Listen to this when
The Only Exception
for when you swore off love and then someone changed that 🌱
Who it's for
Paramore's most successful single from Brand New Eyes has Hayley Williams describing how her parents' split made her doubt love, until one person became the exception.
Guarded, cautiously hopeful→Open and hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
"The Only Exception" is a song by Paramore, written by Hayley Williams and Josh Farro, from the 2009 album Brand New Eyes; it was released as a single in February 2010. Its protagonist has avoided love to escape rejection, then realizes that one person has become the exception.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour;Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XXVII
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