Paramore - "Riot!" Lyrics Trivia Quiz

Answer: For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic

Paramore were nominated for a "Best New Artist" Grammy Award in 2007.

The lyrics go:
"You were finished long before
We had even seen the start
Why don't you stand up, be a man about it?
Fight with your bare hands about it now"

Answer: Born For This

"Born For This" was the first song from "Riot!" that Paramore allowed fans to hear. It could be heard on the FBR+ website.

The lyrics go:
"It takes acquired minds to taste, to taste, to taste this wine
You can't down it with your eyes
So we don't need the headlines
We don't need the headlines
We just want"

Answer: dove

Many fans had already previously heard "Hallelujah" as a demo version and acoustic versions of the song were circulated around the internet before "Riot!" was released.

The lyrics go:
"If only time flew like a dove
God make it fly
Faster than I'm falling in love"

Answer: Let The Flames Begin

Hayley Williams, the lead singer of Paramore, contributed vocals in the song "Then Came To Kill" by The Chariot.

The lyrics go:
"Somewhere weakness is our strength
And I'll die searching for it
I can't let myself regret such selfishness
My pain and all the trouble caused
No matter how long
I believe that there's hope
Buried beneath it all and
Hiding beneath it all, and
Growing beneath it all, and"

Answer: Miracle

When ripped from the album, "Miracle" is named "Miracle!" but this is the incorrect title.

The lyrics go:
"We'll get it right this time
It's not faith if you're using your eyes
Oh why"

Answer: quiet

This is from the song "Crushcrushcrush", the third single released from "Riot!". The actual song title, however, is formatted as "crushcrushcrush".

The lyrics go:
"Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone
Just the one two of us who's counting on
That never happens
I guess I'm dreaming again
Let's be more than this"

Answer: hurt

Paramore began recording "Riot!" in January 2007 and production ended in March.

The lyrics go:
"Why do we like to hurt so much?
Oh why do we like to hurt so much?"

Answer: When It Rains

"Riot!" reached number 20 in the Billboard 200, number 24 in the UK album charts and also sold 44,000 copies in its first week in the US.

The lyrics go:
"And when it rains
Will you always find an escape?
Just running away
From all of the ones who love you
From everything
You made yourself a bed
At the bottom of the blackest hole (blackest hole)
And you'll sleep until May
And you'll say that you don't want to see the sun anymore"

Answer: Misery Business

"Misery Business" was the first single released from "Riot!".

The lyrics go:
"I waited eight long months
She finally set him free
I told him I can't lie he was the only one for me
Two weeks and we had caught on fire
She's got it out for me
But I wear the biggest smile"

Answer: camera

William "Hunter" Lamb left the band in early 2007 as he had recently got married. This meant that Josh Farro had to play both guitar parts during the production of "Riot!"

The lyrics go:
"And it's obvious that you're dying, dying
Just living proof that the camera's lying
And open wide, 'cause this is your night
So smile, 'cause you'll go out in style
You'll go out in style"