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Brighter by Paramore

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Paramore

Brighter

Release date: 25th July 2005

From All We Know Is Falling
Track 4
3:44
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About This Track

'Brighter' by Paramore is an alternative track from the album 'All We Know Is Falling' (2005). The lyrics are framed as a conversation about being surprised by something good, and insisting on a bright, enduring sense of someone, even as the singer worries a relationship dynamic has tipped into something excessive. There is also a repeated realignment of responsibility, with the lines returning to the idea of taking what is yours and taking what is mine. One phrase captures the central pitch, “you shine brighter than anyone”.

"Brighter" is a track by Paramore, from the album All We Know Is Falling, released 25th July 2005. The track is 3:44 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Paramore.

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Paramore

Paramore

Lyrics

Brighter

So this is how it goes
Well, I, I would have never known
And if it ends today
Well, I'll still say that you shine brighter than anyone

Now I think we're taking this too far
Don't you know that it's not this hard?
Well, it's not this hard
But if you take what's yours and I take mine
Must we go there?
Please, not this time
No, not this time

Well, this is not your fault
But if I'm without you then I will feel so small
And if you have to go
Well, always know that you shine brighter than anyone does

Now I think we're taking this too far
Don't you know that it's not this hard?
Well, it's not this hard
But if you take what's yours and I take mine
Must we go there?
Please, not this time
No, not this time

If you run away now
Will you come back around?
And if you ran away
I'd still wave goodbye watching you shine bright

Now I think we're taking this too far
Don't you know that it's not this hard?
Well, it's not this hard
But if you take what's yours and I take mine
Must we go there?
Please, not this time
No, not this time

(You shine bright)
And I'll wave goodbye watching you shine bright (You shine bright)
(You shine bright)
And I'll wave goodbye tonight

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Track details

From All We Know Is Falling

3:442005
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Album
All We Know Is Falling
All We Know Is Falling
Paramore
26th July 2005
Track number
4
Release year
2005
  1. 1All We Know
    3:13
  2. 2Pressure
    3:06
  3. 3Emergency
    4:00
  4. 4Brighter
    3:44
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