Katy Perry: Roar Meaning

Song Released: 2013

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Roar Lyrics

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...

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   Nov 14th 2013 report

   Simply put, "Roar" is talking about standing up for yourself. We shouldn't stay quiet about things and hold in how we feel, we should roar, or stand up for ourselves and be heard. That way, we will be floating like a butterfly, being free.

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   Nov 24th 2019 report

   It embodies the idea of growing up and having the right to speak up. It expresses the awakening of confidence in a teenager's life and encourages us to feel inspired and stand up to others. Like others have said, it relates to bullying.

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   Feb 3rd 2018 report

   I believe the lyrics mean that you can't keep quiet about how you feel or your views for the sake of others. Speak your truth.
   Also you can't depend on others to make your dreams turn to reality. Only you can do this. Maybe she had nobody believing her dreams as strongly as what she did and this is why she turn from "zero" to her "own hero".
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   Jun 2nd 2022 report

   Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
   You're gonna hear me roar
   Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
   you'll hear me roar
   Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
   You're gonna hear me roar
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   Sep 16th 2021 report

   I think this song is about standing up to people who once hurt you and said bad things about you and at the time you were afraid and vulnerable but now you are strong and able to stand up to the bullies
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   Mar 13th 2021 report

   This song was linked to Katy and Russell's divorce. "roar" means her confidence is back and she has found her empowerment from everything that happened between the pair.
   When the man in the video gets eaten by the tiger (russell) Katy finds she only needs herself to depend on to feel happy, confident and powerful
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   Jan 12th 2021 report

   What do the words mean? Like I don't understand what they mean. How am I supposed to understand the songs if I don't know what the word means.
   
   

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   Dec 12th 2020 report

   Roar gives the idea of confidence. Of growing and gathering confidence. In the song Katy grows more and more confident then shouting her voice and overcoming challenges.
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   Sep 7th 2020 report

   Someone who is a "human" is bullied by a "lion" and finds a way to prove themselves by "roaring" and proves that everyone is worth something, "human" or not.
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    Mar 21st 2020 report

    I wrote this song with josh and he’s nineteen, he wanted to be my girlfriend and I love him he’s talented and inspiring musician and he had a guitar with him and we’re writing this song with Olivia Rodrigo, she is the best, she’s seventeen. She’s about my brothers age she could be Matthews girlfriend I asked her a question about my vibe song and she asked my brother to go on a date with him. She’s so sweet and loving girl and she’s going to stay with me, and me and her are going to be sisters. And so she wrote the song roar, she had amazing voice and josh joined in and especially we hang out a lot. Me and josh, and Olivia are great friends and we talked and we’re great friends and I’m so lucky to have a boyfriend josh. He’s so sweet and nice and kind young man. I love him.

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    Mar 21st 2020 report

    I think Katy has the best singing voice of ever seen but I’ve been writing this empowering song to my favorite artists and single ladies, and I also write about empowering musicians like Shakira, Taylor swift, Jana Kramer, Alison Krause, they have lot of empowering and they also have fashion because I took fashion class with a friend who is older than me, his name is Jeremy, and so he and I are great friends, we talk a lot on Facebook it’s nice to talk to Jeremy he’s single, but he doesn’t have a girlfriend.

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    Oct 17th 2019 report

    i think that its very good song and it help to have while sleep but under bed is dangerous so im sorry
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    Sep 1st 2019 report

    I think to this song is about to daunting for love and to be empowerment to other people but when there’s causing troubles with bravery or anything then everyone had to have a choice of bravery.
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    Aug 21st 2019 report

    You held me down but i got up
    Cause i already had enough
    
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    Mar 18th 2019 report

    This song helps me get through a bad relationship and about how I felt in my heart I felt hurt this morning but this song helps me get back up and be free from a bad relationship.
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    Nov 20th 2018 report

    I think Katy is gay so this is her way of telling the world
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    Feb 16th 2018 report

    I interpret this song as recovering from an emotionally abusive relationship.
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    Feb 14th 2018 report

    Katy represents phases of women life

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