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"Stagger" is a song by Poppy and the title track from her fifth extended play Stagger. It is the fourth and final track on the EP. The music video was released on October 14th, 2022, coinciding with the EP's release.

Background[]

On December 20th, 2021, Poppy tweeted a snippet of lyrics to a then-unknown song, later discovered to be the lyrics to "Stagger".[1] The song was first performed on the Never Find My Place Tour.[2]

On September 26th, 2022, Poppy posted a music video teaser for the song on social media, asking her fans if she should release it.[3] On September 28th, 2022, she posted another teaser to social media accompanied by the caption "stagger 10/14".[4]

After the release of the music video, Poppy revealed on Twitter that when she and Ted Gowans wrote the song, she knew "the visual had to dance".[5]

Theme[]

Poppy explained the meaning behind the song and its title in an interview with Kerrang!:

"I love the way the word 'stagger' looks and I love the definition of it. I say we stagger on through life backwards, you're making unsteady steps in the reverse direction as a sort of regression, and I felt that about the opposing person and the scenario described in the song. You let people make their own mistakes. You're not responsible for anyone's growth. It was a reminder to myself that I saved my own life." - Poppy in an interview with Kerrang![6]

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
A crisis without a cause
Faith put in a false God
A misstep of emoting
I'm tryna get to where I'm going
A new way to call it off
You leaned in when I told you to stop
My heart is now imploding
I'm tryna get to where I'm going

[Chorus]
Stagger on through life backwards
You stagger on through life backwards
Backward, backward, backwards

[Verse 2]
You're quite the oppositionist
So your habits you're not trying to quit
Out of fear and loathing
I'm just tryna get to where I'm going
You see the mountain's just a cliff
And I can't talk you down from it
The road home is eroding
I'm just tryna get to where I'm going

[Chorus]
Stagger (Stagger) on through life backwards
You stagger (Stagger) on through life backwards
Backward, backward, backwards

[Bridge]
Now I'm waving the white flag
I had your back, but you got me bad
My loyalty has fucked me back
And I'm learning lessons in how to detach

[Chorus]
Stagger (Stagger) on through life backwards
You stagger (Stagger) on through life backwards
Backward, backward
Backward, backward
Backward, backward
Backward, backwards

Video[]

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Poppy - Stagger (Official Music Video)

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