Thanks to the music community that is Genius.com we now have the full lyrics to the track "Garden Shed," the song that lit up the internet just a few hours ago due to Tyler's alleged admission of being gay. The song features Estelle on the chorus and bridge, while the second verse in particular seems to address Tyler's suppressed homosexual desires.
As Genius annotators lucidluxury and IJUSTLEFTEARF note, the line "Garden shed for the garcons / Them feelings I was guarding" supposedly addresses "the garden shed as a metaphor for a closet, which derives from the phrase 'coming out the closet.'" The word “garçons,” meanwhile translates to "boys" in French.
Other telling lines include "Thought it would be like the Frank poof, gone / But, it's still going on," which lucidluxury reads as: "Frank famously came out on his Tumblr in 2012. Here, along with the line before, Tyler is saying that he thought this was a phase and that it would ‘poof, gone,’ just like Frank infamously disappeared after releasing Channel Orange. Actually though, ‘it’s still going on’ and Tyler has recognized that it hasn’t disappeared as he thought it would. These lines could be showing Tyler’s struggle to accept himself after suppressing his feelings for boys for so long."
There are a few other references too which are certainly worth a closer look, many of which are not surprising given Tyler's track record of toying with his sexuality in the past.
Check out the full lyrics below and a few more promising annotations over at Genius.com.
[Chorus: Estelle] Don't kill the rose Boy, it could move Love every flower Out the cocoon
[Verse 1] You don't have to hide I can smell it in your eyes That there's something more to say Them words (Damn, run it back)
[Bridge: Estelle] If I could, if I could If you could Find the words to say
(Find the words to say Find the words)
Shed
[Chorus: Estelle] Don't kill the rose Boy, it could move Love every flower Out the cocoon
[Verse 2] Ayo Garden shed, garden shed, garden shed, garden shed For the garden That is what I was hiding That is what love I was I in Ain't no reason to pretend Garden shed, garden shed, garden shed Garden shed for the garcons Them feelings I was guarding Heavy on my mind All my friends lost They couldn't read the signs I didn't wanna talk and tell em' my location And I didn't wanna walk Truth is, since you kid, I thought it was a phase Thought it would be like the Frank poof, gone But, it's still going on Big fan of the base 10 Polk a dot nose how it goes Had to keep it on the subwoofer A couple butterflies when I float I was always like ehhh Barely interested, but I went to my boys like bruh This is a crucial subject matter Sensitive like cooking batter 'Till the temperature that's rising Stepping on that ladder Tryna grab the rings of Saturn I'm a plant it by the time you hear this Chittin' chatter bout to heat it It will not fucking matter