The seventh song of Paramore’s second album Riot! is a conversation of Hayley with herself and with God; she talks about her depression, getting through self-hate, and self-injury.
In live performances, the song is usually followed by an outro that fans have grown to love; the outro says:
I asked...
[Verse 1]
I've gone for too long
Living like I'm not alive
So I'm gonna start over tonight
Beginning with you and I
When this memory fades
I'm gonna make sure it's replaced
With chances taken, hope embraced
And have I told you?
[Chorus]
I'm not going
'Cause I've been waiting for a miracle
And I'm not leaving
I won't let you
Let you give up on a miracle
When it might save you
[Verse 2]
We've learned to run from
Anything uncomfortable
We've tied our pain below
And no one ever has to know
That inside we're broken
I try to patch things up again
To count my tears and kill these fears
But have I told you, have I?
[Chorus]
I'm not going
'Cause I've been waiting for a miracle
And I'm not leaving
I won't let you
Let you give up on a miracle
When it might save you
[Bridge: Hayley Williams, Josh Farro, Hayley Williams & Josh Farro]
It's not faith if, if you use your eyes, oh, I
Will get it right this time (This time)
Let's leave this all behind, oh, I
Will get it right this time
It's not faith if you're using your eyes, oh, I
[Verse 3]
I've gone for too long
Living like I'm not alive
So I'm gonna start over tonight
Beginning with you and
I don't want to run from
Anything uncomfortable
I just want, no
I just need this pain to end right here
[Chorus]
I'm not going
'Cause I've been waiting for a miracle
And I'm not leaving
I won't let you
Let you give up on a miracle
'Cause it might save you
[Outro]
Yeah, it might save you
Oh, it might save you
It's not faith if, if you use your eyes
If you use your eyes
If you use your eyes
Miracle was written by Hayley Williams & Josh Farro.
Miracle was produced by David Bendeth.
Hayley talked about this song on Parahoy. She said:
This song started in 2005, that’s when it began, just the guitar riff. We were touring with a band called My American Heart and it was our first year on the road, we were learning a lot about ourselves and touring. My dad was driving us on the van...