Piece By Piece: Song Analysis Of Kelly Clarkson's Song

Most songs on the radio today consist of lyrics. When an artist sits down to create music they are channeling a certain experience they may have had in their life. Whether that experience is heartbreak or a new relationship, even something that happened in the past. They put their feelings and experiences into the lyrics of their song. Some lyrics may have multiple meanings. In Kelly Clarksons song “Piece by Piece” she sings about the pain she felt toward her father leaving when she was young and the vow she has made to her daughter. The lyric “I will never leave her like you left me” portrays this feeling. In the song Piece by Piece the artist, Kelly Clarkson, sings about her experience of having her father leave at the age of six. She is now much older and has a daughter of her …show more content…
Throughout the song she projects the pain she feels today about her father walking out on her. Having a father walk out on a child leaves the child with a permanent fear of everyone walking out of their life. As a young child Kelly felt sadness toward her father walking out. She took her father’s departure as something that was her fault feeling as though she did something wrong to cause her father to leave. When a child has a father walk out on them and their family they don’t quite understand why or what is happening. A child can’t easily grasp the concept of a father or parent leaving. As a child grows older the situation starts to sink in a little more. An adult can understand the concept of a father leaving more than a child does. Instead of feeling sad toward the situation they start to feel bitter about it happening. As an adult becomes a parent to their own child they begin to feel anger toward the situation that happened when they were younger. It becomes more of an eye opening experience. Its mind blowing as a parent that someone would ever leave their