Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris lyrics

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?

Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses

Show no concern for colors of a violet

Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus

Hopes it won’t spark envy in your irises

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

Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses

Show no concern for colors of a violet

Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus

Hopes it won’t spark envy in your irises

I will not compare other beauty to mine

I will not become a thorn in my own side

I will not return to where I once was

I can break through the earth, come up soft and wild

Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses

Show no concern for colors of a violet

Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus

Hopes it won’t spark envy in your irises