Monster

Album: Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack (2011)
Charted: 21 36
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Songfacts®:

  • The first tune to be released by Paramore following the departure of founding member (and Hayley Williams' old flame) Josh Farro and his brother Zac was this guitar-powered love song from the Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack. An audio video for the song was posted on YouTube on June 2, 2011 with the single hitting iTunes five days later.
  • The song finds Hayley Williams crooning, "You were my conscience, so silent now you're like water/And we started drowning, not like we'd sink any farther/But I let my heart go, it's somewhere down the bottom/But I'll get a new one, come back from the hope that you've stolen." Some fans have interpreted the lyrics as a kiss-off to Josh Farro, who left the band in bitter circumstances.

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  • Chelsea from Pa, Azamazing single by this band!
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