“Flashes“ is the eleventh track of Tove Lo’s Lady Wood album. The song mostly deals with the difficulties of Tove’s life as a musician and also suggests the intolerance of her companion towards the situation.
The singer repeatedly addresses her boyfriend in the whole song by underlining the remarks...
[Verse 1]
Just because I'm present
Don't mean I forgot about you back home
You think I'm surrounded
But, babe, I do most of this alone
[Pre-Chorus]
People come, I push them away
People talk, I know what they say
People come, I push them away
People talk, I know what they say
What about you?
[Chorus]
When I fuck things up
When I fuck things up in front of camera flashes
What about you?
When all I built up
When all I built up with sweat, blood, tears just crashes
What about you?
What about you?
[Verse 2]
"Money is a problem"
You say in a way like I'm to blame (Yeah)
I don't really need them
All I want is for us to stay the same
What about you?
[Pre-Chorus]
People come, I push them away
People talk, I know what they say
People come, I push them away
People talk, I know what they say
What about ya?
[Chorus]
When I fuck things up
When I fuck things up in front of camera flashes
What about you?
When all I built up
When all I built up with sweat, blood, tears just crashes
What about you?
What about you?
[Post-Chorus]
What about you?
What about you? Oh
[Bridge]
Ah, yeah, oh, what about you?
Oh, yeah, nah, when I fuck things up, yeah
What? Yeah, fuck things up, what about you?
Oh, what about you? (Fuck things up, yeah)
[Outro]
(When I fuck things up)
Fuck things up
(All of these flashes)
Comin' over me
(All of these flashes)
What about you?
(All of these flashes)
Comin' over me
When I fuck things up
In front of camera flashes
(All of these flashes)
What about you?
When all I built up (Oh)
With sweat, blood, tears just crashes
What about you?
When I fuck things up, yeah