Paramore – We Are Broken

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  General Comment:This song makes me think of animal abuse, in particular pit bull abuse, and hate.
  I am outside
  And I've been waiting for the sun
  With my wide eyes
  I've seen worlds that don't belong
  I'm thinking of a fighting dog sitting out on a chain, waiting for a better day. He has definitely seen worlds that dont belong
  
  My mouth is dry
  With words I cannot verbalize
  Tell me why
  We live like this
  A dog cannot speak but one wonders how a person could make money off watching animals kill each other.
  
  Keep me safe inside
  Your arms like towers
  Tower over me, yeah
  All a pit bull would want in this world is to be loved and kept safe from violence and prejudice.
  
  [Chorus]
  Cause we are broken
  What must we do to restore
  Our innocence
  And all the promise we adored?
  Give us life again
  Cause we just wanna be whole
  Pit bulls are broken in the eyes of humanity, and they wish to restore their innocence they once had in the 1900s when there was "Pete the Pup" and all that.
  
  Lock the doors
  Cause I'd like to capture this voice
  It came to me tonight
  So everyone will have a choice
  If only animals had a voice...but they dont so humans must capture theirs to stand up for them. And then, everyone will have a choice, the pit bulls will have a choice to live and not be killed, and low class citizens will have a choice not to make a living off dog fighting, breeding, ect. Its a two way street.
  
  And under red lights
  I'll show myself it wasn't forged
  We're at war
  We live like this
  Us pitbull rescuers, and our dogs are at war to end genocide (google BSL), abuse, and ignorance.
  
  Keep me safe inside
  Your arms like towers
  Tower over me
  
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  Flagged mward1993on August 08, 2012   Link

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  Song Meaning:I think this song is about war and fighting. We need to stop and think about what were doing sometimes. We all just need to get along and give eachother a nice big hug

  Flag RecklessRelentlesson March 25, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:In my opinion this is definitely a song about sexual abuse.
  
  I am outside
  And I've been waiting for the sun
  With my wide eyes
  I've seen worlds that don't belong
  
  My mouth is dry
  With words I cannot verbalize
  Tell me why
  We live like this
  
  A person is struggling with what happened to him/her. The memories and everything is pretty much killing her and she doesn't even dare to talk about it. She asks herself why the world has come to this. There are just more and more rapes happening in the world.
  
  Keep me safe inside
  Your arms like towers
  Tower over me, yeah
  
  She is confinding with god. He gives her strength to keep going. The god doesn't have to be a GOD though. For some it may be things like family and music and such.
  
  Cause we are broken
  What must we do to restore
  Our innocence
  And all the promise we adored?
  Give us life again
  Cause we just wanna be whole
  
  This is just how you feel after a sexual abuse. Easy to understand~
  
  Lock the doors
  Cause I'd like to capture this voice
  It came to me tonight
  So everyone will have a choice
  
  And under red lights ( That is some street, but I don't remember it now. atleast my sister said something about a street for prostitutes or something like that. )
  I'll show myself it wasn't forged
  We're at war
  We live like this
  
  
  
  
  And I'll take the truth at any cost
  
  She wants to make sense oput of this cruel world or something.

  Flag AnetteSLon March 12, 2012   Link

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  Song Meaning:Guys, this song is actually sex slavery, Paramore says so on their Final Riot Tour.

  Flag sunnystoneson November 16, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:god! i love paramore.. at first i though this song is about break up but its about god.. to help us.. but its also kinda sound like love wen she says '' Keep me safe inside
  Your arms like towers tower over me'' but the song is about god though.. great song.. its also what i've been through

  Flag diaraon August 22, 2011   Link

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  My Interpretation:i think this song is about self harm and eating disorders etc. when she says "My mouth is dry, with words I cannot verbalize" she could be referring to self harm where the people who do it can't say how they feel; I've been there done that and completely regret it, it's not in the past, not yet :/ and also when she says "Keep me safe inside, your arms like towers tower over me" she could be saying that she wants someone to protect her from harm and be her friend so she is not alone to face her daily struggles. really speaks my life :) xxx

  Flag xloveyoux95on March 21, 2011   Link

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  Song Meaning:Hayley dedicates this song to love146. an organization to stop sex trafficking and slavery. "Cause we are broken What must we do to restore our innocence And all the promise we adored?" - "restore our innocence" meaning what can we do to get it (in other words virginity) back. sames goes for "and all the promise we adored" - sex after marriage. Paramore supports this organization, and dedicates this song to love146 almost everytime they preform it live.

  Flag wearebrokenon January 29, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:sorry i forgot to add this in my comment...
  
  you realllyyyy should check out love146.org!
  
  i did and bought a t-shirt to try and do my part in this awful issue.

  Flag thatparamorefreakon November 28, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:sorry i forgot to add this in my comment...
  
  you realllyyyy should check out love146.org!
  
  i did and bought a t-shirt to try and do my part in this awful issue.

  Flag thatparamorefreakon November 28, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:sorry i forgot to add this in my comment...
  
  you realllyyyy should check out love146.org!
  
  i did and bought a t-shirt to try and do my part in this awful issue.

  Flag thatparamorefreakon November 28, 2010   Link

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