When the world has turned
Paralyzed and wrong
Cold blooded claws
Never offered anything at all
Past the point of love
Shattered and untied
Waiting to pick up the pieces
That make it all alright

But pieces of what
Pieces of what
Pieces of what
Doesn't matter any more

Moonlight on my floor
Shining through the roof
They got the city surrounded
As if I needed proof
I forgot my fear
Feelings on the rise
Burying all of the pieces
Falling from the sky

But pieces of what
Pieces of what
Pieces of what
We used to call home
Pieces of what
We used to call home

When I drank your tea
And shallow water still
At the Belgian gates
I waited for my meal


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Pieces of What Lyrics as written by Benjamin Nicholas Huner Goldwasser Andrew Wells Vanwyngarden

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    I think this song is about just being drained from any situation or relationship. Like youre fighting a battle when it says,

    "when the world has turned paralyzed and wrong cold blooded claws never offer anything at all"

    i think this means that everything is just up in the air and you know that anger isnt the anwser to it

    "past the point of love shattered and untied waiting to pick up the pieces that make it out all right"

    I think this part is about just being totally empty and just waiting to see where this fight will end and what will be left when its all done

    "but pieces of what pieces of what, pieces of what doesn't matter anymore"

    these lines say that what you have when its all done wont have any value anymore, it wont be of any meaning because whatever this battle was, that relationship or situation was your life and nothing will ever be the same.

    ameaning101on May 24, 2009   Link

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