Misguided Ghosts Lyrics

Lyric discussion by HelenaFiego 

Cover art for Misguided Ghosts lyrics by Paramore

I'll tell you what this song means.

There are 2 underlaying themes to this song.

She's singing about how she's lost, and at times doesn't know what to do with herself. Doesn't know who she is or who she is trying to be, or even who she wants to be. People put her up on a pedistal and think she's got everything figured out. She doesn't. She'd like every other teenager and 21 year old. She doesn't know what the fuck to do or what to think, she's figuring it out and growing right along with EVERYONE else

And in explaining this she's telling her fans that she's just like them.

"Cause i'm just a ghost, traveling endlessly..."

but people still mimic her, and want to be like her. Speak like her, look like her, act like her...BE her. They try SO HARD to be someone they aren't, someone they'll never be.

"Oh, You are not useless.."

She's telling you....STOP IT. Being who you are isn't a bad thing, it's a fucking great thing, don't try to be her. She doesn't want you to be like her.

It's all clear as day when she sings

"And there's no one road We should not be the same But I'm just a ghost And still they echo me They echo me in circles"

There isn't just one road, you can take any you like. No one should be the same. Don't follow her path, because it's not the same for you.

She's telling all her fans to stop trying to be her.

But they still echo her...they still mimic her, they still want to be just like her. When they never realized...she was always just like them. There was never a difference.

In short she's simply saying:

I'm just like you. Don't treat me any differently.

It's so simple...