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Artist: Paramore
Track: Decode

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How can I decide what's right
When you're clouding up my mind?
I can't win your losing fight
All the time
Nor could I ever own what's mine
When you're always taking sides
But you won't take away my pride

No, not this time
Not this time

How did we get here?
Well, I used to know you so well
But how did we get here?
Well, I think I know

The truth is hiding in your eyes
And it's hanging on your tongue
Just boiling in my blood
But you think that I can't see
What kind of man that you are
If you're a man at all
Well, I will figure this one out

On my own
(I'm screaming, I love you so)
On my own
(But my thoughts you can't decode)

Well, how did we get here?
Well, I used to know you so well
Yeah, how did we get here?
Well, I think I know

Do you see what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools of ourselves
Do you see what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools of ourselves

Yeah, yeah

How did we get here?
Well, I used to know you so well, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, how did we get here?
Well, I used to know you so well

I think I know
I think I know
Oh, there is something I see in you
It might kill me, I want it to be true
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Genius Q&A
Q:Who wrote “Decode” by Paramore?
“Decode” by Paramore was written by Hayley Williams, Josh Farro & Taylor York.
Q:When did Paramore release “Decode”?
Paramore released “Decode” on October 1, 2008.
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Q:When did Paramore release “Decode (Acoustic Version)”?
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