Kind of a curious song for Paramore, since most of their lyrics contain certainty. This one seems to talk of a person old enough to figure out a lot of the deadends in life, while also unable to ignore who they like being the most, and also just sort of tired and worn out by everything, including the overbearing claims coming at them from society. Who they are and what they do and what society wants seems to be in conflict. When Hayley sings the little mantra about self sabtoage, her tone starts off like a children's nursery rhyme, and by the end, her tone is closer to raging at the stupidity of the idea, as a fully realised adult. Who is she sabotaging again? Which part of her life has to lose out? To whose rules and measures? Perhaps it's reflecting the pressures they are all under, since Paramore change and explore so freely, while no doubt people would want them to return to an earlier sound.
Kind of a curious song for Paramore, since most of their lyrics contain certainty. This one seems to talk of a person old enough to figure out a lot of the deadends in life, while also unable to ignore who they like being the most, and also just sort of tired and worn out by everything, including the overbearing claims coming at them from society. Who they are and what they do and what society wants seems to be in conflict. When Hayley sings the little mantra about self sabtoage, her tone starts off like a children's nursery rhyme, and by the end, her tone is closer to raging at the stupidity of the idea, as a fully realised adult. Who is she sabotaging again? Which part of her life has to lose out? To whose rules and measures? Perhaps it's reflecting the pressures they are all under, since Paramore change and explore so freely, while no doubt people would want them to return to an earlier sound.