Paradigms

Track 10 on Seventeen Going Under (Deluxe)

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Paradigms Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Every bully that had maimed you, bled you dry
And the blinkered say that boys will be boys
And they're just kids being sly
And they wonder why some die

[Verse 2]
Every image of perfection starts a goldmine
They gave you bulimia, those marketing masterminds
Happens all the time, all the time

[Chorus]
And it breaks you up
Over time
And it breaks you up
Over time

[Verse 3]
Every moment in this dark world, I'm terrified
Reaching for a light in a gauntlet of toxic paradigms
Sometimеs I wanna die, sometimes

[Verse 4]
Evеry headline, they betray you and the little guy
But what would you expect from oligarchs and paedophiles
Makes you wonder why you even try

[Chorus]
And it breaks you up
Over time
And it breaks you up
Over time
And it breaks you up
Breaks you up, breaks you up

[Bridge]
No one should feel like this
No one should feel like this
No one should feel like this

[Chorus]
And it breaks you up
Breaks you up, breaks you up
And it breaks you up
Over time
And it breaks you up
Over time

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What did Sam Fender say about "Paradigms"?

It’s a round-up of all of the things that I’ve thought about in the album. So it’s a self-esteem rock song. People shouldn’t live miserably, they shouldn’t have to. I lost another friend to suicide last year. And I got all of my friends from home, some of them who knew him as well, to sing that last line, ‘No one should feel like this.’ It’s a choir of people from Shields. I think it’s a really powerful moment.

—via Apple Music

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