Don't come looking for me
Cause I'll be right here with the words you said
I'm looking for the words to say
You know what you did, you know
How can anybody forget the promise that you made?
Cause this is how the promise breaks
I always knew you'd fall through
And now you're proof

Rewind to the first time
And I felt it coming
I knew it would not last
Rewind to the first time
And I felt it coming
Make it quick, make it painless
Don't tell me lies
Just say goodbye

And now you're running from me
So cool, so scared of what you might have said
And no one's ever looked away
Cause we know what you did, we know
If I told anybody, then we would soon forget your name
And you would never have a place
I always knew you'd fall through
And now you're proof

Rewind to the first time
And I felt it coming
I knew it would not last
Rewind to the first time
And I felt it coming
Make it quick, make it painless
Don't tell me lies
Just say goodbye

Please don't say too much
Oh, I think we've heard enough from you

Rewind to the first time
And I felt it coming
I knew it would not last
Rewind to the first time
And I felt it coming
Make it quick, make it painless
Don't tell me lies
Just say goodbye
Don't tell me lies
Just say goodbye



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    General Comment:This song reminds me of me and my recent ex boyfriend. He cheated on me a few weeks ago with his ex girlfriend and had sex with her. When he finally told me he did, but that he was also very intoxicated when he did it, he kept saying how he felt so guilty, a day or two after that he started to act a little wierd, and during that time i could feel something was wrong, that he was going to end things with me..which he did a few days later, telling me that it hurt him to be with me because he knew he screwed up and whenever he was with me he couldn't just forget about it, it just always made him feel bad. Now he says he needs to move on and find someone new. It's just hard to believe he would be thinking about finding someone else after he felt like he had to escape the one he apparently loved so much. He said so many nice things, saying that i was his one and only, and that he never wanted to lose me..well he lost me.
    Flag kristay700on November 21, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:this is my favorite paramore song ever... but i heard about a demo version? i didnt hear a difference in lyrics with the live version and the "demo version."
    Flag kaylathecannonon August 05, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this song is AMAZING. i can totally relate, especially whe she says
    "Rewind to the first time
    And I felt it coming
    I knew it would not last
    Rewind to the first time
    And I felt it coming
    Make it quick, make it painless
    Don't tell me lies
    Just say goodbye" i was going out with this guy that i really liked and in the beginning of the relationship i had a feeling he would let me go, and i felt like he was lying to me when he said he just didn't wanna be in a relationship at the moment,but i knew there had to be more to it. i liked him so much though..it hurts to think about him sometimes...
    Flag kristay700on April 07, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:i think this is about her step father...like the way u think emergency is about her breakup but then she says it cuz she came from a broken family where she couldnt see love working out
    it could be about her parents getting divorced or her step father
    that make it quick make it painless line makes it seem like she was ready for it to be over such a good song but i only knew the live version
    Flag 4codaon July 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:when i first heard this it immeditately reminded me of a relationship with an abusive boyfriend, but if she had an abusive stepdad then i think it's definitely about that.
    Flag euphiliteon February 28, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:It's obviously about her abusive ex-step-dad.
    Flag ShnabbyTheMouseon December 14, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about her abusive step-father.
    Flag ShnabbyTheMouseon December 14, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:can someone send me this song?? :]
    please??

    ritz8crackers@gmail.com
    Flag it_beats_only_4_youon November 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Don't come looking for me
    Cause I'll be right here with the words you said
    I'm looking for the words to say
    You know what you did, you know

    He's said something that's really upset her and she just wants to be alone to think about what he said. and to think of some reply. she doesn't want him to comfort her about it; he knows what he did wrong.


    How can anybody forget the promise that you made?
    Cause this is how the promise breaks
    I always knew you'd fall through
    And now you're proof

    It seems like the thing he did to upset her was to break a promise. Like maybe it was a promise about them staying together? and he's leaving her, showing 'how the promise breaks', and falling through, like she should have known he would.


    Rewind to the first time
    And I felt it coming
    I knew it would not last

    Shes thinking back to the first time she felt the break up or problem coming. and she knew it wouldn't last -either the relationship, or the problem. im not sure.


    Rewind to the first time
    And I felt it coming
    Make it quick, make it painless
    Don't tell me lies
    Just say goodbye

    She knows it's going to end. She wants it over and done with. Not like one of those dragged out break ups where they try and comfort the girls and say all of the 'we can still be friends' rubbish and such. she doesn't want lies, she wants him to say goodbye.


    And now you're running from me
    So cool, so scared of what you might have said
    And no one's ever looked away
    Cause we know what you did, we know

    He's running from her. He want to forget something that he said that he regrets.


    If I told anybody, then we would soon forget your name
    And you would never have a place
    I always knew you'd fall through
    And now you're proof

    Whatever he's done, it was bad. And they both know that if she told anybody, they would hate him, or think very badly of him, for it too. They would 'forget his name,' maybe cut off the friendship. And he wouldn't have a place, or be accepted, anymore.


    Please don't say too much
    Oh, I think we've heard enough from you

    The same as before. She doesn't want to hear what he has to say. Maybe its hurting her. She's heard enough of the hurtful things he says.





    Thats probably a fairly shallow interpretation :s
    but yeah. whatever.
    I love this song so much more since I really started thinking about its meaning. As I do with all of the Paramore songs.
    They really are a fantastic band.
    The popularity is almost a shame. I hope they dont get too corporate. I doubt it though.

    (:
    Flag luvinafion September 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Does anyone have the non live version of this song?

    email: skinnymeanman0@yahoo.com
    Flag DarthFly0on April 05, 2008   Link

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