Monday, 4 October 2010

Paramore- We Are Broken annotated lyrics

Literal or Symbolic?

I am outside    the music is slow at this moment, we want her to be calm and collected
And I've been waiting for the sun    sunset
With my wide eyes     close up of her eyes
I've seen worlds that don't belong      parents arguing
My mouth is dry with words I cannot verbalize      close up on her lips

Tell me why we live like this      her watching her parents argue

She has been waiting for redemption and she doesn't feel she belongs in this world



Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers      her hugging her boyfriend, crying in his arms
Tower over me


referring to God


Yeah
Cause we are broken     flashback of her holding her boyfriends hand & her dad saying no
What must we do to restore        
Our innocence
And oh, the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole


she's sinned and wants to be forgiven


Lock the doors      her locking herself in her room
Cause I like to capture this voice      her on the phone to her boyfriend
it came to me tonight      looking out her window at the stars
So everyone will have a choice
And under red lights      her under a red light
I'll show myself it wasn't forged
We're at war     the army in afghanistan
We live like this     a man waving a flag


God spoke to her that night, and she now is proving to herself that she didn't imagine it. She's also saying we're at war with our society

Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers
Tower over me


Cause we are broken      flashback of boyfriend driving away because her dad made him
What must we do to restore
Our innocence
And oh, the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole


Tower over me      boyfriend returns
Tower over me


She's asking God to always watch over her


And I'll take the truth at any cost      she sings that to her dad viciously


Cause we are broken       she sings whilst holding her boyfriend, they are happily "broken"
What must we do to restore
Our innocence
And oh, the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole

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