Released in 2005, “Pressure” is the second song and first single of Paramore’s debut studio album All We Know Is Falling.
Directed by Shane Drake, its music video features thematically intertwined stories of events in the regular lives of two people.
Apart from the obvious theme of teenage problem...
[Verse 1]
Tell me where our time went
And if it was time well spent
Just don't let me fall asleep
Feeling empty again
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I fear I might break
And I fear I can't take it
Tonight, I'll lie awake
Feeling empty
[Chorus]
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
[Verse 2]
Now that I'm losing hope
And there's nothing else to show
For all of the days that we spent
Carried away from home
[Pre-Chorus]
Some things, I'll never know
And I had to let them go
I'm sitting all alone
Feeling empty
[Chorus]
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
[Post-Chorus]
(Without you)
[Bridge]
Some things, I'll never know
And I had to let them go
Some things, I'll never know
And I had to let them go
Well, I'm sitting all alone
Feeling empty
[Chorus]
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
Feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
You're better off without me
Pressure was written by Hayley Williams & Josh Farro.
Pressure was produced by Mike Green.