Song Lyrics

Piece By Piece- Kelly Clarkson

And all I remember is your back
Walking towards the airport, leaving us all in your past
I traveled fifteen hundred miles to see you
Begged you to want me, but you didn't want to

But piece by piece he collected me
Up off the ground where you abandoned things, yeah
Piece by piece he filled the holes
That you burned in me at six years old
And you know,
He never walks away
He never asks for money,
He takes care of me
He loves me
Piece by piece he restored my faith
That a man can be kind and a father could... stay

And all of your words fall flat
I made something of myself and now you wanna come back
But your love—it isn't free, it has to be earned
Back then I didn't have anything you needed so I was worthless
But piece by piece he collected me
Up off the ground, where you abandoned things, yeah
Piece by piece he filled the holes
That you burned in me at six years old
And you know,
He never walks away
He never asks for money,
He takes care of me
'Cause he loves me
Piece by piece he restored my faith
That a man can be kind and a father could stay

Piece by piece [6x]

Piece by piece I fell far from the tree
I will never leave her like you left me
And she will never have to wonder her worth
Because unlike you I'm going to put her first
And you know,
He'll never walk away,
He'll never break her heart
He'll take care of things,
He'll love her
And piece by piece he'll restore my faith
That a man can be kind and a father should be great

Piece by piece [3x]

                                                                MEANING OF SONG

  Clarkson's parents divorced when she was five years old. She previously referenced their split on her 2005 single "" when the songstress sung of how she is scared to fall in love, as she fears going through the same pain her parents did.

Now happily married to her manager Brandon Blackstock, Clarkson sings here of overcoming her fear of being abandoned by the one she loves. Speaking during the March 3, 2015 broadcast of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, she explained. "From my experience as a child, going through a couple marriages with my mom, I never had a man stick around. Whenever people said, 'I'm in love,' it didn't really hold very much weight or gravity with me."

"I didn't realize how much that affected me as much as it did until I met Brandon and I fell in love," Clarkson added. "I was like, 'Wow, this is a completely different feeling.' I didn't know what I was missing. I wrote 'Piece by Piece' about a conversation I had with my sister about that."  

  Kelly Clarkson likes to think of this tune as the happy ending to "Because Of You." "It's not the happiest story in the beginning, but it's a real one that I decided to write after a conversation with my sister," she explained. "So many of us had to grow up without parents to model a healthy relationship for us, so we often get into dysfunctional relationships because it is what is familiar. We end up settling instead of being with someone who is worthy of our hearts and our time. We all deserve to feel worthy of love. We all deserve to be truly loved."

"This song is basically my past, present, and future," Clarkson continued. "It's my love letter celebrating and thanking my husband for being a man that knows how to love me and our children without expecting anything in return. Also, this is a promise to my kids that I will never cease to love them, and be present in their lives always."  

                                                           SITES TO THE SONG

Nightcore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQk_c6SVjg

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqCqYP7hDWI

Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NBQxG-AHZU

Karaoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7tMc-vrxTw