[Intro — Soft, whispered] You call this destruction... I call it healing. You built your cities on my grave. Now watch the garden grow. [Verse 1] Concrete towers reaching for the sky While another forest disappears tonight You call it progress You call it life But every tree you cut Is another piece of mine I watched the rivers turn to poison I watched the oceans choke You took the world that gave you everything And turned it into smoke So don't call me a monster When you made me what I am You planted something beautiful... And then you buried it in ash. [Pre-Chorus] I hear the roots beneath the ground I hear the earth begin to wake And every flower reaching up Knows exactly what you'll take [Chorus] VENOM IN BLOOM! Watch the garden rise! VENOM IN BLOOM! Nature never dies! You can burn the leaves You can poison the ground But the roots run deeper Than you'll ever know VENOM IN BLOOM! Gotham, open your eyes! [Verse 2] Thorns around my heart Petals on my skin You see the beauty But you don't know where I've been They wanted my silence They wanted control They turned a woman into something They could never own Now every vine is reaching Every flower has a voice And every breath of poisoned air Is another consequence of choice You built your world without me Now I'll build a world without you [Pre-Chorus] Feel the branches through the walls Hear the roots beneath your feet You thought you owned this city... But nature doesn't need a seat. [Chorus] VENOM IN BLOOM! Watch the garden rise! VENOM IN BLOOM! Nature never dies! You can burn the leaves You can poison the ground But the roots run deeper Than you'll ever know VENOM IN BLOOM! Gotham, open your eyes! [Bridge — Quiet] I don't hate life. I love it. That's why I fight. Every flower. Every forest. Every living thing. You call it nature. I call it home. [Build] So let the vines grow... Let the flowers bloom... Let Gotham remember... Who was here first. [Breakdown] YOU TOOK THE WORLD! NOW THE WORLD TAKES YOU! [Final Chorus] VENOM IN BLOOM! Let the whole city shake! VENOM IN BLOOM! Feel the ground awake! No more cages No more chains No more watching As you burn the world away VENOM IN BLOOM! You can't kill what you've made! I am the thorn I am the flower I am the poison I am the power And when the last concrete tower falls... The garden will still be standing. [Outro — Soft] They called me Poison Ivy... But poison is only deadly... when you forget... how to live.
