Flicker - Rina Sawayama

These days looking sideways

Sadness, not from heartache

Cold shoulder, the way you look at

Me, me, me, me

I’m losing my axis

Looking at the recess

This pressure, the way you look at

Me, me, me, me

They say don’t even try to resist

Look at what you’ve been given

Be grateful and don’t take the piss

When the people on TV

They all look the same

I know I can do

I can do better than them

When you’re down, feeling low

Just remember your name

They ain’t us

They ain’t us, baby

'Cause you know what they don’t

Just remember your name

They ain’t us

They ain’t us, baby

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

But they ain’t gonna shine like us

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

Nobody gonna shine like us

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

But they ain’t gonna shine like us

Nobody gonna shine like you and me

Back then didn’t notice

They called it subversive

No longer withheld by what you think of me

They say don’t even try to resist

Look at what you’ve been given

Be grateful and don’t take the piss

When the people on TV

They all look the same

I know I can do

I can do better than them

When you’re down, feeling low

Just remember your name

They ain’t us

They ain’t us, baby

'Causeyou know what they don’t

Just remember your name

They ain’t us

They ain’t us, baby

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

But they ain’t gonna shine like us

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

Nobody gonna shine like us

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

But they ain’t gonna shine like us

Nobody gonna shine like you and me

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

Well they ain’t no sun

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

Well they ain’t no flame

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

We are not the same

No, no, no, no

When you’re feeling down

When you’re down, feeling low

Just remember your name

They ain’t us

They ain’t us, baby

'Cause you know what they don’t

Just remember your name

They ain’t us

They ain’t us, baby

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

But they ain’t gonna shine like us

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

Nobody gonna shine like us

(They flicker, flicker, flicker)

But they ain’t gonna shine like us

Nobody gonna shine like you and me