Song Info

• Song: The News
• Artist: Paramore
• Written by Hayley Williams, Taylor York & Zac Farro
• Produced by Carlos de la Garza
• Album: This Is Why
• Released Date: December 8, 2022

[Verse 1]
War, a war, a war on the far side
On the other side of the planet
And I’ve got war, a war,
a war right behind my eyes
Right behind them just
like a headache

[Pre-Chorus]
So I turn on the
news
Turn off the news

[Chorus]
Every second, our
collective heart breaks
All together, every
single head shakes
Shut your eyes, but
it won’t go away
Turn on, turn off the news
Every second, our
collective heart brеaks
All together, evеry
single head shakes
Shut your eyes, but
it won’t go away
Turn on, turn off the news
[Verse 2]
Far, I’m far, so far
from the front line
Quite the opposite,
I’m safe inside
But I worry and I give
money and I feel useless
behind this computer
And that’s just barely
scratched the surface
of my mind

[Pre-Chorus]
So I turn on the
news
Turn off the news
(Damned if you do)
Turn on the news
Turn off the news

[Chorus]
Every second, our
collective heart breaks
All together, every
single head shakes
Shut your eyes, but
it won’t go away
Turn on, turn off the news
Every second, our
collective heart breaks
All together, every
single head shakes
Shut your eyes, but
it won’t go away
Turn on, turn off the news

[Bridge]
Exploitative, performative
Informative and we don’t
know the half of it
Rhetorical, deplorable
Historical and, all along,
we called it normal
Exploitative, performative
(Turn on)
Informative and
we don’t know
the half of it
Rhetorical, deplorable (Turn off)
Historical and, all along, we
called it normal
All along, we called it normal
[Chorus]
Every second, our collective
heart breaks
All together, every single
head shakes
Shut your eyes, but it won’t go away
Turn on, turn off the news
Every second, our collective
heart breaks
All together, every single
head shakes
Shut your eyes,
but it won’t go away
Turn on, turn off the news