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Paramore * Track #6 On After Laughter
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26 by Paramore
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Taylor YorkWrited by
Taylor York & Hayley WilliamsAbout
“26” is about not losing hope and staying a dreamer. It is a loose conceptual opposite to Paramore’s hit single “Brick by Boring Brick” from brand new eyes (2009), where Hayley criticized dreamers with no grounding in reality. As she has gotten older (now aged 28, as of the album’s release) she has...
26 Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Man, you really know how to get someone down
Everything was fine until you came around
And I've been chasing after dreamers in the clouds
After all, wasn't I the one who said
To keep your feet on the ground?
Man, you really brought me back down
[Chorus]
Hold on to hope if you got it
Don't let it go for nobody
They say that dreaming is free
But I wouldn't care what it cost me
[Verse 2]
You got me tied up, but I stay close to the window
And I talk to myself about the places that I used to go
I'm hoping someday maybe I'll just float away
And I'll forget every cynical thing you say
When you gonna hear me out?
Man, you really bring me down
[Chorus]
Hold on to hope if you got it
Don't let it go for nobody
They say that dreaming is free
But I wouldn't care what it cost me
[Bridge]
Reality will break your heart
Survival will not be the hardest part
It's keeping all your hopes alive
When all the rest of you has died
So let it break your heart
[Chorus]
Hold on to hope if you got it
Don't let it go for nobody
Hold on to hope if you got it
Don't let it go for nobody
They say that dreaming is free
But I wouldn't care what it cost me
26 Q&A
Who wrote 26's ?
26 was written by Taylor York & Hayley Williams.
Who produced 26's ?
26 was produced by Taylor York.
Is "And they say that dreaming is free" a reference to Blondie's "dreaming"?
Although currently unconfirmed, “dreaming is free” is likely to be a reference to the Blondie song “Dreaming” due to the album’s early 80’s new wave soundscape. Hayley even retweeted this Blondie tweet shortly after the album’s release.
However, there is a possibility that this is simply a coincide...
What did Paramore say about "26"?
Hayley: You do have to put yourself in a place of ‘what would you say to your younger self’ or what would you say to someone that was going through the same thing that you are? Because it’s hard to talk to yourself sometimes in a loving way. I sat on my stairs in my house for three hours and just di...