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Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts Song Analysis
1. Christina Perri – Jar Of Hearts
I know I can't take one more step towards you
'Cause all that's waiting is regret
Don't you know I'm not your ghost any more?
You lost the love I loved the most
I learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?
I hear you're asking all around
If I am anywhere to be found
But I have grown too strong
To ever fall back in your arms
And I've learned to live half alive
And now you want me one more time
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?
And it took so long just to feel alright
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed
The first and second verse is
about a girl who is trying to
stay away from her lover (who
wants her back). She doesn’t
want to chase after him
because he’s not the man she
once loved, and she’s learnt to
live without his love.
The third verse is about how much he has hurt her.
The term “collecting your jar of hearts” could be
referring to the multiple times he has hurt her, or the
reason why she doesn’t love him anymore could be
because he has cheated on her as “hearts” could be
referring to girls, therefore he has broken a lot of other
girls hearts too. She also mentions how he is a ‘cold’
person as he hurts people and doesn’t regard their
feelings. Hence she doesn’t want him back.
The fourth verse, tells us that her
lover is desperately wants her
back as he has been looking for
her. However she is not giving in
as she has grown past her love for
him and she feels stronger without
him.
The 5th and 6th verse are a
repetition of the 1st and 2nd
The 7th verse, explains
the long process of
feeling alright again after
she left him. She wishes
she had never fallen for
him because he betrayed
her. And now that he is
back, she won’t take him
back because he has
shown his true colours
and she’s not a fool to fall
for him
2. 'Cause you broke all your promises
And now you're back
You don't get to get me back
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Don't come back at all
And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
Tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
Don't come back for me
Don't come back at all
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
This is a repeat of the third
verse.
This is a repeat of the third
verse.
The song ends with the repeated
question “who do you think you are?” this
is a powerful line that she sings
throughout the entire song. She is
questioning why she ever loved him. And
she feels anger, as he had no right to
cause her so much pain.