak of power metal, a galloping and soaring singalong hymn. But it has everything I love about what we do: the melody, the power, the drama, the light and shade, the riffs. Conceptually, the song is about how we can only see the individual scenes of our lives, but lack the perspective to see the overall tapestry those scenes eventually combine to create. The good times, the bad times, the things we wish didn’t happen…they are all pieces that God uses to form whatever we eventually end up becoming. And we can certainly relate to that in our own journey as a band over the last few years. So there’s a little psychology, a lot of spirituality, a little nostalgia, and a healthy dose of wistfulness and wonder. And fittingly, this song takes you on a quite journey in just over five minutes."

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Recorded & mixed by Matt Smith at Theocracized Studios and Full Moon Studios
Mastered by Emily Lazar and Chris Allgood at The Lodge, NY
Video produced by Industrialism Films https://industrialismfilms.com

THEOCRACY is:
Matt Smith - Vocals
Taylor Washington - Lead Guitar
Jonathan Hinds - Guitar
Jared Oldham - Bass
Ernie Topran - Drums

Lyrics:
The Artisan designs
In a secret place
Moves with grace
Shifting seasons mark the time
As it comes and goes
With the wind that blows

And after all, the pieces fall
Landing where they may
You never left or chose to throw them all away
An unknown future, broken past
Like imperfect panes of glass
A window into the darkness

Picture perfect on the wall
I’m a step behind
Lost in time
My perspective ever flawed
Phantom imagery
Sensory
And after all, the pieces fall
Landing where they may
You never left or chose to throw them all away
An unknown future, broken past
Like imperfect panes of glass
Taking shape into something more

What a wonder, fireborn and unforsaken
Piece by broken piece to form
Unveiling this grand mosaic
Compositing the story of a life
Tonight
We are mosaic

Partial pages, scattered scenes
Nothing on their own
The great unknown
Blurry pictures on the screen
Focus pull unto
The master view

‘Cause after all, the pieces fall
Landing where they may
You never left or chose to throw us all away
An unknown future, broken past
Like imperfect panes of glass
Revealing the larger grand design

What a wonder, fireborn and unforsaken
Piece by broken piece to form
Unveiling this grand mosaic
Compositing the story of a life
Tonight
We are mosaic

(solo: Taylor)

Gallery, artistry
Mystery, great adventure
Mastery, harmony
History to remember
Like perspective of a woven tapestry
Shifting from the side we see

What a wonder, fireborn and unforsaken
Piece by broken piece to form
Unveiling this grand mosaic
Compositing the story of a life
Tonight
We are mosaic

#theocracy #mosaic #atomicfirerecords