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Paramore

Crave

Release date: 10th February 2023

From This Is Why
Track 9
3:55
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About This Track

A song about the ache of nostalgia, 'Crave' finds Hayley Williams caught between present and past, already mourning moments as they happen. The lyrics spiral through the paradox of living in the now whilst simultaneously reaching backwards, romanticising even difficult times and wishing to relive them. Williams captures that peculiar modern anxiety: the inability to simply exist without either documenting experience or grieving its passing. "Just for a second it all felt simple / I'm already missing it" becomes a refrain that pins down the song's emotional core, the repetition of "crave" hammering home the restlessness at its heart. Musically, 'Crave' sits comfortably within the mid-00s indie rock shimmer that defines 'This Is Why', all sleek production and taut arrangement. The track moves with purpose, its twinkling surfaces belying the genuine emotional weight beneath. A Dork five-star record, the album finds Paramore operating at the height of their powers, a band who understand how to marry surface gloss with substance, how to make anxiety and longing feel both immediate and timeless.

"Crave" is a track by Paramore, from the album This Is Why, released 10th February 2023. The track is 3:55 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

Crave

I can't wait to memorize this day
Oh, a picture could not contain the way it feels
You say, "Live in the present"
I'm already dreaming of how it begins
And trying to savor the moment
But I know the feeling will come to an end

So I crave, crave to do it again, all again
Crave, crave, to do it again, I
Just for a second it all felt simple
I'm already missing it
So I crave, crave to do it again, all again

I romanticize even the worst of times
When all it took to make me cry was being alive
Look up and see a reflection
Of someone who never gave way to the pain
What if I told 'em that now that I'm older
There isn't a moment that I'd wanna change?

Now I crave, crave to do it again, all again
Crave, crave to do it again
Just for a second it, all felt simple
I'm already missing it
So I crave, crave to do it again, all again

Any second, feel the present
Future and the past connecting
(Past connecting, past connecting)
Any second, feel the present
Future and the past connecting
(Past connecting, past connecting)
(Crave)

Crave, crave to do it again, (to do it) all again
Crave, crave to do it again, I
Just for a second, it all felt simple
I'm already missing it
So I crave, crave to do it again, all again

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Track details

From This Is Why

3:552023
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Album
This Is Why
This Is Why
Paramore
10th February 2023
Track number
9
Release year
2023
  1. 1This Is Why
    3:28
  2. 2The News
    3:08
  3. 3Running Out Of Time
    3:12
  4. 4C’est Comme Ça
    2:29
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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Hayley Williams, Taylor York, Zac Farro
    Producer
    Carlos de la Garza
    Engineer
    Harriet Tam
    Drums
    Zac Farro
    Guitar
    Taylor York
    Keyboards
    Danyew, Taylor York, Zac Farro
    Vocals
    Hayley Williams
    Assistant Engineer
    Kyle McAulay, Patrick Kehrier, Scott Moore
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Anthony Vilchis, Trey Station, Zach Pereyra
    Bass Guitar
    Brian Robert Jones
    Drum Technician
    Joey Mullen
    Glockenspiel
    Taylor York, Zac Farro
    Guitar Technician
    Erik Bailey, Joanne Almeida
    Mastering Engineer
    Emerson Mancini
    Mixing Engineer
    Manny Marroquin
    Percussion
    Hayley Williams, Zac Farro
    Piano
    Hayley Williams
    Programmer
    Danyew, Taylor York, Zac Farro
    Recording Engineer
    Hayley Williams, Taylor York, Zac Farro
    Vibraphone
    Taylor York, Zac Farro
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