Oh no, I just keep on falling (Back to the same old)
And where's hope, when misery comes crawling? (Oh my way, eh)
With your fate, you'll trigger a landslide (Victory)
And kill off this common sense of mine

And it takes acquired minds
To taste, to taste, to taste this wine
You can't down it with your eyes
So we don't need the headlines
We don't need the headlines, we just want (We want the airwaves back, we want the airwaves back)

Everybody sing
Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody live
Like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure now?

Right now, you're the only reason (I'm not letting go, oh)
And time out, if everyone's worth pleasing (Well ha)
You'll trigger a landslide (Victory)
To kill off the finite state of mind

And it takes acquired minds
To taste, to taste, to taste this wine
You can't down it with your eyes
So we don't meet the headlines
No, we don't want your headlines, we just want (We want the airwaves back, we want the airwaves back)

Everybody sing
Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody live
Like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody sing
Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure?

Alright, so you think you're ready?
OK, then you say this with me, go:
We were born for this (We were born for this)

Alright, so you think you're ready?
OK, then you say this with me, go:
We were born for this (We were born for this)
We were born for this (We were born for this)
We were born for, we were born for

Everybody sing
Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me can you feel the pressure?
Everybody live
Like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me can you feel the pressure now?
Everybody sing
Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me can you feel the pressure?
Tell me, tell me can you feel the pressure?

We were born for this (We were born for this)
We were born for this



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Track duration: 03:59

"Born for This" as written by Hayley Nichole/farro Williams

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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    General Comment:lexialvarado is completely right. In fact it is so obviously about their faith I'm scratching my head at why the other theories are popping up,
    Flag MetLHed4GZuson July 29, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:it's about living like each day is your last because God is comming for his people..."It takes acquired minds
    To taste, to taste, to taste this wine
    You can't down it with your eyes
    So we don't need the headlines
    No, we don't want your headlines
    We just want..."
    the wine is jesus' blood that he shed for our sins.. it takes aquired minds to "taste" the whine..to comprehend the importance of his death..
    "we want our airwaves back"
    christian terrrm!
    how we are at war with the devil!!
    it's screamss "God"
    Flag lexialvaradoon July 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about all the people who hated on Paramore, and basically them just saying 'you know what? we're doing this our way.' This is a song that I can listen to over and over again.
    Flag rinaceeon April 05, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:(l)
    Flag AdachyBabyon March 02, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I LOVE that Hayley got inspired to write this after feeling down about how everything was going and then she went on the livejournal community and saw all this positive feedback and instantly was inspired. It's just so awesome to know that something you may have said affected her so much.
    Flag chrismarieeeon June 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This is my favorite Paramore song! I love when she sings "We want the airwaves back". I'm seeing them tomorrow in Darien Lake!
    Flag teenqueen22on June 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:"You can't down it with your eyes", as in the quote "drink to me only with thine eyes" as in lovers are intoxicated by staring into each other' eyes and don't need to drink wine.
    Flag FallenAngelson May 06, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i love these lyrics. Hayley said that it was a song written specifically for the fans.
    "it takes aquired minds to taste, to taste, to taste this wine, you can't down it with your eyes"

    i always thought it meant: having a female front for a band is something you have to get used to, and they're more than what you see on the outside.
    Flag jblplaseron March 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song live. To me there's not really any deep meaning, it's just a fucking rallying cry. Born to rock, basically. To be at the show and just release all that passion whether you're performing or singing/dancing out of your mind in the crowd. Kind of along the lines of what fuzzypenguins was saying, the song is just meant to say "screw the haters, we love playing this music and you love listening to it, so lets go all out tonight".
    Flag grunger34on December 16, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:By the way, its not misery, its 'victory'.

    I've been trying to figure out what this song means for awhile. This is what I've got so far, but I'm probably wrong:

    Basically, its talking about how 'we were born for this.' Kind of saying like some decisions in our lives are already made up for us, and not by ourselves. Or if you want an 'emo' point of view, you know, we were born yo be miserable. Thats what I got...
    Flag ellabella016on October 16, 2008   Link

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