- published: 07 Sep 2013
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Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams and guitarist Taylor York. The group released its debut album All We Know Is Falling in 2005, with the album reaching number eight on the UK Rock Chart and number thirty on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart.
The band's second album, Riot!, was released in 2007. Due to the success of the singles "Misery Business", "crushcrushcrush", and "That's What You Get", Riot! was a mainstream success and was certified Platinum in the United States. They then received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Their 2009 follow-up, Brand New Eyes, is the band's second-highest charting album to date, landing at number two on the Billboard 200 with 175,000 first week sales. It produced the top-forty single "The Only Exception", and went platinum in Ireland and the UK, as well as gold in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Following the departure of Josh and Zac Farro in 2010, the band released their self-titled fourth album in 2013. It gave the band their first career number one on the US Billboard 200 and was also the number one album in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. It included the singles "Still Into You" and "Ain't It Fun", with the latter winning the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, making it Paramore's first Grammy win. Bassist Jeremy Davis left the band in December 2015.
Been through the ringer a couple times
I came out callous and cruel
And my two friends know this very well
Because they went through it too
The three of us were initiates
We had to learn how to deal
And when we spotted a second chance
We had to learn how to steal
Hollowed, out and
Filled up, with hate
All we, wanted, was you to give us a break
We're driving fast in my car
We've got our Riot gear on but we just want to have fun
No we're not looking for violence
Oh oh, tonight we want to have fun
No one's the same as they used to be
Much as we try to pretend
No ones as innocent as could be
We all fall short, we all sin
But now we aren't looking backward
We won't try racing the dead
We only see whats in front of us
We only see straight ahead
Hollowed, out and
Filled up, with hate
All we, wanted, was you to give us a break
We're driving fast in my car
We've got our Riot gear on but we just want to have fun
No we're not looking for violence
Oh oh, tonight we want to have fun
Get in my car and we'll drive around
We'll make believe we are free
Already proved we can tough it out
And we get along so smoothly
We're driving fast in my car
We've got our Riot gear on but we just want to have fun
No we're not looking for violence
Oh oh, tonight we want to have fun
We're driving fast in my car
We're driving fast in my car
No we're not looking for violence
Oh we're driving fast in my car