Paramore - No Friend Lyrics
[Spoken Intro: Aaron Weiss]These old letters from years agoI felt it was leading to a continued[...] I hope this is helpful for you. [...]When I wrote this letter I felt I may have been finally able to address how it feels[Verse: Aaron Weiss]Another brick-red room, another black-top townAnother misspelled band burning their own houses downAnother pine-box tune to fill the cemetery dayAnother stay, a touch of orange over purgatory grayAnother thorny field to scatter fruitless seedAnother song that runs too long, God knows no one needsMore misguided ghosts, more transparent handsTo drop a nickel in our basket and we'll do our riot! danceBeneath another burning sky, behind our painted lipsIn scores of catatonic smile-covered ankle-bitten shipsSo throw your pedestal of stone in the forgetful seaAs protection from the paper-thin perfection you project on meWhen this repetition ends behind the window shadesA semi-conscious sorrow sleeping in the bed I've madeThat most unrestful bed, that most original of sinsAnd you'll say that's what I get when I let ambitions win againI'd hate to let you down so I'll let the waters riseAnd drown my dull reflection in the naive expectation in your eyesBack in a cast bit-part, back when I felt most freeI had a butcher's heart and no one thought they knew meSo before the regiment resumes, before the dreaded sun appearsMy driver's waiting, so let's make one point crystal clear:You see a flood-lit form, I see a shirt designI'm no savior of yours and you're no friend of mineYou're no friend of mineYou're no friend of mineI'm no savior of yours and you're no friend of mineYou see a flood-lit formI see a shirt designI'm no savior of yours and you're no friend of mine[Outro: Aaron Weiss]I see myself in the reflection of people's eyesRealising that what they see may not be even close to the image I see in myselfAnd I hate I might actually be more afraid[...] I feel like they know the storyI saw a bear floating in the river and thought it was a fur coatTwelve years ago I stood on the shoreJump in and grab the coatAnd the river is rushing toward a waterfallAnd my friend stood at the shore and shouted to let go of the coat and swim back to landI let go of the coat but the coat won't let go of meIn any case please let me know if there's more I can give youIf nothing comes of it, then just know we are grateful
