TURN IT OFF
“Turn It Off” serves as a continuation of “Playing God”. The song continues
with Hayley’s critiques of her church; even though she strongly believes in God,
she sometimes finds it hard to stay right on track with the ideals of her church.
Hayley Williams explained “Turn It Off” to Kerrang! on May 9, 2009:
“Everyone knows what we believe in and our personal choice to believe in Jesus.
It’s a struggle in the real world to do that. Sometimes you want to give up. Some
of the things we’ve been through – things I’ve been through personally – in the
last few years, I’ve felt it would be easier to not have faith in anything and see
myself as alone and work at it that way. It sounds like a good idea and I don’t
think it’s anything anyone gets over. I also think it’s a hopeful lyric, too. If you
find yourself at the bottom, the only way you have is to look up. It can’t get any
worse if you’re at the bottom.”