Picking My Heart Up Off The Floor Again

Slow minor-key blues ballad, female vocals; smoky electric guitar and warm upright bass, brushed drums and soft organ swells, Verses stay intimate and close-mic’d, lots of space between phrases; chorus blooms with stacked harmonies and a slightly grittier guitar tone, Final pass adds a subtle gospel-tinged backing choir and a late, aching guitar fill that echoes the vocal lines, female vocals, blues

[Verse 1] I let you see the corners The ones I always hide Took down every rusted lock Left the window open wide You swore you’d handle careful Every scar Every sore Now I’m sweeping up the pieces Of what I dropped on your front door [Chorus] I’m picking my heart up off the floor again Same old cracks Just a different pair of hands I was reaching for a future You were reaching for the end So I’m picking my heart up off the floor again And I swear these walls Are gonna rise higher than they’ve ever been [Verse 2] You said I could be honest So I poured the whole truth out You traced my trembling fingers Said “That’s what love’s about” But you slipped through the silence When it all got real and raw Left your echo in my hallway And my trust against the wall [Chorus] I’m picking my heart up off the floor again Same old cracks Just a different pair of hands I was hoping you’d be different You were practiced at pretend So I’m picking my heart up off the floor again And I’m stacking up these bricks ‘Til they’re higher than they’ve ever been [Bridge] Every time I open I pay in sleepless nights So I’m laying stone on stone now Building ceilings over light You can knock You can beg But I won’t swing that door ‘Cause a heart that’s been shattered Don’t belong on anyone’s floor (mm-hmm) [Chorus] I’m picking my heart up off the floor again Same old cracks But they’re mine to understand I was praying you’d be shelter You were just a passing wind So I’m picking my heart up off the floor again And these walls These walls Are gonna rise higher than they’ve ever been (higher than they’ve ever been)

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