[Verse 1: Shaggy 2 Dope]
We in bloom, many thoughts rearranging
Pollen's everywhere, that's the reason that we're changing
Flourish in the rise and the new times
Taking lives, nobody survives
You got your hatchet, throw it in the sky
Five petals appear right before your eyes
Don't get attached to your head like a neck
'Cause I'll disconnect, Dark Lotus in effect

[Verse 2: Blaze Ya Dead Homie]
Rise out the water [for the first worst?] nightmare
Lotus petals bloom and take shapes off in the night air
[Here we got the wicked to spare?] and didn't nobody care
Until they see the shadow creeping, now they all scared
Gone but not forgotten, in the dark they leave us rotting
With the crosses on our face that's the symbol of the downtrodden
The Dark Lotus return, the reason is the word
The season for the shepherd is now to lead the herd

[Chorus]
This is the returning
Everything you tried to bury
In between the patch of roses
Makes the Lotus (Rise), Lotus (Rise)
Winds of deadly ages
Makes the blood drip down the pages
And between the dying roses
Makes the Lotus (Rise), Lotus (Rise)
Lotus rise
[Verse 3: Violent J]
Flourishing underneath the rays of the moon
The winds of change about the rains that bloom
The five disciples of the Lotus Cross
Rise up from the swamp seed, weed, and moss
The time has come, our return is evident
Straight outta Hell's hole or Heaven-sent
We in bloom, the haunting of the flower
Throw your DL's high and feel power

[Verse 4: Monoxide]
Metamorphosis for most change
I survive in the dark with no rain
Chemical imbalance embedded inside of my brain
And all I can think of is how they continue to strain
I'm a descendant of passed-on's, hoping to latch on
And pollinate anything with a mask on
A black rose is the sign of your death
When the sight of the Lotus brings death to the rest

[Chorus]
This is the returning
Everything you tried to bury
In between the patch of roses
Makes the Lotus (Rise), Lotus (Rise)
Winds of deadly ages
Makes the blood drip down the pages
And between the dying roses
Makes the Lotus (Rise), Lotus (Rise)
Lotus rise
[Bridge]
Lotus rise (Deserts are freezing, so we know that it's time)
Lotus rise (The hills are burning, so we know that it's time)
Lotus rise (The water's rising, so we know that it's time)
Lotus rise (The crops are dying, so we know that it's time)
Lotus rise

[Verse 5: Jamie Madrox]
Coming up through the ground like a corpse
But I'm not a corpse, of course, I'm a Lotus in full bloom
Petals made up of [botics?] that shoot through the dirt
To regenerate in sunlight and flourish to bring doom
Upon the suspected affection it grows slow
In the depths of stagnant water down below
Somewhere where the lights don't shine at all
We await in a watery tomb for them to call

[Chorus]
This is the returning
Everything you tried to bury
In between the patch of roses
Makes the Lotus (Rise), Lotus (Rise)
Winds of deadly ages
Makes the blood drip down the pages
And between the dying roses
Makes the Lotus (Rise), Lotus (Rise)
Lotus rise
[Outro]
(Ooh, ooh) Lotus rise (Ooh, ooh)
(Hey, hey) Lotus rise (Hey, hey)