"Brick By Brick" is a song written by Katy Perry and Greg Wells. The song is part of the setlist for the live album, MTV Unplugged. During the song's initial run, it was only performed live (IE: The Hotel Café, encore events at concerts, stripped performances, etc) . Katy Perry said the song is "very where she started" and that she would love to record it acoustically in the future. The song is rumored to have been originally be written for Ashley Tisdale.
Live performances[]
The song has been played variously live, on different occasions. On some performances drums and other instruments are added while in others it's just the guitar. A few notable performances of the song are:
Lyrics[]
The weight of my words
Are like feathers from a bird
My mouth, it moves but you won't hear a thing
Cause I've dug myself deep
I managed to fit both my hands and feet
All my little white lies
Smell like a big old bucket of bleach
In one ear
And out your other
So lock and key
You won't open up for me
So brick by brick
I am breaking through these walls
Oh between you and me
I'm not giving up
I'm not giving giving up
I guess
And it feels like you're in China
And I am in Peru
When ever I am sleeping next to you
We can hear the crickets singing
Oh all throughout the night
OH boy can we just get used
To something so right?
And sure I confess
I'm a mess
I'm a mess of mistakes
But please count to ten
Before you go and throw it all away
So brick by brick
I am breaking through these walls
Oh between you and me
I'm not giving up
I'm not giving giving up
On on on us
Cause if you give up
Then what am I supposed to do
All these dreams
Never will come true
Without you
Vocal ad lib
Brick by brick
I am breaking through these walls
Oh between you and me
I'm not giving up
I'm not giving giving up
I'm not giving giving up
Oh baby don't give up
On this love
Don't give up
On this love