Happy rainy fourth

I've been listening to Paramore like crazy, which is strange. I generally don't go for the mainstream pop/rock bands. I've always been locked inside my little dark corner with Rancid, The Descendants, Bad Religion, and Anti-Flag, they've always been my top 4, and although I have a wide variety of music, I still mostly listen to that. But Paramore, they are different. I don't have to think when I listen to them, and I can simply enjoy the music. I still remember seeing them three years ago at a smelly rock club called Numbers, (I mentioned it in a short paragraph I wrote awhile ago) It was disgusting, they had unisex bathrooms, so the stalls were gross; one of which contained a junkie snorting something- a frightening experience for a twelve year old, and another...never mind. The first thing I remember about the band was how young they were. Their drummer was only fourteen, their singer was only sixteen. I was in awe.

But I never really got into them until a few weeks ago. Their song, "Hallelujah," is playing to the right of this post. I heard the song "We are Broken," and immediatly downloaded it. (Legally-musicians are poor, I do all I can. ;)) The lyrics capture everything I've been feeling, everything I've been struggling with within my head, it comforts me and helps me feel secure. Since I've been unable to put my feelings down on paper, I'll post the lyrics here.

We are Broken; Paramore.

"I am outside
And I've been waiting for the sun
With my wide eyes
I've seen worlds that don't belong
My mouth is dry with words I cannot verbalize
Tell me why we live like this
Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers
Tower over me
Yeah
Cause we are broken
What must we do to restore
Our innocence
And oh, the promise we adored
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole
Lock the doors
Cause I like to capture this voice it came to me tonight
So everyone will have a choice
And under red lights
I'll show myself it wasn't forged
We're at war
We live like this
Keep me safe inside
Your arms like towers
Tower over me
Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole."