THE SONG

IGNORANCE

BY PARAMORE

If I'm a bad person

You don't like me

Well I guess I'll make my own way

It's a circle

A mean cycle

I can't excite you anymore

Where's your gavel? Your jury?

What's my offence this time?

You're not a judge

But if you're gonna judge me

Well sentance me to another life

Don't wanna hear your sad songs

I dont want to feel your pain

Well I know it's all my fault

But I know we're not the same

(NO!)

We're not the same

(NO!)

Oh, we're not the same

Yeah we're friends we stick together

We write our names in blood

But I guess you can't accept that

The change is good

(HEY!)

It's good

(HEY!)

It's good

Well you treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I'll best be on my way out

You treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I best be on my way out

Ignorance is your new best friend

Ignorance is your new best friend

This is the best thing

That could've happened

Any longer and I wouldn't have made it

It's not a war, no

It's not a rapture

I'm just a person but you can't take it

The same tricks that

They once fooled me

They won't get you anywhere

I'm not the same kid

From your memory

Well now I can fend for myself



Don't wanna hear your sad songs

I dont want to feel your pain

Well I know it's all my fault

But I know we're not the same

(NO!)

We're not the same

(NO!)

Oh, we're not the same

Yeah we're friends we stick together

We write our names in blood

But I guess you can't accept that

The change is good

(HEY!)

It's good

(HEY!)

It's good

Well you treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I'll best be on my way out

You treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I best be on my way out

Ignorance is your new best friend

Ignorance is your new best friend

Ignorance is your new best friend

Ignorance is your new best friend

Well you treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I'll best be on my way out

You treat me just like

Another stranger

Well it's nice to meet you, sir

I guess I'll go

I best be on my way out

THE NARRATIVE

Originally, the song represents a break up in a relationship, which is then turned to bitterness and subconciously, ignorance, which is what the song is all about. As it is sung by a woman, we can assume that the man in the relationship has turned into 'Another stranger', for he now ignores her after they have finished their relationship. The song has a bitter tone and as a consumer of it, we understand the anger behind the lyrics and the resentment.

As a group, we decided to twist the lyrics a little. The song is upbeat and rocky and we decided to have a female singer still, just like the original. Our storyline is as follows:

Our protagonist female will wake up in bed after a night of drinking. She has been drinking because she has previously been dumped by her boyfriend for reasons of her being 'crazy'. The boyfriend breaks up with her because he can't deal with her jealousy. After the break up, the boyfriend acts like he doesn't know her, fitting in perfectly with the idea of 'ignorance' and 'another stranger'. The video follows Ellie as she leaves the house having made her make up all okay again. The camera will follow Ellie's journey to Harry (the boyfriends house) and once she get there, there will be another girl at Harry's house, causing Ellie to become angrier and consequently being thrown out of the house at the end of the video.