Brick by Boring Brick Lyrics
She lives in a fairy tale
Somewhere too far for us to find
Forgotten the taste and smell
Of a world that she's left behind
"It's all about the exposure
The lens," I told her
The angles were all wrong, now
She's ripping wings off of butterflies
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds
[Chorus]
Well, go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle
Bury the castle
Go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle
Bury the castle
[Post-Chorus]
Ba-da-ba, ba-da-ba-ba-da
So one day, he found her crying
Coiled up on the dirty ground
Her prince finally came to save her
And the rest you can figure out
But it was a trick
And the clock struck twelve, well, make sure
To build your home brick by boring brick
Or the wolf's gonna blow it down
[Pre-Chorus]
Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds
[Chorus]
Well, go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle
Bury the castle
Go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
And we'll bury the castle
Bury the castle
[Post-Chorus]
Woah
Woah
Well, you built up a world of magic
Because your real life is tragic
Yeah, you built up a world of magic
Well, if it's not real, you can't hold it in your hand
You can't feel it with your heart
And I won't believe it
But if it's true, you can see it with your eyes
Oh, even in the dark
And that's where I want to be, yeah
[Chorus]
Go get your shovel (You'll be better off without me now)
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle
Bury the castle
Go get your shovel (You'll be better off without me now)
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle
Bury the castle
[Outro]
Ba-da-ba, ba-da-ba-ba-da
Ba-da-ba-ba, ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-da-ba, ba-da-ba-ba-da
Ba-da-ba-ba, ba-da-ba-ba (Ba-ba-ba)
Ba-da-ba, ba-da-ba-ba-da
Ba-da-ba-ba, ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-da-ba, ba-da-ba-ba-da
Ba-da-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba
About
Track 4 in Paramore’s third album Brand New Eyes. In an interview with Alternative Press, Hayley Williams called the song “a story about a girl who escaped reality through pictures and fairy tales and anything that wasn’t the real story. This way, she’d look perfect to everyone else and we’d all think that she’s got it together. But being that it was all for show, it couldn’t last”. However, she stated that it isn’t autobiographical.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Imagine me walking into this tiny little room where we practiced, not knowing what we were going to accomplish that day and then hearing this song within the first five minutes. I fell in love with the music to these verses from the first snare hit. It reminded me of mewithoutYou and had this darkness to it that I was crazy about. I knew that I had to write something that I thought was just as electrifying as the music or I wouldn’t be happy. I didn’t sleep that night. I finished the verses and the bridge and came up with several different choruses, even though I didn’t like any of them. I was writing a story about a girl who escaped reality through pictures and fairy tales and anything that wasn’t the real story. This way, she’d look perfect to everyone else and we’d all think that she’s got it together. But being that it was all for show, it couldn’t last. The lyrics in the chorus finally happened when I pictured her finally doing away with it all–burying everything she’d made up in her mind so she could face the real world for once. For the record, this song isn’t autobiographical.”
Hayley Williams via Alternative Press.
Hayley explained to Kerrang! on May 9, 2009, that,
this song is about people who cover up their reality with frills and make out like they’re living a fantasy life. It’s one thing to have goals and dreams but it’s another thing when you never know where you’re standing in the real world. People can be hurt by that.
- 1.Careful
- 2.Ignorance
- 3.Playing God
- 4.Brick by Boring Brick
- 5.Turn It Off
- 8.Looking Up
- 10.Misguided Ghosts
- 11.All I Wanted