Playlist Sara Bareilles

sara bareilles - love song

Head under water
And you tell me
To breathe easy for a while
The breathing gets harder
Even I know that
Made room for me
It's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard to hold on to

Blank stares at blank pages
No easy way to say this
You mean well but you make this hard on me

I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you ask for it
'Cause you need one
You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leavin'
I'm gonna need a better reason
To write you a love song
Today
Today...

I learned the hard way
That they all say
Things you wanna hear
My heavy heart sinks deep down under
You and your twisted words
Your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
Hello to high and dry

Convinced me to please you
Made me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am

I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one
You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leavin'
I'm gonna need a better reason
To write you a love song today

Promise me
You'll leave the light on
To help me see
With daylight, my guide, gone
'Cause I believe
There's a way
You can love me
Because I say

I won't write you a love song
'Cause you ask for it
'Cause you need one
You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
Is that why you wanted a love song?
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one
You see I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If your heart is nowhere in it
I don't want it for a minute
Babe, I walk the seven seas
When I believe that there's a reason to write you a love song
Today.
Today...

sara bareilles - hold my heart

I never meant to be
The one to let you down
If anything, I thought
I saw myself going first
I didn't know how to stick around
How to see anybody but
Me be getting hurt...

I keep remembering the summer night
And the conversation breaking up the mood
I didn't want to tell you you were right
Like the season changing,
Oh, I felt it too...

Does anybody know how to hold my heart
How to hold my heart?
'Cause I don't want to let go,
Let go, let go too soon...

I want to tell you so before
The sun goes dark
How to hold my heart
'Cause I don't want to let go,
Let go, let go of you...

I'm not the kind to try to tell you lies
But the truth is you've been
Hiding from it too
I see the end sneaking in behind your eyes
Saying everything no words could ever do...

Does anybody know how to hold my heart
How to hold my heart?
'Cause I don't want to let go,
Let go, let go too soon...

I want to tell you so before
The sun goes dark
How to hold my heart
'Cause I don't want to let go,
Let go, let go of you...

Is anybody listening?
'Cause I'm crying
Is anybody listening?

Does anybody know how to hold my heart
How to hold my heart?
'Cause I don't want to let go,
Let go, let go too soon...

I want to tell you so before
The sun goes dark
How to hold my heart
'Cause I don't want to let go,
Let go, let go of you...

sara bareilles - gravity

Something always brings me back to you
It never takes too long
No matter what I say or do
I'll still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone
You hold me without touch
You keep me without chains
I never wanted anything so much
Than to drown in your love and not feel your rain

Set me free, leave me be
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity
Here I am, understand, so torn
Just the way I supposed to be
But you're on to me and all over me

You loved me 'cause I'm fragile
When I thought that I was strong.
But you touch me for a little while
And all my fragile strength is gone.

Set me free, leave me be
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity
Here I am, understand, so torn
Just the way I supposed to be
But you're on to me and all over me

I live here on my knees as I try to make you see
That you're everything I think I need here on the ground
But you're neither friend nor foe though I can't seem to let you go
The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down
You're keeping me down

But you're on to me and all over
Something always brings me back to you
It never takes too long

sara bareilles - little black dress

Okay I can see it now it?s all the same thing
Just different wrapping around it
No need to soften your words, they?re still gonna hurt
So don?t pull punches
I tried to be everything you?d ever want
And sometimes I even stood on my heart and stomped
Now I?m finally alone and dressed for the show
But going nowhere

They don?t need to see me crying

I?ll get my little black dress on
And if I put on my favorite song
I?m gonna dance until you?re all gone
I?ll get my little black dress on

You came lifted me up but then you dropped a hurricane
Now I?m fighting to find the ground again, to steady my feet
Get up off my knees and just remember
That I am more than just somebody?s puppet
I can find the cord and then I?ll cut it
I stand a pretty good chance to dust myself off and dance

I?ll get my little black dress on
And if I put on my favorite song
I?m gonna dance until you?re all gone
I?ll get my little black dress on
I got my little black dress on
And if I tell myself that nothing?s wrong
This doesn?t have to be a sad song
Not with my little black dress on

It?s time to connect the dots and draw a different picture up
And paint it with the colors of everything I ever was
Return to the scene of the crime, the day I let the music die
And rewrite the final lines cause this time I

I?ll get my little black dress on
And if I put on my favorite song
I?m gonna dance until you?re all gone
I?ll get my little black dress on
I got my little black dress on
And if I tell myself that nothing?s wrong
This doesn?t have to be a sad song
Not with my little black dress on

sara bareilles - i wanna be like me

Oh

What if I wanna be the one who
Never looks like anybody?
What if I wanna be the one who
Goes her own way?

Would you still believe in someone like me?

What if I wanna be the one who
Doesn't belong here?
What if I wanna be the one who
Won't fit in?

Would you find a new way to make room for me?

What if I don't wanna be like you?
Not to make you cry
What if I don't wanna be like you?
Just because I was made to be exactly like me

What if I don't wanna be like you?
Not to tear you down
What if I don't wanna be like you?
Because I found I was made to be exactly like me
I wanna be like me

Oh

What if I wanna be the one who
Doesn't need to hide?
What if I wanna be the one who
Won't apologize?
I'm not the enemy
Unless you want the truth to see

What if I wanna be the one who
You never understand?
Do you think you'd ever want to still try to hold my hand?
To get through to you I'm still trying to

What if I don't wanna be like you?
Not to make you cry
What if I don't wanna be like you?
Just because I was made to be exactly like me

What if I don't wanna be like you?
Not to tear you down
What if I don't wanna be like you?
Because I found I was made to be exactly like me
I wanna be like me

(Break)

What if I don't wanna be like you?
What if I don't wanna be like you?
What if I don't wanna be like you?
What if I don't wanna be like you?

What if I don't wanna be like you?
Not to tear you down
What if I don't wanna be like you?
Because I found I was made to be exactly like me
I wanna be like me

sara bareilles - breathe again

Car is parked, bags are packed,
But what kind of heart doesn't look back
At the comfortable glow from the porch,
The one I will still call yours?
All those words came undone
And now I'm not the only one
Facing the ghosts that decide
If the fire inside still burns...

All I have, all I need, he's the air
I would kill to breathe
Holds my love in his hands,
Still I'm searching for something
Out of breath, I am left hoping
Someday I'll breathe again
I'll breathe again...

Open up next to you and
My secrets become your truth
And the distance between that
Was sheltering me comes in full view
Hang my head, break my heart built
From all I have torn apart
And my burden to bear is a love
I can't carry anymore...

All I have, all I need, he's
The air I would kill to breathe
Holds my love in his hands,
Still I'm searching for something
Out of breath, I am left hoping
Someday I'll breathe again...

It hurts to be here
I only wanted love from you
It hurts to be here
What am I gonna do?

All I have, all I need, he's
The air I would kill to breathe
Holds my love in his hands,
Still I'm searching
All I have, all I need, he's
The air I would kill to breathe
Holds my love in his hands,
Still I'm searching for something
Out of breath, I am left hoping
Someday I'll breathe again
I'll breathe again...

sara bareilles - once upon another time

Once upon another time
Somebody's hands who felt like mine
Turned a key into good drive
Was free
I recall the sun sank low
Buckley on the radio
Cigarette was burning slow
So breathe

Just yellow lines,and tire marks
And some kiss skin in handle bars
And where I stood, was where I was
To be

No enemies to call my own
No porchline on to pull me home
And where I was is beautiful
Because I was free

Once upon another time
Before I knew which life was mine
Before I left the child behind ,be
I saw myself in summer nights
And stars that up like candle lights
I make my wish but mostly, I believed

And yellow lines and tire marks
Some kiss skin in handle bars
And where I stood, was where I was
To be

Once upon another time
Decided nothing good in dying
So I would just keep on driving
Because I was free

sara bareilles - morningside

I'm not scared of you now
Or so I say
There's no reason to run
Although I may
I'm not as sure as I seem
This much I know
What does it mean when you leave and I follow?

I could try to forget what you do when I let you get
Through to me but then you do it over again
I could rage like a fire and you'd bring rain I desire
'Til you get to me on my morningside

Keep my distance I tried
No use, no
But no matter the miles
I'm back to you

I could try to forget what you do when I let you get
Through to me but then you do it over again
I could rage like a fire and you'd bring rain I desire
'Til you get to me on my morningside

Let me down you say never baby blues don't you ever
I'm used to being one with the misfortune to find
Afternoons run for cover and full moons just wonder
What it looks like here on my morningside

Look back
Don't you dare let me start to do that
I don't care if the things that I have
Only make me afraid to lose I
Need to let go
Need to want to keep letting you know
That we both have a reason to follow
Long as we let this lead I'm barely breathing

I try to forget what you do to me but then you do it over again
I could rage you'd bring rain
'Til you get to me on my morningside

Let me down you say never baby don't you ever
I'm used to being one with the misfortune to find
Afternoons run for cover and full moons just wonder
What it looks like here on my morningside

sara bareilles - bittersweet

Bittersweet seasons.
Mistake a warm winter for spring.
Seems like I?m best at leaving when leaving is not the best thing.

You couldn?t help it if you needed more than I could give.
That?s just the way it goes.

I call you misplaced but never a waste of my time.
Everybody?s gonna make mistakes,
But you?ll never be one of mine.

You couldn?t help it if you needed more than I could give.
That?s just the way it goes.
I knew you felt me leaving long before I ever did.
That?s just the way it goes now.
Loved me fearless when you needed to.
You would not rest till you came through.
So god bless and thank you.

There is no anger, it's just you and I and the truth.
You can try to make her but love will not be forced to bloom.

You couldn?t help it if you needed more than I could give.
That?s just the way it goes.
The only love worth fighting for is one that you can win and,
That?s just the way it goes now.
You would not break but you could bend.
And for love?s sake you let love end,
But I still swear that you were god sent.

And you stood before me knowing that the wings I have you gave.
And that?s just the way it goes now.
And I barely have the breath to breathe much less to fly away.
And that?s just the way it goes now.
And a silence entered the room for a one last,
"I?m gonna love you."
So god bless and thank you.
So god bless and thank you.
Thank you.

sara bareilles - manhattan

You can have Manhattan
I know it?s for the best
I?ll gather up the avenues
And leave them on your doorstep
And I?ll tip toe away
So you won?t have to say
You heard me leave

You can have Manhattan
I know it?s what you want
The bustle and the buildings
The weather in the fall
And I?ll bow out of place
To save you some space
For somebody new

You can have Manhattan
Cause I can?t have you

Ahhhhh

You can have Manhattan
The one we used to share
The one where we were laughing
And drunk on just being there
Hang on to the reverie
Could you do that for me?
Cause I?m just too sad to

You can have Manhattan
Cause I can?t have you

And so it goes
One foot after the other
Til black and white begin to color in
And I know
That holding us in place
Is simply fear of what?s already changed

Ahhhhh

You can have Manhattan
I?ll settle for the view
The sunsets facing westward
The sand beneath my feet
And I?ll wish this away
Just missing the days
When I was one half of two
You can have Manhattan
Cause I can?t have you

Bye bye
bye bye
bye bye
bye bye

sara bareilles - brave

You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love
Or you can start speaking up

Nothing's gonna hurt you
The way that words do
When they settle 'neath your skin
Kept on the inside
No sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins

But I wonder what would happen
If you say what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly, I want to see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly, I want to see you be brave

I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I want to see you be brave
I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I want to see you be brave

Everybody's been there
Everybody's been stared down by the enemy
Fallen for the fear
And done some disappearing
Bowed down to the mighty

Don't run
Stop holding your tongue
Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is

Say what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly, I want to see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly, I want to see you be brave

And since your history of silence
Won't do you any good
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don't you tell them the truth?

Say what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly, I want to see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly, I want to see you be brave

I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I want to see you be brave
I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I just want to see you
See you be brave

I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I just want to see you
I just want to see you

sara bareilles - i choose you

Let the bough break, let it come down crashing
Let the sun fade out to a dark sky
I can't say I'd even notice it was absent
Cause I could live by the light in your eyes

I'll unfold before you
Would have strung together
The very first words
Of a lifelong love letter

Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose you
I choose you
(Yeah)

There was a time when I would have believed them
If they told me that you could not come true
Just love's illusion
But then you found me and everything changed
And I believe in something again

My whole heart
Will be yours forever
This is a beautiful start
To a lifelong love letter

Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose you
I choose you

We are not perfect
We'll learn from our mistakes
And as long as it takes
I will prove my love to you

I am not scared of the elements
I am underprepared, but I am willing
And even better
I get to be the other half of you

Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose you
I choose you

sara bareilles - bottle it up

There'll be girls across the nation that will eat this up, babe
I know that it's your soul but could you bottle it up and
Get down to the heart of it, no it's my heart you're shit out of your luck
Don't make me tell you again my love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love

I am aiming to be somebody this somebody trusts with her delicate soul
I don't claim to know much except soon as you start to make room for the parts
That aren't you it gets harder to bloom in a garden of love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love

Only thing I ever could need, only one good thing worth trying to be and it's

Love, love, love, love
I do it for love, love, love, love

We can understand the sentiment you're saying to us oh
But sensible sells so could you kindly shut up and get started
At keeping your part of the bargain aw please little darlin'
You're killing me sweetly with love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love

Only thing I ever could need, only one good thing worth
trying to be

Love, love, love, love
I do it for love, love, love, love

Started as a flicker meant to be a flame
Skin has gotten thicker but it burns the same
Still a baby in a cradle got to take my first fall
Baby's getting next to nowhere with a back against the wall
You meant to make me happy make me sad
Want to make it better better so bad
But save your resolutions for your never new year
There is only one solution I can see here

Love you're all I ever could need, only one good thing worth trying to be
And it's love, love, love, love
I do it for love, love, love, love
Oh, only gonna get get what you give away, so give love, love
Only gonna get get what you give away, love

sara bareilles - one sweet love

Just about the time the shadows call
I undress my mind and dare you to follow
Paint a portrait of my mystery
Only close my eyes and you are here with me
A nameless face to think I see
To sit and watch the waves with me till they're gone
A heart I'd swear I'd recognize is
Made out of my own devices....could I be wrong?

CHORUS
Time that I've taken
Pray is not wasted
Have I already tasted my piece of
One sweet love?
Ready and waiting
For a heart worth the breaking
But I'd settle for an honest mistake in the name of
One sweet love.

Sleepless nights you creep inside of me
Weave your shadows in the breath that we share
You take more than just my sanity
Take my reason not to care.
No ordinary wings I'll need
The sky itself will carry me back to you
Things I dream that I can do
I'll open up the moon for you
Just come down soon

CHORUS

Savor the sorrow to soften the pain
Sip on the southern rain, as I do
I don't look don't touch don't do anything
But hope that there is a you.

The earth that is the space between
I'd banish it from under me...to get to you.
An unexpected love provides
My solitary's suicide...oh I wish I knew

CHORUS

sara bareilles - gonna get over you

Goodbye
Should be sayin' that to you by now, shouldn't I?
Layin' down the law that I live by,
Though maybe next time

I've got a thick tongue,
Brimming with the words that go unsung
Simmer then the burn for a someone,
A wrong one

And I tell myself to let the story end,
My heart will rest in someone else's hand
My 'why not me?' philosophy began,
And I say

Ooh, how'm I gonna get over you?
I'll be alright, just not tonight
Someday, oh I wish you'd want me to stay
I'll be alright, just not tonight,
Someday

Maybe is a vicious little word that can slay me
Keep me when I'm hurting and make me,
Hang from your hands

Well, no more,
I won't beg to buy a shot at your back door
If I make it at the thought of you, what for?
It's not me anymore

And I'm not the girl that I intend to be,
I dare you darling, just you wait and see
But this time not for you but just for me,
And I say

Ooh, how'm I gonna get over you?
I'll be alright, just not tonight
Someday, oh I wish you'd want me to stay
I'll be alright, just not tonight,
Someday

Say it's coming soon,
Someday without you,
All I can do
Is get me past the ghost of you,

Wave goodbye to me,
I won't say I'm sorry,
I'll be alright
once I find the other side of someday
Oohoohooohoohooh...
Oohoohooohoohooh...

Ooh, how'm I gonna get over you?
I'll be alright, just not tonight
Someday, oh I wish you'd want me to stay
I'll be alright, just not tonight,
Someday

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