Kelly Clarkson Adjustments Lyrics to "Piece by Piece"

Kelly Clarkson wrote “Piece by Piece” about her relationship with Brandon Blackstock earlier than they hit a tough patch—and she or he simply carried out the music for the primary time since their break up. And yep…some lyrical adjustments have most definitely been made.

Chatting with her viewers in Las Vegas, Kelly stated “This music I initially wrote simply tremendous hopeful proper? And nicely, typically hopeful turns into hopeless, so right here we go. ‘Piece by Piece.'”

Sooooo…what adjustments had been made to the music? Welp, that is the previous refrain (by way of Genius):

“However piece by piece, he collected me
Up off the bottom, the place you deserted issues, yeah
Piece by piece, he stuffed the holes
That you simply burned in me at six years previous
And you recognize
He by no means walks away, he by no means asks for cash
He takes care of me, he loves me
Piece by piece, he restored my religion
{That a} man could be sort and a father might
Keep”

The brand new lyrics?

“Piece by piece, I collected me
Off the bottom the place you deserted issues
Piece by piece, I stuffed the holes
That you simply burned in me at six years previous
I simply stroll away after they ask for cash
I handle me, ‘trigger I like me
Piece by piece, I restored my religion
{That a} coronary heart can nonetheless beat even when it breaks”

She additionally made tweaks to the ultimate refrain of the music, which initially went:

“Piece by piece, I fell removed from the tree
I’ll by no means depart him such as you left me
And she’s going to by no means must marvel her value
As a result of not like you, I am gonna put her first
And you recognize
He’ll by no means stroll away, he’ll by no means break her coronary heart
He’ll handle issues, he’ll love her
Piece by piece, he restored my religion
{That a} man could be sort and a father ought to be nice”

The brand new model goes:

“Piece by piece, I fell removed from the tree
I’ll by no means depart them such as you left me
And they’re going to by no means must marvel their value
As a result of not like you, I’m gonna put them first
I by no means stroll away, I by no means break their hearts
I’ll handle issues while you depart scars
Piece by piece, I restored my religion
{That a} coronary heart can nonetheless beat even when it breaks”

YES KELLY.