Paramore - Fences Lyrics Meaning
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Oct 16th 2011!⃝I'm sitting in a room
Made up of only big white walls
And in the halls there're people looking through
The window in the door
They know exactly what we're here for
(the white room is a metaphor. The first line in the song should be "i feel like... " In reality, she's just living her life, with people watching her every move. Everything she does strikes some new kind of light, even though a normal person might do it every day.)
Don't look up, just let them think
There's no place else you'd rather be
(maybe, if we just sit here, they'll go away!)
You're always on display
For everyone to watch and learn from
Don't you know by now? You can't turn back
Because this road is all you'll ever have
(Basically stating that we are their guinea pigs, and that you're stuck here, good luck.)
And it's obvious that you're dying, dying
Just living proof that the camera's lying
And oh, oh, open wide, cause this is your night
So smile. Cause you'll go out in style.
You'll go out in style
(not sure. Maybe they can see that you're suffering and they don't care. If somebody saw the real you, not just what the man what's them to see, you know that it's all a lie.)
If you let me, I could
I'd show you how to build your fences,
Set restrictions separate from the world
The constant battle that you hate to fight
Just blame the limelight
(just let me show you how this is done. You have to be in control of what the public knows. It's easy, blame the cameras.)
Don't look up, just let them think
There's no place else you'd rather be
And now you can't turn back
Because this road is all you'll ever have
(and, again)
And it's obvious that you're dying, dying
Just living proof that the camera's lying
And oh, oh, open wide, cause this is your night
So smile
Yeah, yeah you're asking for it
With every breath that you breathe in
Just breathe it in
(now you're just feeding it to them, giving them what they want. Nice going, hotshot.)
Yeah, yeah, well, you're just a mess
You do all this big talking
So now let's see you walk it
I said let's see you walk it
(now the student is rebelling against the teacher, saying "you can talk the talk, let's see you walk the walk.")
Yeah, yeah, well, you're just a mess
You do all this big talking
So now let's see you walk it
I said let's see you walk it
And it's obvious that you're dying, dying
Just living proof that the camera's lying
And oh, oh, open wide, yeah, oh, oh, open wide
Yeah, oh, oh open wide, 'cause you'll go out in style.
You'll go out in style.
Just another way of seeing it, hope it's helpful =)