“Piece by Piece” is considered by many to be one of Kelly Clarkson’s best songs. It is a natural follow-up to her big hit “Because of You,” a song about a bad relationship with her father, she wrote at the age of 16 to deal with the difficult emotions that had plagued her since her parents’ divorce. The father left the family when the singer was six years old.
Her dad left the family when she was 6. She couldn’t sing this song without crying
In “Piece by Piece,” Clarkson sings about the excruciating pain she felt as a six-year-old as she watched her father leave home for the airport. She directs her words to her father: “Now that I’ve achieved something in life, you want to be a part of it / But your love isn’t free, you have to buy it / Back then I didn’t have anything you needed / So I was worthless.”
To counter the pain of her father, she describes her gratitude to the man she created her family with: “He never leaves me alone / He never wants money from me / He cares for me / Because he loves me / Bit by bit he built my faith back / That a man can be good and a father can stay.”
As Cillea Houghton describes in an article for “Piece by Piece” probably wouldn’t have been made if Kelly Clarkson hadn’t had an important conversation with her sister Alyssa. This one was about how supportive husbands they have: “I spoke to my sister on the phone about sometimes girls with daddy issues don’t find men like that. You get guys who are everything you know and I just feel so lucky,” she said in a 2015 interview with “”.
Another highlight was the birth of her first daughter, River Rose. Clarkson recalls that when she held the baby in her arms, she immediately felt a deep connection and could not imagine abandoning the baby. In 2015, in an interview with “” she explained:
The reason I wrote Piece by Piece was largely because I didn’t understand the gravity of the situation until after my first child was born. And I’ve never experienced the kind of love I had with Brandon every day [Para rozwiodła się w 2020 roku – przyp.red].
You probably don’t know you’re missing something until you really feel it. I can’t imagine leaving my little girl behind. I can’t imagine not having this love. I didn’t know it was missing in my life because I didn’t know it. It was a revelation and that’s why I wrote this song. I think a lot of people go through this.
Clarkson said the song wasn’t difficult to write, but singing it live for the first time in rehearsals was extremely demanding – she couldn’t finish it without crying. The singer also emphasizes that the song allowed her to feel empathy towards her father and is a praise of her ex-husband. When Kelly Clarkson sang it live on the 15th season of US “”, judge Keith Urban was unable to hold back tears. The track later earned her a Grammy nomination for “Best Pop Solo Performance”.
Source: Gazeta
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