Vanessa Carlton
Chanteuse

Américaine

Break To Save appears on Love Is An Art Deluxe and can be purchased or listened to here - https://fanlink.to/loveisanartdlx

Check out what Vanessa has to say about "Break to Save" and Love Is An Art Deluxe:

"“Break to Save”, is about being brave enough to face the pain that will allow you to grow. It's really about that moment when you realize you can't change a parent or friend or lover, and as hard as it may be, you must break ties in order to save yourself, or to set a boundary that you need."

"Love Is An Art came out the week of our first lockdown, unbelievably, almost one year ago. Upon reflection, this album coming out in March 2020 may have been a premonition of what we were all about to go through. Love Is An Art is about the quest for meaning told through stories of exploration of relationships. It is about the art of how and why we attach to things. Timing is everything and now may be the time for this record to come out in “Deluxe” form. I've added a few demos (I like the idea of letting listeners in on the rawness and intimacy of how a song idea begins) as well as the new song “Break To Save" to the collection."

Directed by - Patrick McPherson

Credits:
Rhodes & Vocals: Vanessa Carlton
Drums & Percussion: Patrick Hallahan
Bass & Synth Bass: Dave Fridmann
Electric Guitar & Electric Irish Bouzouki: John McCauley
Acoustic & Electric Guitar: Adam Landry
Backing Vocals: Tristen

Produced, Recorded & Mixed: Dave Fridmann @ Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, NY
Assistant Engineer: Michael Fridmann
Mastering: John Baldwin for Baldwin Mastering

Lyrics:
Looking for grace and beauty
My heart has turned to stone
I have the power to leave this
To love my home and still outgrow

I am free to redefine me
Nothing more terrifying
I’m about to say something

That will lose you….
That will cut our ties…

I was only dreaming…
Of a future fantasy
I would be the savior
Not the breaker of the family

Do you know who your enemy is
Could it be the one you love
What I love starts to become me
DNA map in my blood

I was only dreaming…
Of a future fantasy
I would be the savior
Not the breaker of the family

I didn’t see it coming
Thought I could bring you with me
I will need to break to save
The truth that’s left in me. (inside of me)

Hindsight is twenty twenty
When you’re in it it’s hard to tell
Living with the sinking feeling…
working against myself

I was only dreaming…
Of a future fantasy
where I would be the savior
Not the breaker of the family

I didn’t see it coming
But I would do it all the same
I can fall to pieces
When I’m on the way to change, break to save…

Looking for grace, for beauty
Walk into the unknown
I leave to redefine me
But I love you and I let you go