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
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
- lovestrong. (2011)
- A Thousand Years
- human
- Jar of Hearts
- arms
- A Thousand Years, Pt. 2
- distance
- tonight you belong to me
- the lonely
- the words
- you are my sunshine
- i believe
- sea of lovers
- be my forever
- burning gold
- bluebird
- you mean the whole wide world to me
- tiny victories
- Ave Maria
- Black + Blue (live at Ocean Way Studios)
- my eyes
- Daydream (live at Ocean Way Studios)
- Tragedy (live at Ocean Way Studios)
- backwards
- Jar Of Hearts (Live)