James Bay

All My Broken Pieces

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All My Broken Pieces Lyrics

Tell me what it's like
To not wake up, wake up and wonder
Every single night, always
I'm sat bolt upright
Watching her sleep, I wish I could join her
Every single night, always

When I'm falling in, when I'm falling down
She knows just how to sort me out
She knows just how

I don't know what it means
To lean on someone and not pull them under
But she's so good to me, always
She showed me what it's like
To not wake up, wake up and wonder
Every single night, always

She told me I could start again
Turn off the lights, turn off my head
And start again

She knows what I need, knows what I need, knows what I need
Yeah, she knows what I need, knows what I need, oh

And when I lose, she lays on me
And nothing else matters
She takes all my broken pieces
And she puts them together
When I'm through, she stands by me
When everything shatters
She takes all my broken pieces
And she makes them fit better
All my broken pieces
All my broken pieces
All my broken pieces
All my broken pieces, oh yeah
All my broken pieces, ooh yeah
All my broken pieces, ooh
All my broken pieces
All my broken pieces

Lyrics © Concord Music Publishing Llc, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

Writer

Boots Ottestad, James Michael Bay, Jamie Hartman

Duration

4:02

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aj96 On Jun 29, 2025

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Tell me what it's like
To not wake up, wake up and wonder
Every single night, always
I'm sat bolt upright
Watching her sleep, I wish I could join her
Every single night, always

When I'm falling in, when I'm falling down
She knows just how to sort me out
She knows just how

I don't know what it means
To lean on someone and not pull them under
But she's so good to me, always
She showed me what it's like
To not wake up, wake up and wonder
Every single night, always

She told me I could start again
Turn off the lights, turn off my head
And start again

She knows what I need, knows what I need, knows what I need
Yeah, she knows what I need, knows what I need, oh

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