Flicker
Flickering Resilience: Escaping Toxicity
Lyrics
Black Clouds in a summer fire.
Reference to a negative or ominous situation in a joyful time.
Black clothes in your memory.
Memories tainted by darkness or sadness.
Your wicked plastic smile
Describing a deceptive and insincere smile.
A transparency.
Transparent falseness, lack of authenticity.
The fire's dancing just like me.
Comparing the movement of fire to the speaker's own dance.
Nightfall used to be your ocean
Metaphorically describing the nightfall as a vast, challenging expanse.
And I your bridge to cross.
Being a support or connection for someone during difficult times.
I survived your deadly potion.
Surviving a harmful influence or experience.
Only you can feel the loss.
Expressing that only the person responsible can truly understand the impact.
Now you're looking at me to be your boss.
Suggesting a reversal of roles, from being supported to becoming the authority.
You can see me flicker in the light of your eyes
Describing the speaker's presence as a flickering light in the other person's gaze.
And I won't be a victim of your terrible lies.
Declaring resilience against deceitful lies and manipulation.
And you can find me dancing by the light of the moon.
Indicating freedom and joy, possibly away from the negative influence.
But you won't find me coming back to you...
Emphasizing the speaker's determination not to return to a toxic relationship.
... Too soon
Repetition of "Too soon," possibly indicating the need for more time before reconsidering the past.
... Too soon
-... Too soon
-... Too soon
-Hot summer has come to meet you
Introducing a hot summer as a metaphor for confronting challenges or emotions.
Right there where you left it last.
Highlighting the return of a difficult situation.
The sweep of loud cicadas
Describing the sound of cicadas, symbolizing memories of past summers.
That sing of summers past.
Suggesting a reflection on bygone joyful moments.
You take the green right from the grass.
Metaphorically taking away the freshness or vitality from a situation.
You can see me flicker in the light of your eyes
Reiteration of the speaker's presence as a flickering light in the other person's gaze.
And I won't be a victim of your terrible lies.
Restating resilience against deceitful lies and manipulation.
And you can find me dancing by the light of the moon.
Reaffirming freedom and joy, away from the negative influence.
But you won't find me coming back to you...
Reiterating the speaker's determination not to return to a toxic relationship.
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