Evanescence
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“Broken Pieces Shine” is the second track on Evanescence’s fifth studio album, The Bitter Truth. It’s a song about embracing all the flaws that makes up us and about the pain and beauty of survival, the wisdom bred from suffering, the grace that can be found in the acceptance of what is.
The song o...
[Intro]
Three, two, one, zero
[Verse 1]
There is no way back this time
What is real and what is mine?
Ooh, survival hurts
Lose myself or lose my mind
Every time I close my eyes
Ooh, survival hurts
[Pre-Chorus]
But I keep breathing in, I'm alive
[Chorus]
I'm not fine
I don't know if I will be alright
But I have to try
I know you're with me, so what if we do fall apart?
Give into all that we are
And let all the broken pieces shine
[Post-Chorus]
(Shine, shine, shine, shine)
(Shine, shine, shine, shine)
[Verse 2]
Shuttered inside, looking out
Everything's turned upside down
Ooh, we're not the first
How can we ever be us?
Wondering who we can trust
Ooh, survival hurts
[Pre-Chorus]
But I'm not giving in, I'm alive
[Chorus]
I'm not fine
I don't know if I will be alright
But I have to try
I know you're with me, so what if we do fall apart?
Give into all that we are
And let all the broken pieces come alive
I don't know if I will ever be alright
But I have to try...
And I know you're with me, so what if we do fall apart?
Shamelessly be who we are
And let all the broken pieces shine...
[Bridge]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
[Outro]
Let all the broken pieces shine
Let all the broken pieces shine
Let all the broken pieces shine
Let all the broken pieces... shine
Broken Pieces Shine was written by Amy Lee & Tim McCord & Troy McLawhorn & Will Hunt (Drummer) & Jen Majura.
Broken Pieces Shine was produced by Nick Raskulinecz.
Evanescence released Broken Pieces Shine on Fri Mar 26 2021.
Amy Lee talked about the song in the cover story of Kerrang! Magazine for the second week of March 2021:
We were in Canada on a writing camp trip out in the woods in 2019. The men went to go get music stuff that we forgot, like a snare stand and whatever else, and the women went to the grocery stor...