Lyrics for Brick By Boring Brick as interpreted by aristuma21

Brick By Boring Brick Lyrics
She lives in a fairy tale
Somewhere too far for us to find
Forgotten the taste and smell
Of the world that she's left behind

It's all about the exposure, the lens, I told her
The angles were all wrong now
She's ripping wings off of butterflies

Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds

Well, go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle

So one day he found her crying
Coiled up on the dirty ground
Her prince finally came to save her
And the rest you can figure out

But it was a trick
And the clock struck twelve
Well, make sure to build your home
Brick by boring brick
Or the wolf's gonna blow it down

Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds

Well, go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
We'll bury the castle, bury the castle

Well, you built up a world of magic
Because your real life is tragic
Yeah, you built up a world of magic

Well, if it's not real
You can't hold it in your hand
You can't feel it with your heart
And I won't believe it
But if it's true
You can see it with your eyes
Oh, even in the dark
And that's where I want to be, yeah

Go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle

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onlyoneleft37x
08-03-2009

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Is this Paramore, an old demo, a Brand New Eyes leak, or what?

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SUPERGINGE
08-16-2009

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ngl, this is one of the songs im most excited to hear.
i understand most people think the lyrics are cheesy, but i like it :)
and a music video for this song would RULE. dont even try and deny it, you all want to see hayley in a big princess's dress and the guys dressed as princes.

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ParamoreIsABand
08-25-2009

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People that have heard this from the MTV Unplugged Paramore performance awhile back say that the lyrics are a little misleading to what the song will sound like. I hear the song is NOT going to be some soft rock thing, but a hard fast beat.

Hayley's vocals on this track are said to be the best yet.

And yes, this is a Brand New Eyes song.

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ahaaa
08-30-2009

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I think this song is about wanting your "Happily ever after" so badly, and the frustration that comes with realizing you can't always get what you want.

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Jane_Doe
09-01-2009

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I agree with ahaaa, I think that's a pretty good interpretation. This is seriously like my new favorite song, I can't wait for BNE! I really hope they make this into a single.

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shinyninetales
09-01-2009

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i want to correct a line... im pretty sure its
"keep your feet on the ground when your heads in the clouds"

and i think this song is about realizing the reality of life and "dig a deep whole" may mean that the fairy tale she was living was a big part of her life and its going to take alot to let it go

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sweepme_away14
09-01-2009

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i agree with ahaa. it's about the letdown and heartbreak of reality. we all want so badly to live with our heads in the clouds, but there's always something that will cause us to come crashing back down, and force us to "bury the castle".

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thrwmyhrtawy.
09-03-2009

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i
love
this
song.

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PurplePanther
09-03-2009

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Here's a youtube link of them performing it live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSNlNQiS0pU

All I can say is that this song is simply amazing. I really love it. I cannot WAIT for the new album. Anyways, I think the song is about what other people have mentioned. Finding a way back to reality, when you've lived in a fairytale for too long.

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thrwmyhrtawy.
09-04-2009

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and it's home, not house.

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aristuma21
09-04-2009

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well according to paramore.net
is "house" not "home"
but to me sounds like home too but..
yeah i really like this song
=P


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Like_A_Dove
09-04-2009

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Really love this song. I think the vocals are great.

Though I don't like the "ba da ba da ba's". They just seem sort of thrown in there.

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Yevi
09-08-2009

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shinyninetales is right - Hayley said in a recent Paramoreband post that it's "keep your feet on the ground, when your head's in the clouds"

also, i'm nearly positive it's "home" not "house", though i kind of like "house" better.

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xxaidenxx
09-08-2009

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Just heard the song, omg its freaking amazing. Its sounds like nothing I imagined, ahh <33

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afitch1206
09-08-2009

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a small correction from the album version...

"If it's not real
You can't hold it in your hand
You can't feel it with your heart
And I won't believe it
But if it's true
You can see it with your eyes
Oh, even in the dark
And that's where I want to be, yeah"

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Yevi
09-09-2009

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has anyone been able to figure out what's being sung in the background of the last chorus?

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fkjiwefakris
09-09-2009

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sooo good.

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gplpark92
09-09-2009

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Excellent song.

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alltimelove914
09-11-2009

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omg i love this song
i finally got the link for the studio version and i sounds pretty diffent than how it does live
but i like both
if you want the link just ask
and all the super paramore fans that think i should buy the album and not download free music
i do plan on buying the album this was just for me to hear the song

i think this song is about making up a fairy tale life because you dont like your own at the moment and haley is saying no matte rhow great fairy tales are they arent real and you should stick to reality but thats just what i got from the song i could be wrong or right

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parasocks
09-12-2009

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I love the way Hayley wrote this song. To me it's about how you can get so caught up in what you think is this fairy tale of being so madly in love and then have it suddenly taken away, even if the person/thing taking it away is what you thought what your fairy tale was.

The "Burry the caste" thing is kind of like covering up something so beautiful that you built up and wanting to get rid of it. It's like the caste is what was built up over time during this fairy tale she was living and shes kind of giving up on it. Kind of like she just wants it gone and to no want to remember it.

I think this song is fantastic and the lyrics tell a story you can really follow if you know a lot about the band and their past. I can tell the rest of Brand New Eyes will be simply amazing.

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shelly247
09-20-2009

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As someone with not a very squeaky clean past, I retreated into a world of books and movies, preferring not to co-operate with reality.

"She lives in a fairy tale
Somewhere too far for us to find
Forgotten the taste and smell
Of the world that she's left behind"

And then my family moved. New environment, new school (I'd previously been in an all-girl school, this one was co-ed), a lot of new stuff. I ended up liking this guy ("Her prince finally came to save her") that I thought liked me back, but he was just stringing me along ("But it was a trick, and the clock struck twelve"), and I had to do a lot of rebuilding. ("Well, make sure to build your home, brick by boring brick, or the wolf's gonna blow it down")

My world of books and movies had given me a very specific idea of what I wanted my guy to be, and I'd tried to shoehorn this other guy into it ("Well, you built up a world of magic, because your real life is tragic").

Now this song turns up with this timing, and I'd swear it was written about me if I didn't know better. What with all my experiences this past year, and my about to be a legal adult in a few months, I think this song is trying to tell me something.

"Well, go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle"

Putting this part of my life to rest, the trauma, the fantasy, is something I'm not particularly willing to do, but maybe it's about time I did - start living in the real world with real people.

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nodlove
09-21-2009

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best song on the new cd IMO

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peacelovepiex3
09-22-2009

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I love this song, it makes me more excited and confident in the new album.

"Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds"
Basically, it's impossible.
I totally relate to this because it's exactly what I'm going through right now, "burying the castle".

"Well, you built up a world of magic
Because your real life is tragic"


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LivAlexander
09-23-2009

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God, I love this song.
I think it'll be the biggest one off the new album.
So great.
:))
Like how the fairy tale didn't turn out perfect.

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giveuslifeagain
09-27-2009

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this song is amazing. end of.

also, "you'll be better off without me." is what's sung in the background during the last chorus.

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