Lovestrong

Christina Perri Lovestrong Lyrics
1.Bluebird

How the hell does a broken heart
Get back together when it's torn apart
And teach itself to start beating again
Ba ba ba ba

This little blue bird
Came looking for you
I said that I hadn't seen you
In quite some time

This little blue bird
She came looking again
I said we weren't even friends
And she could have you

Don't you think it was hard
I didn't even say that you died
But it wouldn't have been such a lie
'Cause then I started to cry

This little blue bird
Sure won't give it a rest
She swears that you may be
Better than all the rest
I said no no no, you've got it all wrong
If he was something special
I wouldn't have this song

Don't you think it was hard
I didn't even say that you died
But it wouldn't have been such a lie
'Cause then I started to cry

How the hell does a broken heart
Get back together when it's torn apart
And teach itself to start beating again
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba ba

What if when she comes over
I am in your arms
Taking all I want from you again

Ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba

How the hell does a broken heart
Get back together when it's torn apart
And teach itself to start beating again
Ba ba ba ba

How the hell does a broken heart
Get back together when it's torn apart
And teach itself to start beating again
Ba ba ba ba
Beating again
Ba ba ba ba

This little blue bird
Don't come 'round here anymore
So I went looking for her
And I found you


2.Arms

I never thought that
You would be the one to hold my heart
But you came around
And you knocked me off the ground from the start

You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go
You put your arms around me and I'm home

How many times will you let me
Change my mind and turn around
I can't decide if I'll let you
Save my life or if I'll drown

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

The world is coming down on me
And I can't find a reason to be loved
I never wanna leave you
But I can't make you bleed if I'm alone

You put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

I tried my best to never let you in to see the truth
And I've never opened up
I've never truly loved 'till you put your arms around me
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home
You put your arms around me and I'm home


3.Bang Bang Bang

All my life you know I haven't been very love strong
There's been so many fights that I fought and I never won
So I decided that I should just give up in trying to right your
wrongs
And word on the street is she did to you what you did to me

Five, four, three, two, one
Bang! Bang! Bang! Boy!
You're goin' down, down, down, boy!
To the ground where you left my heart to bleed
Bang! She shot you!
Karma tastes so...

Bang! Bang! Bang! Boy!
You're goin' down, down, down, boy!
To the ground where you left my heart to bleed
Bang! She shot you!
Karma tastes so sweet!

So unfortunately for girls like me there are more like you
Bending and breaking the rules that we're making exceptions, too

But how does it feel
To swim in your own tears!
You lied and you lied
And I died and I died
And now you know why

Five, four, three, two, one
Bang! Bang! Bang! Boy!
You're goin' down, down, down, boy!
To the ground where you left my heart to bleed
Bang! She shot you!
Karma tastes so...

Bang! Bang! Bang! Boy!
You're goin' down, down, down, boy!
To the ground where you left my heart to bleed
Bang! She shot you!
Karma tastes so sweet!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Boy!
You're goin' down, down, down, boy!
To the ground where you left my heart to bleed
Bang! She shot you!
Karma tastes so...

Bang! Bang! Bang! Boy!
You're goin' down, down, down, boy!
To the ground where you left my heart to bleed
Bang! She shot you!
Karma tastes so...

Bang! Bang! Bang! Boy!
You're goin' down...
To the ground, ooh...


4.Distance

The sun is filling up the room
And I can hear you dreaming
Do you feel the way I do, right now?

I wish we would just give up
'Cause the best part is falling
Call it anything but love

And I will make sure to keep my distance
Say I love you when you're not listening
How long can we keep this up, up, up?

Please don't stand so close to me
I'm having trouble breathing
I'm afraid of what you'll see, right now

I'll give you everything I am
All my broken heartbeats
Until I know you'll understand

And I will make sure to keep my distance
Say I love you when you're not listening
How long can we keep this up, up, up?

And I keep waiting
For you to take me
And you keep waiting
To save what we had

So I'll make sure to keep my distance
Say I love you when you're not listening
How long can we keep this up, up, up?

Make sure to keep my distance
Say I love you when you're not listening
How long 'til we call this love, love, love?


5.Jar Of Hearts

I know I can't take one more step towards you
'Cause all that's waiting is regret
And don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore
You lost the love I loved the most

I learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time

And who do you think you are?
Running around leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?

I hear you're asking all around
If I am anywhere to be found
But I have grown too strong
To ever fall back in your arms

I've learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time

And who do you think you are?
Running around leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?

And it took so long just to feel all right
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
I wish I had missed
The first time that we kissed
'Cause you broke all your promises
And now you're back
But you don't get to get me back

And who do you think you are?
Running around leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Don't come back at all

And who do you think you are?
Running around leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Don't come back at all

Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?


6.Mine

Wait a minute, I don't want you to know
It's the only way that I might grow
A secret's safe behind a pretty smile
And it's mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine

What's with all the late night liquored phone calls
I don't think your lover likes me at all
A secret's safe behind a pretty smile
But it's mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine

What, what might you do
To find out why I can't love you
I can't love you

And who said it was cool
To be asking me these questions
Your 'who, what and when, where and why'
Are making my head spin
And when was it an option
To put your lips up on my lips
And how did this happen and why are you laughing
And how do I get back together again, oh...

What, what might you do
And what, what might you do
To find out why
To find out why I can't love you
I can't love you
I can't love you


7.Interlude

Instrumental


8.Penguin

Can you find the time
To let your lover love you
He only wants to show you
The things he wants to learn too
The hardest parts you'll get through
And in the end you'll have your best friend

Love like this may come once
Baby it's fate like a soul mate
He's your penguin
Baby it's fate
Baby it's fate not luck

Can you find the time
To let your lover hold you
He needs somebody to hold too
His loves strong and so true
His arrow is aiming for you
And he's the one that you were born to love

Love like this may come once
Baby it's fate like a soul mate
He's your penguin
Baby it's fate
Baby it's fate not luck

Let go, let go of time for you and I
Let go, let go of time for you and I
Let go, let go of time for you and I

Love like this is all I want
Baby we're fate
Love like this may come once
Baby we're fate like a soul mate
You're my penguin
Baby we're fate
Baby it's fate not luck


9.Miles

I'm scared today
More than I told you I was yesterday
Give me a moment to catch my breath
And hold me every second left
Proud of me
That's the only way I want you to be
Look at me and love
What you see

I won't make it alone
I need something to hold

Kiss me on my shoulder
Tell me it's not over
I promised to always come home to you
Remind me that I'm older
To be brave smart, sweet and bolder
And don't give up on what we're trying to do

Don't count the miles
Count the 'I love you's

We made it out
And all the other people are asking how
This doesn't even sound like truth
To grow from a group
But one day we will realize
How hard it was, how hard we tried
And how our hearts
Made it out alive

Kiss me on my shoulder
Tell me it's not over
I promised to always come home to you
Remind me that I'm older
To be brave smart, sweet and bolder
And don't give up on what we're trying to do

Don't count the miles
Count the 'I love you's

And these are words
I wish you said
But that's not how it went
'Cause you gave up on us in the end

And I won't make it alone
I need something to hold

Kiss me on my shoulder
Tell me it's not over
I promised to always come home to you
Remind me that I'm older
To be brave smart, sweet and bolder
And don't give up on what we're trying to do

Kiss me on my shoulder
Tell me it's not over
I promised to come home to you
Remind me that I'm older
To be brave smart, sweet and bolder
And don't give up on what we're trying to do

Don't count the miles
Count the 'I love you's


10.The Lonely

Two am, where do I begin?
Crying off my face again
The silent sound of loneliness
Wants to follow me to bed
I'm a ghost of a girl
That I want to be most
I'm the shell of a girl
That I used to know well

Dancing slowly in an empty room
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby
Let you go and let the lonely in
To take my heart again

Too afraid to go inside
For the pain of one more loveless night
For the loneliness will stay with me
And hold me till I fall asleep
I'm a ghost of a girl
That I want to be most
I'm the shell of a girl
That I used to know well

Dancing slowly in an empty room
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby
Let you go and let the lonely in
To take my heart again

Broken pieces of
A barely breathing story
Where there once was love
Now there's only me
And the lonely

Dancing slowly in an empty room
Can the lonely take the place of you?
I sing myself a quiet lullaby
Let you go and let the lonely in
To take my heart again


11.Sad Song

Today I'm gonna write a sad song
And I'm gonna make it really long
So that everyone can see, that I'm very unhappy

I wish I wasn't always wrong
I wish it wasn't always my fault
The finger that you're pointing has knocked me on my knees
And all you need to know is...

'I'm so sorry'
It's not like me
It's maturity that I'm lacking
So don't, don't let me go
Just let me know
That growing up goes slow

I wonder what my mom and dad would say
If I told them that I cry each day
And it's hard enough to live so far away

I wish I wasn't always cold
I wish I wasn't always alone
When the party is over, how will I get home
And all you need to know is...

'I'm so sorry'
It's not like me
It's maturity that I'm lacking
So don't, don't let me go
Just let me know
That growing up goes slow

If all the rules were meant to bend
And you swore you were my friend
Now I have to start all over again
Cause no one's going to take your place
And I'm scared we'll never save all the pieces of love we made

'I'm so sorry'
It's not like me
It's maturity that I'm lacking
So don't, don't let me go
Just let me know
That I can slip and fall and you won't let me go
Just let me know
That growing up goes slow
'I'm so sorry'
It's not like me
It's maturity that I'm lacking
So don't, don't let me go
Just let me know
That growing up goes slow


12.Tragedy

If you could envision
The meaning of a tragedy, ooh
You might be surprised to hear it's you and me

When it comes down to it
You never made the most of it, ooh
So I cried, cried, cried
And now, I say goodbye

And I won't be made a fool of
Don't call this love

When did you decide
That I didn't have enough to buy?
Forgive and forget you a thousand times
For the fire and the sleepless nights

And I won't be made a fool of
Don't call this love
Don't call this love
La la la la la la love
La la la la la la love
La la la la la la love
La la la la la la love

Why did you feel the need
To prove that everybody else was right?
No I, won't fight

Oh you're my tragedy, tragedy
Oh you're my tragedy
Oh this is oh no no no
La la la la la la love
La la la la la la love
La la la la la la love
La la la la la la love
La la la la la la love
La la la la la la love
La la la la la la love