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"Future" is a song by American rock band Paramore, and included as the last track of their fourth studio album Paramore, released on April 5, 2013. "Future" is the longest song of Paramore, with almost eight minutes duration.

Composition and lyrics
"Future" was written by Hayley Williams and Taylor York, it is described as acoustic rock, post-rock, progressive rock and hard rock. The song is written in the key of G major; the acoustic part of the song follows the chord progression G–Am–C–Em, while the instrumental part of the song has the chord progression Em–G–Am–C.

The lyrics of the song "emphasizes moving forward and pursuing dreams that are had despite the past".

Song structure
"Future" has no chorus, it only has two verses. The song begins with Hayley Williams and Taylor York talking, with acoustic guitars in the background, then Williams enters playing the only two verses of the song, with an interlude between both verses.

At the end of the second verse the tension and volume continue to grow progressively until reaching the climax of the song, an instrumental section that has a thunderous drums and distorted electric guitars accompanied by electronic sounds, highlighting a guitar riff, which is followed by a interlude. Then the song fades when the riff begins a second time, returning the second song later with a different riff, and followed by this, the initial riff begins again until it fades.

Critical reception
"Future" has received acclaim from critics. Popdust gave the song a 4.5/5, commenting that " it makes sense that its final track would start off as something of a breather, with Hayley Williams' declarations [...] barely uttered over a dorm-room guitar strum", adding that then "the music blossoms [...] (and) the increased depth and complication of the closing drone, which even has a false ending before it closes out triumphantly, echoes the album's emotional roller coastert". MTV compares the length of "Future" with the last track of The Blue Album, "Only in Dreams", by the American band Weezer, adding that "the acoustic buildup is patient and lovely, the band playing with ambient textures before York's electric ax returns as a fire-breathing dragon, bellowing and soaring over the scorched earth left by "Now"".

Billboard focused too on the song structure, mentioning that it "begin(s) quietly [...] but then morphs into a furious hard rock session, free of lyrics", and added that "it's a proper end to the set: gentle and aggressive all at once". Sputnikmusic gave the song a 10/10 and referred to the song as a "masterpiece" and as one of "the best Paramore songs ever recorded", adding that "the gentle, gorgeous acoustic verses gleam in with reassuring words, while the clock ticks all the time in the background reminded us of our limited time" and stating that " that fade back in is just brilliant".

Personnel
Adapted from the liner notes of the album Paramore.

Paramore


 * Hayley Williams - lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboard, piano
 * Jeremy Davis - bass, backing vocals
 * Taylor York - guitar, keyboard, programming

Additional personnel


 * Ilan Rubin - drums, percussion, vocals
 * Justin Meldal-Johnsen - producer, keyboard, programming, percussion
 * Carlos de la Garza - percussion, engineer
 * Ken Andrews - mixing, keyboard, backing vocals
 * Mike Schuppan - engineer