Porcelain is the first single released off of Faouzia’s debut album. She opened up about the hardships she has gone through that inspired her to write the song:
This came from not being allowed to release my album. (…) Porcelain was me bringing myself back to myself as a child -at the piano, writin...
[Verse 1]
Take your heart somewhere else
I don't want any of it anymore
Keep it all to yourself
I don't want any of it anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
It hurts me to say this, but it hurts me more to stay
My fingers are bleeding from picking up pieces you made of me
[Chorus]
I can't let you in, my delicate skin
Is far too thin, porcelain
And your blade is sharp, you take it too far
It's just who you are, cold cement
And you can't resist with your iron fist
You come crashing down 'til I'm found in pieces and then
You're filled with regret, but soon, you'll forget
And I'm left a mess in your hands
[Post-Chorus]
Mm-hm, mm-hm, hm
Mm-hm, mm-hm, hm-mm-mm
[Verse 2]
I don't want sympathy (Mm-hm-mm-mm)
I just want anything that's left of me
The very least, my sanity
I'm on my knees looking through all this debris
[Pre-Chorus]
It hurts me to say this, but it hurts me more to stay
Oh, my fingers are bleeding from picking up pieces you made of me, o-o-o-oh
[Chorus]
I can't let you in, my delicate skin
Is far too thin, porcelain
And your blade is sharp, you take it too far
It's just who you are, cold cement
And you can't resist with your iron fist
You come crashing down 'til I'm found in pieces and then
You're filled with regret, but soon, you'll forget
And I'm left a mess in your hands
[Bridge]
Again, again, again
Again, and again, and again
(Again, yeh, y-yeah)
Again, and again, and again
[Chorus]
Oh, I can't let you in, my delicate skin
Is far too thin, porcelain
And your blade is sharp, you take it too far
It's just who you are, cold cement
And you can't resist with your iron fist
You come crashing down 'til I'm found in pieces and then
You're filled with regret, but soon, you'll forget
And I'm left a mess in your hands
[Post-Chorus]
Mm-hm, mm-hm, hm
Mm-hm, mm-hm, hm-mm-mm
Mm-hm, mm-hm, hm
Mm-hm, mm-hm, hm-mm-mm