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
“Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris” is a song about feminism that uses a garden and its flowers as a metaphor for growing and finding one’s self. This is the first song released after the EP Petals For Armor I and it features the female supergroup boygenius in backing vocals.
[Verse 1: Hayley Williams, Hayley Williams & boygenius]
I have seen your body
And I have seen your beauty
They are separate things
Pretty, pretty, pretty things
But I am in a garden
Tending to my own
So what do I care
And what do you care if I grow?
If I grow
[Chorus: Hayley Williams, boygenius]
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)
Show no concern for colors of a violet
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus)
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises
[Verse 2: Hayley Williams, Hayley Williams & boygenius]
Think of all the wilted women
Who crane their necks to reach a window
Ripping all their petals off just 'cause
"He loves me now, he loves me not"
I myself was a wilted woman
Drowsy in a dark room
Forgot my roots
Now watch me bloom
[Chorus: Hayley Williams, boygenius, Both]
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)
Show no concern for colors of a violet
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus)
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises
(Irises)
[Bridge: Hayley Williams, Hayley Williams & boygenius]
And I will not compare
Other beauty to mine
And I will not become
A thorn in my own side
And I will not return
To where I once was
Well, I can break through the earth
Come out soft and wild
[Chorus: Hayley Williams, boygenius, Both]
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)
Show no concern for colors of a violet
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus)
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises
[Outro: boygenius]
(Roses, roses, roses, roses)
(Roses, roses, roses, roses)
(Roses, roses, roses, roses)
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)
Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris was written by Daniel James & Taylor York & Hayley Williams.
Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris was produced by Taylor York.
Hayley Williams released Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris on Thu Mar 19 2020.