A Million Pieces – English Lyrics

• By: Sam Tsui
• Album: TRUST

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional world of "A Million Pieces" by Sam Tsui, a song that beautifully captures the complexities of love and heartbreak. Explore the language of longing and resilience, and discover how music can express the most intricate feelings of the human heart. This song is particularly special for its raw honesty and relatable themes .

[English]

You caught me in a crazy kind of love

Now break me down, turn around and build me up

Should've stopped it, just a kiss

Don't you know that loving you is dangerous

But every time you leave me shattered on the floor

I only want you more

'Cause baby that's just what you do

Breaking me into a million pieces

And maybe I should be scared of you

Once you're smiling I forget my reasons

Smash my windowpane

Why do I love getting caught in your hurricane

'Cause baby that's just what you do

Breaking me into a million pieces

Stole my soul, steal my sanity away

Make that face, baby I could stay just one more day

Loving you, it has a price

Even when you break my heart it's paradise

And every time you leave me shattered on the floor

I only want you more

'Cause baby that's just what you do

Breaking me into a million pieces

And maybe I should be scared of you

Once you're smiling I forget my reasons

Smash my windowpane

Why do I love getting caught in your hurricane

'Cause baby that's just what you do

Breaking me into a million pieces

I wonder if you understand

What you do to me, what you do to me

I fall to pieces in your hand

But you set me free, but you set me free

I wonder if you understand

What you do to me, what you do to me

I fall to pieces in your hand

But you set me free, but you set me free

Breaking me into a million pieces

(Yeah!)

'Cause baby that's just what you do

Breaking me into a million pieces

And maybe I should be scared of you

Once you're smiling I forget my reasons

Smash my windowpane

Why do I love getting caught in your hurricane

'Cause baby that's just what you do

Breaking me into a million pieces

I wonder if you understand

Breaking me into a million pieces

I wonder if you understand

Breaking me into a million pieces

I wonder if you understand

Breaking me into a million pieces

I wonder if you understand

Breaking me into a million pieces

Key Grammar Structures

• You caught me in a crazy kind of love

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The verb 'caught' is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• Don't you know that loving you is dangerous

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'do' for emphasis

  ➔ The auxiliary verb 'do' is used for emphasis in the present simple tense.

• I only want you more

  ➔ Adverb of degree 'only'

  ➔ The adverb 'only' modifies the verb 'want' to indicate exclusivity.

• Breaking me into a million pieces

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense for repeated action

  ➔ The present continuous tense 'breaking' indicates a repeated or ongoing action.

• Once you're smiling I forget my reasons

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'once' for conditionality

  ➔ The word 'once' introduces a condition in the present simple tense.

• I wonder if you understand

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with 'if' for uncertainty

  ➔ The conjunction 'if' expresses uncertainty in the present simple tense.

• But you set me free

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with contrastive conjunction 'but'

  ➔ The conjunction 'but' is used to contrast ideas in the present simple tense.