Cover art for ​flicker start by Hayley Kiyoko

​flicker start

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​flicker start Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's discouraging, I thought everything was great
I've been circling 'round the block inside my brain
And I can't figure out what to do today
Everyone's having fun but I can't relate
Need a flicker start, need it pouring through my veins
Don't know where to start and I don't know who to blame
'Cause I can't figure out what to do today
Everyone's having fun but I can't relate

[Chorus]
Let me out my head, let my mind run free
Let me just pretend that I feel like me
Need a flicker start 'cause I'm ready
Anything to spark a new beginning

[Verse 2]
Need a flicker start, slow burn to a flame
It's a crawling march and I'm fighting for a change
How do I keep going if I don't know where I'm going every night and morning?
How do I keep going if I don't know where I'm going?

[Chorus]
Let me out my head, let my mind run free
Let me just pretend that I feel like me
Need a flicker start 'cause I'm ready
Anything to spark a new beginning
[Bridge]
It's an uphill, standstill, sweat on my back
As the Sunday sun burns cold through the glass
And I'm dying under pressure turning diamonds into stone
I can't feel my bones

[Chorus]
Let me out my head, let my mind run free
Let me just pretend that I feel like me
Need a flicker start 'cause I'm ready
Anything to spark
Let me out my head, let my mind run free
Let me just pretend that I feel like me
Need a flicker start 'cause I'm ready
Anything to spark a new beginning

[Outro]
It's discouraging, I thought everything was great
I've been circling 'round the block inside my brain
And I can't figure out what to do today
Everyone's having fun but I can't relate

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Hayley said on october 4th 2022, about flicker start: ‘'This song was inspired by a time when I was navigating my depression. I remember sitting in my car not knowing what to do. Where to go. Knowing I needed to keep going but just needing something. Anything. The the play on jumpstart turned into flicker start ❤️’‘ via Instagram stories.

This song was inspired by a time when I was navigating my depression. I remember sitting in my car not knowing what to do. Where to go. Knowing I needed to keep going but just needing something. Anything. The the play on jumpstart turned into flicker start ❤️

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