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 are all wrong now
She's ripping wings off of butterflies
Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds
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
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 she 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
Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds
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
We'll bury the castle, bury the castle, whoa, whoa
Well you built up a world of magic
Because your real life is tragic
Yeah you built up a world of magic
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
Go get your shovel (You'll be better off without me)
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle (ooh), bury the castle
Go get your shovel (You'll be better off without me)
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle (ooh), bury the castle
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-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
I know that she said it's about getting rid of your childhood, or something weird like that, but I always thought that it was about drugs.
This girl couldn't handle the tragedies in her life, so she ran to drugs. (you built up a world of magic, because your real life was tragic)
The woman on the outside the whole time is warning her, "be sure to keep a firm grasp on reality while you're messing with this stuff, or you're going to get hurt". (keep your feet on the ground while your head's in the clouds)(...brick by boring brick, or the wolf's gonna blow it down)
Then the girl gets hurt, and the woman starts trying to convince the girl. "Go get your shovel! Go get everything you have, and we'll get rid of these drugs that you run to, cuz they're wrecking your life!"(chorus)
Eventually the woman says "Well, I can't draw you out of the magic world that only you reside in. I choose to believe in the things I can see".
That was my interpretation... what do you think? I love this song!
Child Abuse. And trying to escape a tragic life that you live in, and "running away" to a "magic" land that is only in your mind. Hence " You build up a world of magic cause your real life is tragic"
"the song is about killing your childhood and not living in the past to escape a tragedy" - hayley williams or paramore, in an interview with " On the Record"
Its about this little girl who goes off with her doll and she finds this fairytale world and she goes inside.Then her prince comes to save her she was acually being tricked the clock struck twelve.And then its talking about building your house brick by boring brick and if you don't then the wolf will blow it down.It's saying you built a world of magic and you did that because your real life was tragic.If it's not real you can't hold it in your hand and you can't feel it with your heart.
The chorus is say go and get a shovel and then we'll all dig a big hole to bury the castle of magic!
In the end of the movie the little girl falls into the hole, back to her own world. And Hayley picks up the doll and puts it in the whole because that will go to the little girls world.
So basically the little girl falls into her own world at the end and Hayley puts the doll in the hole for the little girl.
Anyway I love This song! Please rate my comment!Love this song! Love you all!
I LOVE PARAMORE!!!
I personaly went through what this song it talking about. It's my fave song and I can really understand it.
It's about how someone doesn't want to face the dangers of reality and rather live in their own head to escape it. Like I was always hiding by playing another story in my head and making myself belive it. Doing this made me almost fail school and was really vague and no one could ever get me to do anything properly.
So what Hayley is saying.. well she's helping the person to realize that real life is better becuase it is real! I love it how she says after the you can see with your eyes and "that's where I want to be", it shows that maybe she was in that position to once and she is encouraging us to follow her example.
but at the same time she lightens it up by focusing on some beloved fairy tales. I love Paramore and this sond is the best.
Come to think of it riot and this cd brand new eyes have two more similar songs, when it rains and also feeling sorry.. the meanings are very familiar. But I'm thinking that when it rains is more about suicide.. i wasn't close suicide i assure you