Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
Hayley Williams
The second single from Petals for Armor is a song about grief. “Leave It Alone” sees Hayley singing about struggling with losing people and how she’s managed to escape her depression. It shows how, according to Hayley,
The more you love, the more you stand to lose.
She’s had a history of losing pe...
[Verse 1]
Don't nobody tell me
That God don't have a sense of humor
'Cause now that I want to live
Well, everybody around me is dying
Now that I finally wanna live
The ones I love are dyin'
Becoming friends with a noose that I made
And I keep tryin' to untie it
Make it into something useful
Or maybe hang it through a window pane
Turn it into a fire escape
[Chorus]
It tastes so bitter on my tongue
The truth's a killer
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
[Verse 2]
You don't remember my name somedays
Or that we're related
It triggers my worry
Who else am I gonna lose before I am ready?
And who's gonna lose me?
[Chorus]
It tastes so bitter on my tongue
The truth's a killer
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it a-
[Verse 3]
If you know love
You best prepare to grieve
Let it enter your open heart and
Then prepare to let it leave
[Chorus]
It tastes so bitter
The truth's a killer
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it a-
But I can't leave it a-
Leave It Alone was written by Joey Howard (Bassist) & Hayley Williams.
Leave It Alone was produced by Taylor York.
Hayley Williams released Leave It Alone on Thu Jan 30 2020.
Hayley told Beats 1
It really sucks that you do have to dig through the dirtiest shit to find like the diamonds or something, you know? Like you’ve got to burn all of it off. My family went through something insane in the middle of… I’m working. I’m doing all this work on childhood stuff and trauma...