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Forgiveness by Paramore

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Paramore

Forgiveness

Release date: 11th May 2017

From After Laughter
Track 4
3:40
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About This Track

'Forgiveness' arrives as a dreamy power ballad wrapped in sassy handclaps, its surface sheen of pop-rock polish masking something far more difficult underneath. Hayley Williams navigates the wreckage of a relationship fractured by betrayal, her voice caught between the desire to move forward and the knowledge that some wounds don't simply heal on schedule. The song's central tension is its refusal to offer easy resolution: forgiveness and forgetting are not the same thing, and one does not require the other. What makes 'Forgiveness' cut deeper than its immediate melodic appeal is the specificity of its emotional arithmetic. Williams acknowledges the thread still connecting her to the person who hurt her, the invisible line that might lead somewhere if followed, but she cannot yet make that journey. The song sits in that suspended space, neither condemning nor absolving, asking whether it's possible to love someone the way she thought she could whilst barely holding on to herself. A Dork five-star record that understands that standing still, in the face of everything, is sometimes enough.

"Forgiveness" is a track by Paramore, from the album After Laughter, released 11th May 2017. The track is 3:40 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

Forgiveness

You hurt me bad this time, no coming back
And I cry 'til I couldn't cry, another heart attack
If I lay on the floor, maybe I'll wake up
And I don't pick up when you call
'Cause your voice is a gun
Every word is a bullet hole
Shot a hole in the sun
If I never look up maybe I'll never notice
And you, you want forgiveness
But I, I just can't do it yet
There's still a thread that runs from your body to mine
And you can't break what you don't see, an invisible line
If I follow it down would we just be alright?
But it could take me all your life to learn to love
How I thought I could love someone
I haven't even begun
If it's all up to us we might as well give up
And you, you want forgiveness
(I can barely hang on to myself)
But I, I can't give you that
(I can't give you, I can't give you that)
And you, you want forgiveness
(I'm afraid that I'll have nothing left)
But I, I just can't do it yet
(I can't do, I just can't do it yet)
Don't you go and get it twisted
Forgiving is not forgetting
Don't you go and get it twisted
Forgiving is not forgetting
No, it's not forgetting
No, I'll never forget it, no
And you, you want forgiveness
(I can barely hang on to myself)
But I, I can't give you that
(I can't give you, I can't give you that)
And you, you want forgiveness
(I'm afraid that I'll have nothing left)
But I, I just can't do it yet
(I can't do, I just can't do it yet)

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Track details

From After Laughter

3:402017
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After Laughter
After Laughter
Paramore
12th May 2017
Track number
4
Release year
2017
  1. 1Hard Times
    3:03
  2. 2Rose-Colored Boy
    3:33
  3. 3Told You So
    3:09
  4. 4Forgiveness
    3:40
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    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Hayley Williams, Taylor York
    Producer
    Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Taylor York
    Engineer
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    Drums
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    Guitar
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    Vocals
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    Additional Mixing
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    Assistant Engineer
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    Background Vocals
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    Bass Guitar
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    Bells
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    Marimba
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    Mastering Engineer
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    Percussion
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