This is the opening track from American rock band Paramore's third studio album, Brand New.
Frontwoman Hayley Williams discussed this song about carving out a life for yourself with Kerrang!
May 9, 2009: "One line goes, 'The truth never set me free, so I'll do
it myself.' We're in a situation where we're still young and it's hard
being the ones who are going out and doing something a little different
to other people our
age. Some friends are going to college and some are at home who are like, I don't know what I'm doing.' It's a case of where people expect things to fall into their lap. You have to take risks to find out what you want."
age. Some friends are going to college and some are at home who are like, I don't know what I'm doing.' It's a case of where people expect things to fall into their lap. You have to take risks to find out what you want."
Williams told Alternative Press the story of this song: "This was one of the first music demos I got [for Brand New Eyes]
from Josh [Farro, guitar]. He recorded the guitars and put some fake
drums to it, and I thought it wasn't going to work. Ha! He even wrote
the melody for the tag at the end of the chorus - you know, the part
where I say 'more' about a billion times. The original lyric was 'Whoa,'
of course. (We like 'whoas' a lot.) The chorus came together in about
five minutes, only I had no idea what it was about. It was just a bunch
of words that came to me. A month later, when I finally got everything
together for the verses, it ended up being about how I feel it takes a
lot of risk to live fully."