Pressure

Pressure to do the right thing in the wrong situation, is what this one means to me. Much like the physics law of inertia whereby something remains at rest unless acted upon by some external force, here, the external force is the pressure of the singer's conscience (based feeling incomplete, or "empty"...) which will serve as the force to push her to do the right thing -let it go.

really lalalalisa? i just became a paramore fan like 2 days ago but i really thougth it was about one of their band memebers jeremy i think, that left and then came back (and then left again?)the lyrics like:

"We're better off without you"

i thougth represented that....i dunno, but love the song!!! GREAT GREAT band woot!

This song means alot to me because i can relate to it. I think this song is about a boy and girl who went out and the girl fell hard for the boy but then he ended it and it hurt her alot, and shes thinking about all the times spent with him: "Tell me where our time went and if it was time well spent." I think this girl hurts every night about it: "Just dont let me fall asleep feeling empty again." I think that she feels as though she cant take it anymore but theres nothing she can do about it so she just has to deal with it: "Cause I fear I might break and I fear I cant take it tonight I'll lie awake feeling empty." I think her friends are trying to pressure her into moving on because they know shes hurting from being so stuck on this guy: "I can feel the pressure its getting closer now We're better off without you I can feel the pressure its getting closer now We're better off without you." I think the girl thought at first they would get back together but is starting to lose hope as time goes on: "Now that I'm losing hope and theres nothing else to show for all of the days that were spent carrying away from hope." I think the girl is trying to figure out why he ended it but cant figure it out so she just tries to let the thought go but she cant because its the only thing she can think of and that makes her feel even more lonely: "Somethings I'll never know and I had to let them go I'm sitting all alone feeling empty." Finaly i think the last line has to do with her friends telling her something that makes her feel bad about wanting him back so she saying that now she thinks he would be better of without her: "Feel the pressure its getting closer now you're better off without me."

no, it's not about suicide. it's either about a former band member, or about an ex. and she does NOT sound like avril, she doesn't sing through her nose. and i'm not being harsh there, cause i kinda like a bit of avril when i'm in a cheesy mood.

what if it's just about getting yourself out of a bad situation where youre feeling the pressure to be a certain way every day and finally you can't take the "feelin empty" anymore...so your just like fuck it youre better off without me

this song has a universal meaning. everyone can relate to it somehow, even if it wasnt what they meant when the band created it. to me, it means that you're "better off without" the people that pressure you into being somehting that you aren't..like the video shows with the model. i think the video also shows how much pressure your boss puts on you and how you can feel like you're crap because you did something wrong. to me, also it helps me understand that you don't need the people that try to change you and put you down (make you feel "empty") , just be yourself and ignore the pressures in life ("let them go").

i think Hayley expresses how it hurts when you feel empty inside and you feel like no one's truely there for YOU (but that might be obvious..). I've noticed how when you sleep, it just gets worse, but that might not have anything to do with feeling empty here. In summary..i think this song represents many pressures so that everyone can relate and feel somehting when they here this song.

(PS: dont be anorexic..thats mainly caused by pressure in my opinion)

and btw, reading over the comments, theres a lot of disagreement. my thought is that its just about being somewhere, doing something, acting in a way that you know is not right for you and it just hangs over you and creates such a burden (the 'pressure') and it just leaves you feeling so empty and hollow that you just need a way to relieve all that.

whether this be directed towards an ex bandmate, ex boyfriend, day to day life is up for interpretation and i think thats the point. leaving a blank for the audience to fill in to fit what they feel or have gone through. to me, thats what makes a powerful song.

This song has a personal meaning for me. To me it's about the pressure of school, especially when I procrastinate, and I feel anxiety about getting it done and feeling like I just want to cast it away and say "I'm better off without you, homework." Especially as it gets closer to the end of the semester, and I'm getting tired and "losing hope" and beginning to "feel empty". I know, kind of depressing, and maybe more mundane than a relationship interpretation, but that's how this song strikes me.

The song is about former band member Jeremy Davis.

Jeremy's girlfriend was a model, and he told the band that he wanted to marry her. She later, however, showed to be anorexic. Being in a band, having an anorexic girlfriend, wanting to marry her; it was just all to much for Jeremy to deal with and he had to make a choice.

One day he decided to leave the band to be with his girlfriend and help her with her problems, and to get married to her. He left a note to the band saying: "There's so much going on...the pressure's getting closer now...You're better off without me."

The song takes that line and incorporates it into itself (that's why it's WE'RE better off, instead of I'm, it's the band in general that he left the note to). The song is about how they didn't want him to leave, and they're sad that he just left like that.

The lines; "Somethings I'll never know And I had to let them go Somethings I'll never know And I had to let them go But I'm sitting all alone Feeling empty" are about that. About how they don't know why he left, about their confusion over it and where he went. Ultimately they found him, they found out what happened, and he eventually returned to the band when things had settled down.

The beginning, where it seems like a break up song, is about wondering what it was all for. They wonder if he enjoyed his time with them, if they meant much to him, and at the same time it's wondering if the time he's spending now is worth it. If the time spent on his girlfriend has paid off. (Just one of the things they'll never know)

As a whole, it's like a message to him. That they miss him, they hope he's okay and happy, and that while he say's they're better off without him; right now they still miss him and feel alone/empty without him.

I freaking love this song. Hayley just has a way of getting me completely, you know? I think this song is one that everyone can relate to, and it could mean something different depending on the problems you might have in your life. I think it's about the pressure building up in your life and sometimes you just wish you could escape it all. You start to feel empty because you want to block it out when it gets all too much.

For me personally, this song describes the build up of everything over time... school, work, family, friends, past relationships, my anxiety issues. Most of the time I can handle it all pretty well, but there comes a point where sometimes I feel like I can't take it. And that's what I fear the most, because I want to be able to handle it and be successful in every way but there's a voice inside me that says, 'you can't do it'. And the only person there to help me is ME. The last line of the song really touches me - it's almost like you're defeated... you feel like giving up. You feel you'll never be good enough for anyone or anything, so you decide that everyone would be better off without you.