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Song Analysis of Piece by Piece

Bader Alhouli

Portland State University

WR 121

Xian Wang

13 April 2020

Song Analysis of Piece by Piece by Kelly Clarkson

Piece by Piece is a song written and sung by Kelly Clarkson, who won the first season of American Idol in 2002. The song was first performed on February 25th, 2015, in the American Idol Farewell Season. This song was the fifth track of Piece by Piece album that was released officially on February 27th, 2015. According to People Magazine (Nelson and Margaret, 2015). A Kelly Clarkson Recorded Piece by Piece during her pregnancy with her daughter River, a period in which she was very vocal about her morning sickness. As stated by Kelly Clarkson, “I was pretty much trapped in my vocal booth since I would vomit 20 times a day,” says Clarkson. “But being inspired by other songwriters got me out of my dark little rabbit hole!” “Piece by Piece,” by Kelly Clarkson, portrays a complicated relationship Kelly has in her life with a male character. She also explains the relationship she has with another person later in life. The song is touching and presents an inside look into her life as a child and how it affected her later in life. When looking at the lyrics and purpose of Piece by piece song, you can quickly sense that it is about Kelly’s father and references to him divorcing her mother when she was young. Clarkson stated that it was traumatizing for her as a child, and it stuck with her as she grew up.

“And all I remember is your back” (Clarkson). This first line of the song explains both literal and figurative meanings. The person referred to in this song is most likely Kelly Clarkson’s father, who was physically walking “towards the airport” (Clarkson). He will probably no longer be able to be with her during her growing process. This also means that he will not be able to raise her. However, the line “leaving us all in your past” (Clarkson) also suggested that her father will not be there emotionally to support her. After knowing this person will be no longer involved in Kelly’s life, she mentioned that when she was older, she went to go visit him and try to reconnect with him, wanting him in her life, in the line “I traveled fifteen hundred miles to see you” (Clarkson). Although, when saying, “but you didn’t want to” (Clarkson), she demonstrates that this person does not want her back and has nothing to do with her.

The chorus begins with the singer introducing another man who helped her later in life. The lyric “But piece by piece; he collected me up / Off the ground, where you abandoned things”(Clarkson),  tells us that by finding love in her husband, her trust in men is being restored, that she has found someone who is the extreme opposite of what her father was. Her husband is the man she wanted her father to be like and never had. This lyric also shows how Her husband, Brandon Blackstock, helps her to fix what her father did when she was a kid.

Apparently, the second first flashes a while after Kelly Clarkson won American Idol, when she became famous and started making money. Her father suddenly comes back, telling her that he is sorry for deserting her and not being able to raise and that he desires to be back in her life, but as Kelly sings, “all of your words fall flat.” She isn’t falling for it, “But/ your love, it isn’t free/ It has to be earned/ Back then, I didn’t have anything you needed/ So I was worthless”(Clarkson). She can plainly see that he’ll only give her the time of day if it benefits him. When she was a kid, he couldn’t take the full care of her, but now that she’s a household name and has money, he’s quick ‘all so mattering to him.’

The second chorus is nearly precisely identical to the first. Still, the last few lines of “Piece by piece, he restored my faith/ That a man can be kind and a father could stay”(Clarkson), which strengthens the evidence that she sees her husband as the man that could be a fabulous father. Thus, she believes it can be a real possibility in her life now.

The last chorus delivers it around full circle, “Piece by Piece, I fell far from the tree I would never leave her as you left me And she will never have to wonder her worth Because unlike you, I’m gonna put her first/And, no, he’ll never walk away He’ll never break her heart, He’ll take care of things, He’ll love her/Piece by Piece, he restored my faith.

That a man can be kind and a father should be great.”

She states that she will never be a copy of her father, that she’ll never leave her child the way her own father did. Her husband will be the father she always wanted to their own kid, and her trust is replaced that there are still genuine men left in the world that can be a great father to their kids since she had such a terrible experience with hers growing up. It ends up the song nicely, with an ending that makes you feel fabulous for her, understanding how she feels better now, and won’t let anyone take advantage of her and her hard work.

Personally, this is one of my favorite songs ever from her 2015 album. The feeling of the song gives and the story she shares. I can see that this will stay my favorite song of mine for a long while.