- Song: Brick By Boring Brick
- Artist: Paramore
- Album: Brand New Eyes
- Rating: 4 1/2 Stars
In Brick By Boring Brick, Haley is singing to a woman that has been hurt by people and the world. The woman has built up a world where nobody can reach her to hurt her. She has put reality out of here mind, and she cannot see the way things are because she is viewing them in the perspective of someone that has been hurt. When someone challenges that view, she lashes out. Haley wants her ti come back to the way things are, and to forget the fantasy world because it is just hurting her more. Someone noticed her, and it seemed as though he was going to save her, but it did not work out. The song talks about building your perspective and life carefully, or when things go wrong, it will fall apart. When you pretend everything is wonderful and it is not, it is because you have been hurt somehow. If it is not real, you cannot see it, feel it, or touch it. If is is real and true, you still kow that it is when things fall apart.
Brick By Boring Brick is fast paced and heavily performed. The base is used heavily, often one of the only instruments used with the vocals. As with most of Paramore's other work, the guitars are played with great intensity, that shows great talent in the way that they sound as if they are run-together and, yet, seperate. The drums are played in a rhythm which well supports the theme and style of the song. The vocals are excellently used, applying differing styles to fit the lyrics. The two key parts of the song come when Haley sings about why people build a wall around themselves, and when she sings about what is really real. Brick By Boring Brick is an excellently performed song of instruction and encouragement. A definite must-hear for everyone.
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