I'm sure everyone can tell this song is about the Farro brothers, particularly Josh who made a snide blog after their departure.
"You were my conscience, so solid, now you're like water"
Josh and Hayley were very close, even dated at one point, but now she sees him very differently.
"We started drowning, not like we'd sink any farther"
She's talking about how the band was always in turbulence because of Josh, and how they were basically a ticking time-bomb with everything that went down while recording Brand New Eyes.
"But I let my heart go, it's someone down at the bottom"
Josh always talks about how Chad (Hayley's current boyfriend) changed her. She's saying that her heart is still back in time when they were still a band, because she obviously cares about them in a way.
"I'll get a new one, and come back for the hope that you've stolen"
Basically saying that she'll eventually get over everything, and that Josh can't take her hope away.
"I'll stop the whole world from turning into a monster and eating us alive"
Josh's blog was basically nothing but trashing Hayley, and trying to turn the fans against her. It's pretty much a metaphor saying that he can't turn the fans against her.
"Don't you every wonder how we survive?"
Like I stated above, Josh tried to bury Paramore, especially Hayley.
"Well now that you're gone, the world is ours"
Self-explanatory. They feel liberated now that they're gone and the troubles are behind them.
"I'm only human, I've got a skeleton in me"
Saying she makes mistakes, and admitting she made some during their troubles.
"But I'm not the villain, despite what you're always preaching"
Josh is a devout Christian, and had often used bible verses against Hayley. He even made a huge fuss about a line in the song careful, "The truth never set me free, so I did it myself." He took offense to that line.
"Call me a traitor, I'm just collecting your victims"
Another line about Josh trying to call Hayley out, and she's saying it hurt the fans.
"And they're getting stronger, I hear them calling"
Saying that the fans are getting stronger after the Josh/Paramore hoopla.
Chorus again...
"You find your strength in solutions, but I like the tension of not always knowing the answers"
Pretty much saying that Josh is always trying to find the answers to things, throwing bible verses around to validate his thinking, but Hayley likes not knowing about everything and just going with the flow; Enjoying life as it comes.
"You're gonna lose it"
Basically saying that he's gonna lose himself trying to always search for answers.
The song is very self-explanatory, and each line is a different piece of the puzzle. Josh is probably the biggest whine-baby in the music industry, and he should've known what he was getting himself into with a female-fronted band. Of course she's going to get the attention. It happened to No Doubt, Evanescence, Flyleaf, pretty much every band that has a female lead. She's done her damnedest to try and keep it about the band, but sure she's done a few things herself here and there. Big deal. All you gotta do is read the Farro's exit statement to know how much of a cry baby he is.
I agree with most of what you're saying, but it's not just female-fronted bands where the vocalist gets most of the attention. I mean, look at Jared Leto from 30 Seconds to Mars, Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance, Robert Smith from The Cure, Andy Sixx from Black Veil Brides, Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon...it's just the way it works, no matter what the gender. Look at how many fans Escape The Fate lost when Ronnie Radke was kicked out. The vocalist is a huge part of a band, especially if they also write the lyrics and melodies....
I agree with most of what you're saying, but it's not just female-fronted bands where the vocalist gets most of the attention. I mean, look at Jared Leto from 30 Seconds to Mars, Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance, Robert Smith from The Cure, Andy Sixx from Black Veil Brides, Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon...it's just the way it works, no matter what the gender. Look at how many fans Escape The Fate lost when Ronnie Radke was kicked out. The vocalist is a huge part of a band, especially if they also write the lyrics and melodies.
I honestly don't blame josh for leaving and i can't see him as a "whine-baby". Even though I am a huge fan of Paramore I don't think that it was right for Hayley to go and get record labels without the rest of the band members. And so I disagree with your statement about Josh.
I honestly don't blame josh for leaving and i can't see him as a "whine-baby". Even though I am a huge fan of Paramore I don't think that it was right for Hayley to go and get record labels without the rest of the band members. And so I disagree with your statement about Josh.
I'm sure everyone can tell this song is about the Farro brothers, particularly Josh who made a snide blog after their departure.
"You were my conscience, so solid, now you're like water"
"We started drowning, not like we'd sink any farther"
"But I let my heart go, it's someone down at the bottom"
"I'll get a new one, and come back for the hope that you've stolen"
"I'll stop the whole world from turning into a monster and eating us alive"
"Don't you every wonder how we survive?"
"Well now that you're gone, the world is ours"
"I'm only human, I've got a skeleton in me"
"But I'm not the villain, despite what you're always preaching"
"Call me a traitor, I'm just collecting your victims"
"And they're getting stronger, I hear them calling"
Chorus again...
"You find your strength in solutions, but I like the tension of not always knowing the answers"
"You're gonna lose it"
The song is very self-explanatory, and each line is a different piece of the puzzle. Josh is probably the biggest whine-baby in the music industry, and he should've known what he was getting himself into with a female-fronted band. Of course she's going to get the attention. It happened to No Doubt, Evanescence, Flyleaf, pretty much every band that has a female lead. She's done her damnedest to try and keep it about the band, but sure she's done a few things herself here and there. Big deal. All you gotta do is read the Farro's exit statement to know how much of a cry baby he is.
YES TOTTALY! awesome explantion :)
YES TOTTALY! awesome explantion :)
I agree with most of what you're saying, but it's not just female-fronted bands where the vocalist gets most of the attention. I mean, look at Jared Leto from 30 Seconds to Mars, Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance, Robert Smith from The Cure, Andy Sixx from Black Veil Brides, Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon...it's just the way it works, no matter what the gender. Look at how many fans Escape The Fate lost when Ronnie Radke was kicked out. The vocalist is a huge part of a band, especially if they also write the lyrics and melodies....
I agree with most of what you're saying, but it's not just female-fronted bands where the vocalist gets most of the attention. I mean, look at Jared Leto from 30 Seconds to Mars, Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance, Robert Smith from The Cure, Andy Sixx from Black Veil Brides, Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon...it's just the way it works, no matter what the gender. Look at how many fans Escape The Fate lost when Ronnie Radke was kicked out. The vocalist is a huge part of a band, especially if they also write the lyrics and melodies.
I honestly don't blame josh for leaving and i can't see him as a "whine-baby". Even though I am a huge fan of Paramore I don't think that it was right for Hayley to go and get record labels without the rest of the band members. And so I disagree with your statement about Josh.
I honestly don't blame josh for leaving and i can't see him as a "whine-baby". Even though I am a huge fan of Paramore I don't think that it was right for Hayley to go and get record labels without the rest of the band members. And so I disagree with your statement about Josh.