The “Grudges” instrumental was created by Taylor York and Zac Farro. Williams said in an interview that she automatically knew it had to contain nostalgic lyrics and decided to write about how Zac and herself could restart their friendship over again after he left the band in 2010.
The band release...
[Verse 1]
Strange how we found ourselves
Exactly where we left off
I know you're shaking my hand like it is the first time
Are we alright?
Are you recounting all my faults?
And are you racking your brain just to find them all?
Could it be that I've changed?
Or did you? (Woo)
[Chorus]
Stop asking why
Why we had to waste so much time
Well, we just pick up, pick up and start again
'Cause we can't keep holding on to grudges
[Verse 2]
Time is a bastard
I won't break my neck to get around it
But aren't we so brave to give up a fight
And let the years go by without us?
'Cause now I feel you by my side
And I don't even care if it's been a while
I can feel that we've changed
And we're better this way (Woo)
[Chorus]
Stop asking why
Why we had to waste so much time
Well, we just pick up, pick up and start again
'Cause we can't keep holding on to grudges
[Post-Chorus]
If you wanna call me up or come over
Come on, we'll laugh 'til we cry
Like we did when we were kids
'Cause we can't keep holding on to grudges
[Bridge]
Why did it take so long?
Why did it take so long?
Why did it take us so long to just let it go?
Why did it take us so long? Stop holding on (Woo)
[Chorus]
Stop asking why
Why we had to waste so much time
Well, we just pick up, pick up and start again
'Cause we can't keep holding on to grudges
[Post-Chorus]
And if you wanna call me up or come over
Come on, we'll laugh 'til we cry
Like we did when we were kids
'Cause we can't keep holding on to grudges
[Outro]
No, we can't keep holding on to grudges
Could it be that I've changed?
Could it be that I've changed?
Could it be that I've changed?
Could it be that I've changed?
Or did you?
Grudges was written by Taylor York & Zac Farro & Hayley Williams.
Grudges was produced by Taylor York.
Hayley: “Grudges” needed to happen so bad. I wanted to write about Zac, I just knew it. Somehow that didn’t paralyze me, it just happened. I sat up in my bed all day singing to myself. But I just knew I wanted it to be about the band. I knew how good Zac’s voice would sound on it because his voice i...
He did – in a Beats 1 interview Hayley said that Zac performed backing vocals during the bridge.