Story Behind The Song
Leaving loved ones and shutting them out as a self-destructive act.
Song Description
A heartbreaking proposition of someone who's been left by their lover to break them into "little pieces", so that the memory of the love can be erased. Suggesting that erasing that memory will also destroy the person who left. "Save yourself - if you can."
Song Length |
2:35 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, Folk - Contemporary |
Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Heartbreaking, Moving |
Subject |
Breaking Up, Heartbreak |
Similar Artists |
Joni Mitchell |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
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Lyrics
Come on, baby
Come and break me
Into little pieces.
And then pour me
Like the whisky
Into a glass.
And wash me down
All I am
Free yourself
If you can.
Come on, baby
Come and break me
Into little pieces
And then sweep me
Like a memory
From your life
And wash me out
All I am
Save yourself
If you can
And fade me out
All I am
Free yourself
If you can
So come on baby,
Come and break me
Into little pieces
And then mourn me
Little pieces
Of the hero you used to be, you used to be.
And then mourn me
Little pieces
Of the hero
You used to be.