Response To Katy Perry's Song 'Roar'

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In the song Roar sung by Katy Perry, it explains that how the singer is going to stand up for herself and make sure that she is heard. This is teaching people that they can stand up for yourself to anyone and he/she will feel better when they do so.
The first verse, “I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath” would be an idiom because that would hurt her tongue and she would pass out from the lack of oxygen. It would be realistic for her to do that. “Scared to rock the boat and make a mess” (2) means she is afraid to disturb the situation and get in trouble. She repeats “I got the eye of the tiger” in verse fourteen, thirty-three, and forty-seven seems she is focused on herself and her success and not about somebody else. She also repeats

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