Released: November 20, 2001
Songwriter: Markku Lappalainen Doug Robb Dan Estrin
Producer: Jim Wirt
[Intro]
Turn around and pick up the pieces
[Verse 1]
I, like a rock, sink
Sinking 'til I hit the bottom
The water is much deeper than I thought
Nothing to swim with
Kicking but I keep sinking
A lesson that no one could have ever taught
[Chorus]
And I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Right where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
[Verse 2]
I see the picture
Blurry but now it's in focus
A fairy tale I purchased on my own
I finally woke up
Everything is better
A chance for me to open up and grow
[Chorus]
And I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Right where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
[Break]
Turn around and pick up the pieces
Turn around and pick up the pieces
Turn around and pick up the pieces
[Bridge]
Suffocating, sinking further almost everyday
(Turn around and pick up the pieces)
Barely treading water knowing
I will not give up
I will not give up
I will not give up
[Chorus]
'Cuz I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Right where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
Turn around and pick up the pieces
[Verse 1]
I, like a rock, sink
Sinking 'til I hit the bottom
The water is much deeper than I thought
Nothing to swim with
Kicking but I keep sinking
A lesson that no one could have ever taught
[Chorus]
And I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Right where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
[Verse 2]
I see the picture
Blurry but now it's in focus
A fairy tale I purchased on my own
I finally woke up
Everything is better
A chance for me to open up and grow
[Chorus]
And I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Right where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
[Break]
Turn around and pick up the pieces
Turn around and pick up the pieces
Turn around and pick up the pieces
[Bridge]
Suffocating, sinking further almost everyday
(Turn around and pick up the pieces)
Barely treading water knowing
I will not give up
I will not give up
I will not give up
[Chorus]
'Cuz I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Right where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
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- Out Of Control
- Same Direction
- Running Away
- Losing My Grip
- The Critic
- Just One (Acoustic)
- Stay With Me
- Inside Of You
- Connected
- Slow Down
- Karma Patrol
- A Thousand Words
- Good Enough
- Look Where We Are
- Never Be Here Again
- Better
- Don’t Tell Me
- Waiting
- What I Meant To Say
- You Need To Be Here
- Pee Wee
- Same Direction (Acoustic)