“I believe it’s important to stay young at heart. To have faith in what might seem impossible and to have goals beyond your current abilities. However, there is a huge difference, to me anyways, between acknowledging your dreams and never living in reality. Some people are so scared of being boring - so insecure with who they might be - that they build up this huge lie. It’s all one big distraction. For not only the out-lookers but for their self. To me, it’s a selfish way to leave. A great means of defense, but selfish nevertheless. I’ve been hurt by this lifestyle. Hurt by people I barely know. I’ve even been guilty of living this way. It’s so common. I’m glad that I’ve found some words to finally speak up about it. A brick is such a traditional, tired and plain boring representation of solidity. I wanted the whole song to have this sort of fairytale vibe… only to twist the point I’m trying to make in the song which is “stop living in a fake fairytale… like ‘WAKE UP’!”. When thinking how I could get across in the song I decided I’d use a house. Someone’s safe place, even in a fairytale… You can’t forge a refuge out of magic + fairy dust. You gotta build it just as real and as solid as a stupid brick.”
- Hayley on brick by boring brick. (via sofiberro)
- Hayley on brick by boring brick. (via sofiberro)