Story Behind The Song

taking apart the love little by little trying to forget getting over the heartache

Song Description

getting rid of it piece by piece

Lyrics

PIECE BY PIECE
(Verse 1)
I left the map spread out upon the floor
Tracing lines of who I was before
But the paper's torn, the ink has started fading
A house of cards, a hollow masquerading
I'm sweeping up the dust of yesterday
Trying to decide what's worth saving
And what I should just throw away.


(Chorus)
Piece by piece
I'm gathering the colors from the gray
Piece by piece
I'm folding up the shadows, turning them away
It's not a sudden spark, it's not a lightning strike
It's the quiet work of learning what I'm really like
Rebuilding the frame, finding the release
Piece by piece.


(Verse 2)
There's a jagged edge where the hurt used to settle
A heavy heart now lightened like a petal
I'm matching up the broken bits of pride
With the honest parts I used to try to hide
It's a slow-motion climb, a steady sort of mending
Rewriting the middle, trusting the ending
Even when the mortar doesn't hold.


(Chorus)
Piece by piece
I'm gathering the colors from the gray
Piece by piece
I'm folding up the shadows, turning them away
It's not a sudden spark, it's not a lightning strike
It's the quiet work of learning what I'm really like
Rebuilding the frame, finding the release
Piece by piece.


(Bridge)
It doesn't look the way it did before
The cracks are showing, but I'm needing less to hide the floor
I'm stronger in the fissures, I'm steady in the seams
I'm waking up inside the middle of my own dreams.


(Guitar Solo - Melodic and ascending)


(Chorus)
Piece by piece
I'm gathering the colors from the gray
Piece by piece
I'm folding up the shadows, turning them away
It's not a sudden spark, it's not a lightning strike
It's the quiet work of learning what I'm really like
Rebuilding the frame, finding the release
Piece by piece.


(Outro)
One shard at a time.
Just one breath, one line.
I'm putting it back together.
Piece by piece.
Yeah, piece by piece.
(Fade out)