Looks like you're still getting used to
Being fully grown
I know it's hard to slow down when
There's still more to go
Maybe it's just how you're treated
Not something you know
Only so much you can explain
Over the phone
[Pre-Chorus]
So I'm coming to you
Can I get your permission
To lay underneath you?
Not a special occasion
I just had a feeling
Wanna ask how you're doing
And mean it, I mean it
[Chorus]
Willow, don't cry, don't cry
Willow, don't cry, Willow
Willow, don't cry, don't you
Willow, don't cry, don't cry
Willow, I'll cry, Willow
Willow, I'll cry for you
Don't have to use your own tears
Just to grow your own limbs
Just keep your passion for flowers
And it'll patch over youth
And there's a whole lot of rain
But there's a hole in the roof
That makes it easy to swim in a bad attitude
[Pre-Chorus]
So I'm coming to you
Can I get your pеrmission
To lay underneath you?
Not a special occasion
I just had a feeling
Wanna ask how you'rе doing
And mean it, I mean it, oh
[Chorus]
Willow, don't cry, don't cry
Willow, don't cry, Willow
Willow, don't cry, don't you
Willow, don't cry, don't cry
Willow, I'll cry, Willow
Willow, I'll cry for you
About
“Willow” is the penultimate track on Reneé Rapp’s debut album, Snow Angel, released on August 18th, 2023. The track was teased on Rapp’s Instagram. It was confirmed to be on the album in a post by Rapp on Instagram.
Lyrically, “Willow” is about wanting someone to feel okay, so you try to take their pain away, and help them feel okay. The track was inspired by Frank Ocean and the weeping willow tree.
Q&A
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‘Willow’ is two things. Frank Ocean is my favourite songwriter of all time. I didn’t feel like I had any songs on my project that took any lyrical inspiration from him and his projects, and I really wanted there to be. I also loved willow trees as a kid. As I got older, I also thought there was something so interesting about it being called a weeping willow. I felt like I kind of had a lot of similar qualities to this tree, which sounds crazy, but I just always felt that way. I ended up framing it as my little self sitting under a willow tree talking to my current self. It was me personifying the tree as my younger self, which sounds kind of crazy, but it’s one of my favourite songs on the whole album.
– via Apple Music
- 4.Gemini Moon
- 5.Snow Angel
- 6.So What Now
- 8.Pretty Girls
- 9.Tummy Hurts
- 10.I Wish
- 11.Willow
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