"Roar" lyrics

"Roar"

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess
So I sat quietly
Agreed politely

I guess that I forgot I had a choice
I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing
So I fell for everything

You held me down, but I got up (Hey!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (Hey!)
Get ready 'cause I've had enough
I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger
A fighter
Dancing through the fire
'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar

Now I'm floating like a butterfly
Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes
I went from zero
To my own hero

You held me down, but I got up (Hey!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (Got up!)
Get ready 'cause I've had enough
I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger
A fighter
Dancing through the fire
'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You'll hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar

Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar

I got the eye of the tiger
A fighter
Dancing through the fire
'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You'll hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar


Thanks to Dylan Evans for adding these lyrics.
Thanks to Alan, katie, SecretMilla, KatyCat, Zaaida for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Lukasz Gottwald, Bonnie Leigh McKee, Katy Perry, Max Martin, Henry Russell Walter
This is the lead single from her fourth studio album. Andrew Hampp from Billboard.com wrote about it, "...the song's staccato-heavy, shout-along chorus sounds custom-made for a live setting -- and a really killer remix."
Katy Perry explained the emotions behind the song in an interview with Perez Hilton, by saying, "Strangely enough, as much as I'm so loud and proud about my music, sometimes in other aspects of my life I became very introverted and didn't feel like I could say what I meant, and I got to a boiling point and it would just boil over a little bit… So, 'Roar' was a song I wrote about really standing up for myself, finally, and hopefully people are going to adopt that same message…"
Her another uplifting song was mentioned by Katy Perry in an interview with the Washington Post, when she said, "I'm all about female empowerment and uplifting people's spirits, and people finding their own voice with songs like 'Roar' and 'Firework'. Hopefully I can bring that incredible strength and empowerment to people through the performance."
The music video for "Roar" was filmed The Arboretum in Los Angeles, California.
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