The flickering 
The flickering
The flickering light. 

What’s it gonna take to push you 
Down the page into a history book?
Without the troops,
Without the bruised
Egos, you know you should
Stand up to what’s right for humanity
Right for our sanity 
Instead of chasing vanity metrics
You are tearing down the gates of the Matrix
Like a burnt out dominatrix
You drop the pretence
As you relax into speaking the truth 
We can’t win this fight without the youth
Without you
Without me
Without the unity
That could be: we.

The flickering 
The flickering
The flickering hope. 

What’s it gonna take to say “no more”?
Our rights stripped back in plain sight 
Is not something we had on our bingo cards
Is my voice just another noise
In your over-stimulated brain?
Or can you erase the hate
Instead of just scrolling with no aim?
It’s insane how we became digitally enslaved
Believing we’re fighting wars with two taps
Too sad
Too late for trends
The freedom of our future is slipping 
Right under our fingers
With each scroll and silent anger
We’re silencing our collective anchor
When does it stop?

The flickering 
The flickering
The flickering love. 

What’s it gonna take to feel we’re enough?
“Down the rabbit hole” is above ground
Without judgment 
Without adjustment
We could breathe freely side by side
If only we truly tried 
And not be tired of the unnecessary hate
We create to keep us separated 
This now stops! It starts with us
Saying no more to manipulation,
Limitation and oppressed truths 
You know how this unfolds already
When you’re ready to love with equality 
But when we label each other 
And don’t trust what makes us “us”
The rabbit hole closes up 
Leaving Alice forever lost

The flickering 
The flickering
The flickering.

You decide if it’s still flickering.