Paramore

Released: April 9, 2013

Songwriter: Taylor York Hayley Williams

Producer: Justin Meldal-Johnsen

[Verse 1]
How can they say
That it’s one way
When it’s the opposite?
And how can they know
The end of the story
Before I tell it?

‘Cause when I walk
Your feet, they fall
To the same beat
Or maybe we’re from two different worlds
But we've got our own language

[Pre-Chorus]
We talk to people
But they never understand
They think we’re crazy
‘Cause it sounds like noise

[Chorus]
When we’re speaking in our native
Speaking in our native tongue
We’re speaking in our native
Speaking in our native tongue

[Verse 2]
We used to live
Like we were strangers
We didn’t know any better
We didn’t fit
In with the out crowd
So we gave in
And we shut our mouths

But oh, I love your history
And I can take it
And when you talk in code to me
I can translate it

[Pre-Chorus]
We talk to people
But they never understand
They think we’re crazy
‘Cause it sounds like noise to them
Ain't it strange
All the things you hear
When you sit
And listen?

[Chorus]
When we’re speaking in our native
Speaking in our native tongue
We’re speaking in our native
Speaking in our native tongue

[Post-Chorus]
And all this time I've been wasting my breath
Just wasting my words on everyone else
Now speaking in my native
Speaking in my native tongue

[Bridge]
So come on
Talk it out
So come on
Talk it out
So come on
And talk, talk, talk, talk, talk
Talk it out
(Your voice, it brought me back from the dead, somehow)
So come on
And talk, talk, talk, talk, talk
Talk it out

[Break]
Out!
Out!
Out!

[Chorus]
Speaking in our native
Speaking in our native tongue
We’re speaking in our native
Speaking in our native tongue

[Outro]
And all this time I've been wasting my breath
Just wasting my words on everyone else
I'm speaking in my native
Speaking in my native tongue

Around the year 2004, in the small town of Franklin, Tennessee, one of the most iconic and influential female-fronted rock bands formed. Paramore, a name that derives from the word paramour meaning secret lover, is a Grammy Award winning pop-punk/pop-rock band that currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro. They came up in the pop-punk scene but have since developed a more radio-friendly pop rock sound.

As recognizable as the band’s singer (Hayley Williams) is, the group actually started without her. Josh Farro and Zac Farro initially jammed with Jeremy Davis after school, but after deciding they needed a vocalist, they called Williams and the band was formed. The group eventually added another member, Hayley’s neighbor Jason Bynum, as rhythm guitarist.

Their first album, All We Know Is Falling, was released in 2005 when frontwoman Hayley Williams was only 16 years old. It reached number 8 on the UK Rock Chart, but regardless of the record’s success, it showed problems between band members as Jeremy Davis left the band shortly before its release.

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