christina perri - the lonely [official lyric video] — S1 E1

2011-03-30

celebrating 10 years of lovestrong. relive the entire album: https://christinaperri.lnk.to/lovestrongID/youtube stream/download: https://christinaperri.lnk.to/lovestrong so many of you asked for the lyrics to "jar of hearts" when it first came out that we thought it'd be rad to make lyric videos for some of the tracks from lovestrong. + here's the second for "the lonely." video by: elliott sellers - http://www.elliottsellers.com/ follow christina perri: - website: http://christinaperri.com - facebook: http://facebook.com/christinaperrimusic - instagram: https://instagram.com/christinaperri/ - twitter: http://twitter.com/christinaperri - tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@christinaperri Lyrics: 2 a.m., where do I begin Crying off my face again The silent sound of loneliness Wants to follow me to bed I'm the ghost of a girl That I want to be most I'm the shell of a girl That I used to know well Dancing slowly in an empty room Can the lonely take the place of you I sing myself a quiet lullaby Let you go and let the lonely in To take my heart again Too afraid to go inside For the pain of one more loveless night But the loneliness will stay with me And hold me til I fall asleep I'm the ghost of a girl That I want to be most I'm the shell of a girl That I used to know well Dancing slowly in an empty room Can the lonely take the place of you I sing myself a quiet lullaby Let you go and let the lonely in To take my heart again Broken pieces of A barely breathing story Where there once was love Now there's only me And the lonely Dancing slowly in an empty room Can the lonely take the place of you I sing myself a quiet lullaby Let you go and let the lonely in To take my heart again Named iTunes’ “Breakthrough Pop Artist of 2011,” Perri earned critical applause and an increasingly fervent fan following with her extraordinary debut, lovestrong. Highlighted by the 5x-platinum-certified smash, “Jar of Hearts,” the album – produced by GRAMMY®-winning producer Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, My Morni