THEOCRACY - Flicker
Taken off the album "Mosaic"
š§ Stream, get it here: https://theocracy.afr.link/mosaicYT
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."
ā¶ FOLLOW @ATOMIC FIRE
š https://www.atomicfire-records.com
YouTube https://afr.link/YTsub
Instagram https://afr.link/instagram
Facebook https://afr.link/facebook
Twitter https://afr.link/twitter
TikTok https://afr.link/tiktok
ā¶ FOLLOW @THEOCRACY
Web: https://www.theocracymusic.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theocracyband
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theocracymusic
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/theocracyband
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 Spƶrl 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 donāt belong here
Like a shadow cast from a time long past
Iām swallowed up and dissipating
I feel so out of phase and so invisible
Itās disorienting, alienating
Little stranger, welcome to the world
Do you ever feel like you just donāt belong here?
Me Iāve always known this isnāt home
Iām starting to feel so disconnected
A stranger in a strange and growing ever stranger land
In a world that I donāt understand
So misdirected
Trapped inside a world that buried Mozart in a pauperās grave
And said, āGive us Barabbas,ācrucified 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 whatās the value of a life
In a modern day and age where monsters cling to evil ways
I canāt shake the feeling I just donāt belong
But we flicker for a moment
Flicker for a moment, then weāre gone
I donāt belong here
I donāt belong here
Pleasure slaves indulging every manner of perversion
If technologyās 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 pauperās grave
And said, āGive us Barabbas,ā 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 whatās the value of a life
In a modern day and age where monsters cling to evil ways
I canāt shake the feeling I just donāt belong
But we flicker for a moment
Flicker for a moment, then weāre gone
Centuries of deep corruption led to compromise
Practicing a counterfeit morality, the great disguise and
I donāt belong here
Iām 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 whatās the value of a life
In a modern day and age where monsters cling to evil ways
I canāt shake the feeling I just donāt belong
But we flicker for a moment
Flicker for a moment, then weāreā¦
#theocracy #mosaic #flicker #atomicfirerecords