What is “Shimmer” about?
"Shimmer" is a comeback song about a woman who once hid her magic up her sleeve and now lets it light the whole room. The bridges she watched burn turn to gold, her scars become sparks, and the mirror's old stories give way to a woman "made of atmosphere." Twelfth on Velvet, it returns to the self-assured spirit of the album's opening tracks, with a bridge announcing that the show has only just begun.
Shimmer lyrics
Ah, ah, shimmer
Watch me now
I stepped into the room and the ceiling cracked
Diamond energy and there's no looking back
Built myself a throne from the lessons learned
Every single bridge that they watched me burn
Turned it into gold, turned it into flame
Wrote my name in light, now they know the name
Crown is getting heavy but it fits just right
Born to make 'em dizzy in the Friday night
I shimmer, I shimmer
Watch me light the whole room up
I shimmer, I shimmer
Can't dim what was built from love
Every scar became a spark
Now I'm glowing in the dark
I shimmer
Used to hide my magic underneath my sleeve
Now I let it breathe, now I let it breathe
Walking like a vision, speaking like a song
Took me way too long to know where I belong
Jazz hands on the rhythm, soul up in the beat
Confidence is dripping from my head to feet
Mirror told me stories I refused to hear
Now I see a woman made of atmosphere
I shimmer, I shimmer
Watch me light the whole room up
I shimmer, I shimmer
Can't dim what was built from love
Every scar became a spark
Now I'm glowing in the dark
I shimmer
They tried to keep the lights off
But baby I'm my own sun
I rose, I rose, I rose
And now the show has just begun
I shimmer, I shimmer
Watch me light the whole room up
I shimmer, I shimmer
Can't dim what was built from love
Every scar became a spark
Now I'm glowing in the dark
I shimmer
Shimmer, shimmer
Can't stop this light
Shimmer