2026 Competition Entry:
Pieces of Me by Michael R. J. Roth
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Lyrics
Pieces of Me
I leave pieces of you
When I move around
The mysteries about you
I forgot to write down
I lose something precious
That once left me breathless
Fragments of dreams, pocket debris
Love become fleshless
Vanishing pieces of me
On the banks of the Suwanee
I let go of your ring
A fallen star sinking
Into the deep
I threw away your keys
At a lake by the bayou
Tied your scarf ‘round a tree
Letting go of you
I was losing pieces of me
Bridge:
Every raindrop leaves a mark
Every star’s a blazing scar
I’m embarrassed by the galaxy
That stares at me so silently
You are gone but I survive
How dare I be alive
I recall the night you died
And the litany of sighs
So many things fell in the trash
One night by the fireplace
I saw your shadow in the ash
They say dust is made of human skin
I haven’t dusted since
It’s been so long since you moved on
I am almost gone
I leave pieces of you
When I move around
The mysteries about you
I forgot to write down
I lose something precious
That once left me breathless
Fragments of dreams, pocket debris
Love become fleshless
Vanishing pieces of me
On the banks of the Suwanee
I let go of your ring
A fallen star sinking
Into the deep
I threw away your keys
At a lake by the bayou
Tied your scarf ‘round a tree
Letting go of you
I was losing pieces of me
Bridge:
Every raindrop leaves a mark
Every star’s a blazing scar
I’m embarrassed by the galaxy
That stares at me so silently
You are gone but I survive
How dare I be alive
I recall the night you died
And the litany of sighs
So many things fell in the trash
One night by the fireplace
I saw your shadow in the ash
They say dust is made of human skin
I haven’t dusted since
It’s been so long since you moved on
I am almost gone
Author
Bio
Michael R. J. Roth has been called “a cool dark troubadour…not unlike Townes Van Zandt” with songs known for intriguing imagery and “deep, profound truth.” He is the 2024 Grand Prize winner of the American Songwriter lyric contest, and lyric winner of the USA Songwriting Competition, the NSAI/CMT Song Contest, the Dallas Songwriters Association, the Austin Songwriters Group, the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, the Unisong International Song Contest, and three-time lyric winner of The Great American Song Contest. His song “Gone Gone Gone” written with Eric Ramsey was a runner-up Grand Prize Winner in the 2021 Dallas Songwriters Association Song Contest. Lori McKenna called him “Brilliant.”
A Folk-Americana singer-songwriter, Roth is active in the local music scene in Panama CIty, Florida, along the Gulf Coast.
A Folk-Americana singer-songwriter, Roth is active in the local music scene in Panama CIty, Florida, along the Gulf Coast.
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