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​the lonelyChristina Perri

Released: May 10, 2011

Songwriter: David Hodges Christina Perri

Producer: Joe Chiccarelli David Hodges

[Verse 1]
2 a.m., where do I begin?
Crying off my face again
The silent sounds of loneliness
Wants to follow me to bed

[Pre-Chorus]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
Too afraid to go inside
For the pain of one more loveless night
But the loneliness will stay with me
And hold me 'til I fall asleep

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm the ghost of a girl that I want to be most
I'm the shell of a girl that I used to know well

[Chorus]
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

[Bridge]
Broken pieces of
A barely breathing story
Where there once was love
Now there's only me and the lonely

[Chorus]
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

Christina Perri

Christina Perri is an American singer and songwriter from Pennsylvania. Her debut single “Jar of Hearts” was featured on the Fox television show So You Think You Can Dance in 2010. The single went on to sell over 3 million copies in the United States and was a hit around the world, skyrocketing Perri’s career. In the UK, it reached number three on the charts and spent over three months in the UK Top 40. A few months later, Perri released her first extended play, The Ocean Way Sessions.

After “Jar of Hearts” began to gather a large amount of attention, Perri signed a record deal with Atlantic Records. Her debut album, Lovestrong, was released on May 10, 2011. In 2012, she wrote and recorded “A Thousand Years” for the film The Twilight Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) and it appears on the accompanying soundtrack. The song went on to sell over 4 million copies in the United States, being certified 4× platinum. Her second EP, A Very Merry Perri Christmas, was released in October 2012. Her second studio album, Head or Heart, was released on April 1, 2014.

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