This ones a bit hard to decipher to be quite honest, but heres my best shot. I think its first about a wholesome scavenging through old photos, i can imagine someone happily flipping through childhood photos and possibly ultrasounds and/or post birth photos, which explains “born in a flash” being the name. Halfway through they find photos of of their father depicting him as an anarchist, i can imagine their smile fading knowing that if anyone “caught wind of this” it could be bad for him or the family. so i guess i just consider this song a small story with a tone shift in the middle as the conflict arrises. The thing is, unlike usual stories, theres no ending. Just repeating born in a flash until the song ends. That gives the song its ominous manner as theres no resolution and you're left to decide yourself what was to come. This is probably my favorite mother mother song so i just wanted to put my thoughts about it out here!
This ones a bit hard to decipher to be quite honest, but heres my best shot. I think its first about a wholesome scavenging through old photos, i can imagine someone happily flipping through childhood photos and possibly ultrasounds and/or post birth photos, which explains “born in a flash” being the name. Halfway through they find photos of of their father depicting him as an anarchist, i can imagine their smile fading knowing that if anyone “caught wind of this” it could be bad for him or the family. so i guess i just consider this song a small story with a tone shift in the middle as the conflict arrises. The thing is, unlike usual stories, theres no ending. Just repeating born in a flash until the song ends. That gives the song its ominous manner as theres no resolution and you're left to decide yourself what was to come. This is probably my favorite mother mother song so i just wanted to put my thoughts about it out here!