La canción Brick by Boring Brick de Paramore habla sobre la historia de una joven que se refugia en un mundo de fantasía para escapar de los problemas y dolores de la realidad. A lo largo de la canción, se revela que vivir completamente en tal fantasía puede ser perjudicial, animando a enfrentar la realidad y superar desafíos.
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Introducción:
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She lives in a fairy tale Somewhere too far for us to find
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Forgotten the taste and smell Of a world that she's left behind
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It's all about the exposure the lens I told her
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The angles are all wrong now She's ripping wings off of butterflies
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Keep your feet on the ground
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When your head's in the clouds
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Well go get your shovel
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And we'll dig a deep hole
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To bury the castle,
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bury the castle
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Well go get your shovel
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And we'll dig a deep hole
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To bury the castle,
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bury the castle
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So one day he found her crying Coiled up on the dirty ground
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Her prince finally came to save her And the rest you can figure out
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But it was a trick And the clock struck 12
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Well make sure to build your house brick by boring brick or the wolves gonna blow it down
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Keep your feet on the ground
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When your head's in the clouds
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Well go get your shovel
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And we'll dig a deep hole
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To bury the castle,
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bury the castle
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Well go get your shovel
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And we'll dig a deep hole
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To bury the castle,
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bury the castle
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well you built up a world of magic
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Because your real life is tragic
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Yeah you built up a world of magic
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well If it's not real You can't hold it in your hands
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You can't feel it with your heart
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and I won't believe it
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But if it's true then You can see it with your eyes
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Even in the dark
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And that's where I want to be, yeah
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Well go get your shovel
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And we'll dig a deep hole
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To bury the castle,
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bury the castle
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Well go get your shovel
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And we'll dig a deep hole
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To bury the castle,
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bury the castle
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