“God Turn Me Into a Flower” is the third and final single from Weyes Blood’s fifth studio album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow. The track takes root from the Myth of Narcissus who according to Greek Mythology was the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. In the myth, Narcissus was a beautiful youth who fell in love with his reflection and eventually died because he could not leave his image.

The lyrics reflect a similar theme of becoming obsessed with the idealized image reflected in the mirror and losing one’s true self in the process. However, while the myth of Narcissus is often interpreted as a cautionary tale against vanity, the lyrics suggest a more empathetic and self-reflective approach to the same theme. To this, in an interview with NME, Weyes Blood commented;

… At the end of the myth, Narcissus gets turned into a flower, which is symbolic for something that’s just kind of pliable and goes with the flow of the universe. And ultimately, it’s soft. That’s the approach you have to take with all the uncertainty and irrevocable change that’s happening right now. If everything’s gonna fall apart, don’t be weak. Become soft.

The track’s release was first teased on November 14, 2022, via a post on her socials stating;

The album’s out in four days 🌚 Catharsis imminent.
Think I’ll unleash one last song tomorrow at 9:00 pm PT, the final peak into the pages of the romance novel. Thank you, guys, so much for listening.