When she ( BE ) just a girl

she ( EXPECT ) the world

But it ( FLY ) away from her reach

So she ( RUN ) away in her sleep

and dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, para-para-paradise, para-para-paradise
Every time she ( CLOSE ) her eyes

When she ( BE ) just a girl she ( EXPECT ) the world

But it flew away from her reach and the bullets catch in her teeth

Life ( GO ) on, it gets so heavy

The wheel ( BREAK ) the butterfly every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly

And dream of para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
She'd dream of para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
She'd say, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I ( KNOW ) the sun must set to rise"
This ( CAN ) be para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
This could be para-para-paradise
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
This could be para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
This could be para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh, oh
This could be para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
This could be para-para-paradise
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Songwriters: William Champion / Christopher Anthony John Martin / Jonathan Mark Buckland / Brian Eno / Guy Rupert Berryman
Paradise lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group