I Caught Myself

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“I Caught Myself” is a song recorded for the soundtrack to the 2008 film Twilight, along with another song of theirs, “Decode.” The song plays during a scene in the movie… Read More

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I Caught Myself Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Down to you
You're pushin' and pullin' me
Down to you
But I don't know what I—

[Chorus]
Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something that
I should've never thought
Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something that
I should've never thought of you
Of you
You're pushin' and pullin' me
Down to you
But I don't know what I want
No, I don't know what I want

[Verse 2]
You got it, you got it
Some kind of magic
Hypnotic, hypnotic
You're leaving me breathless
I hate this, I hate this
You're not the one I believe in
With God as my witness

[Chorus]
Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something that
I should've never thought
Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something that
I should've never thought of you
Of you
You're pushin' and pullin' me
Down to you
But I don't know what I want
No, I don't know what I want

[Bridge]
Don't know what I want
But I know it's not you
Keep pushin' and pullin' me down
When I know, in my heart, it's not you

[Breakdown]
Ooh
Oh

[Chorus]
Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something that
I should've never thought
Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something that
I should've never thought of you
I knew
I know, in my heart, it's not you
I know
But now, I know what I want
I want
I want

[Outro]
Oh, no, I should've never thought

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“I Caught Myself” is a song recorded for the soundtrack to the 2008 film Twilight, along with another song of theirs, “Decode.” The song plays during a scene in the movie in which Bella (Kristen Stewart) goes with Angela (Cristian Serratos) and Jessica (Anna Kendrick) to see them try on dresses for their prom.

Q&A

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Did the band write the lyrics specifically for the movie?

Hayley said in the band’s Live Journal:

well.. we had written it before i’d actually read the books.
i wrote the lyrics on the RIOT! tour in 07 (that’s how old it is!) when i was going through some crap with a boy. figures, doesn’t it?

i thought it was cool that someone found a line in New Moon that said “I Caught Myself”… pretty crazy.

What did Paramore say about "I Caught Myself"?

The band said in a webcam chat