Paramore: Still Into You
Hayley Williams and her man live in eternity, and each spiky power pop beat does not shorten, but lengthens their eternity. Kierkegaard said that. Ambushed by joy, Williams opts for the more sensible, “I should be over all the BUTTERFLIIIIIIES!!!” Endless love is nothing new – in fact, it’s one of the most hackneyed and cloying sentiments available to songs, so cheers to these good-hearted brats for barreling through it. Every moment offers new pleasures. Williams spits her words because her love is not croony.
If she can make love work, so can you. If you haven’t looked someone in the face today and hollered, “Baby not a day goes by that I’m NAWWWWWWT... EHHHHHHHHNTO YOWWWWWWWW!!!,” well, what are you waiting for? Life’s short! (OR IS IT...)