Paramore had already had their breakthrough with RIOT! and Misery Business, but Decode put the band on a complete new level of superstardom. The song, written for the soundtrack to the 2008 movie Twilight, was released as its lead single and became a commercial success. The band gained international...
[Verse 1]
How can I decide what's right
When you're clouding up my mind?
I can't win your losing fight
All the time
Nor can I ever own what's mine
When you're always taking sides
But you won't take away my pride
[Pre-Chorus]
No, not this time
Not this time
[Chorus]
How did we get here
When I used to know you so well?
But how did we get here?
Well, I think I know
[Verse 2]
The truth is hiding in your eyes
And it's hanging on your tongue
Just boiling in my blood
But you think that I can't see
What kind of man that you are
If you're a man at all
Well, I will figure this one out
[Pre-Chorus]
On my own (I'm screaming, "I love you so")
On my own (But my thoughts, you can't decode)
[Chorus]
But how did we get here
When I used to know you so well? Yeah
How did we get here?
Well, I think I know
[Bridge]
Do you see what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools of ourselves
Do you see what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools of ourselves
[Breakdown]
Yeah, yeah
Hey
[Chorus]
How did we get here
When I used to know you so well? Yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, how did we get here
When I used to know you so well?
[Post-Chorus]
I think I know
I think I know
[Outro]
Ooh, there is something
I see in you
It might kill me
I want it to be true
Decode was written by Hayley Williams & Josh Farro & Taylor York.
Decode was produced by Rob Cavallo.
Hayley Williams said in a statement regarding the title of the song:
[“Decode”] is about the building tension, awkwardness, anger and confusion between [story characters] Bella and Edward. Bella’s is the only mind Edward can’t read and I feel like that’s a big part of the first book and one of the...