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"Leave It Alone" is the second track off of Hayley Williams' first solo album "Petals for Armor" and her second solo single. It is the first track off of "Petals for Armor I" Extended Play.
Background[]
"Leave It Alone" continues the themes of the first track "Simmer" with ideas of coping with demons. "Leave It Alone" is primarily about losing people and escaping depression.
"It really sucks that you do have to dig through the dirtiest shit to find like the diamonds or something, you know? Like you’ve got to burn all of it off. My family went through something insane in the middle of… I’m working. I’m doing all this work on childhood stuff and traumas, and I’m terrified of losing people obviously. And my Nana, who was my mom’s mother, had this terrible fall. And it was right after, it was the day after… Her and I share a birthday. She’s 50 years older than me, so she’s 81 now. The day after her 80th, my 30th, she fell like all the way down my mom’s stairs and [suffered] head trauma. Like the kind of thing that we had said goodbye to her. Right? And in a weird twisted… The weirdest thing is that she got better, but it prolonged the grief because she’s not really here with us. She doesn’t really remember everything. Thankfully she knows who I am, she knows who my mom is, but she really doesn’t. It was so tough and felt like there was a lot of death at the time. People that we knew, a lot of disease, like family friends and stuff. And I just thought, like, what is the point of loving people? Like why? Even in the best case scenario is I fall in love, we have a life together and then we lose one or the other. It’s terrifying. The more you love, the more you stand to lose, but it’s like the more I let it… I mean, I struggle with it all the time." - Hayley Williams
Music Video[]
Hayley Williams - Leave It Alone -Official Music Video-
Official Lyric Video uploaded February 19, 202
Hayley Williams - Leave It Alone -Official Lyric Video-
Sunday Session:
Hayley Williams - 'Leave It Alone' Sunday Session ft. Joey Howard
Lyrics[]
Don't nobody tell me
That God don't have a sense of humor
'Cause now that I want to live
Well, everybody around me is dyin'
Now that I finally wanna live
The ones I love are dyin'
Becoming friends with a noose that I made
And I keep trying to untie it
Make it into something useful
Or maybe hang it through a window pane
Turn it into a fire escape
It tastes so bitter
On my tongue
The truth's a killer
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
You don't remember
My name somedays or
That we're related
It triggers my worry
Who else am I gonna lose before
I am ready
And who's gonna lose me
It tastes so bitter
On my tongue
The truth's a killer
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it a-
If you know love
You best prepare to grieve
Let it into your open heart and
Then prepare to let it leave
It tastes so bitter
The truth's a killer
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it alone
But I can't leave it a-
But I can't leave it a-
Personnel[]
Hayley Williams - Lead Vocals
Aaron Steele - Drums, Congas
Joey Howard - Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion
Taylor York - Additional Instruments
Daniel James - String Arrangement
Benjamin Kaufman - Violin, Chin Cello
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Petals for Armor |
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| Songs | Simmer • Leave It Alone • Cinnamon • Creepin • Sudden Desire • Dead Horse • My Friend • Over Yet • Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris • Why We Ever • Pure Love • Taken • Sugar on the Rim • Watch Me While I Bloom • Crystal Clear |
| Bonus Tracks | Simmer (Carolina Polachek Remix) • Dead Horse (Glass Animals Remix) • Dead Horse (Hot Chip Remix) |
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Petals for Armor I |
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| Songs | Simmer • Leave It Alone • Cinnamon • Creepin • Sudden Desire |
