In yet another installment of the 30 Day Song Challenge, we find ourselves considering "a song that makes you sad." There are half a dozen burned CDs on my music rack that are full of broken-hearted crush songs from middle school and high school - songs I used to play over and over again, pining after this boy or that. But I have chosen to forgo those depressing (*ahemNineInchNails*), screaming (*ahemLinkinPark*), and off-pitch songs (*coughcoughMidtown*) to go with something a little prettier and a lot more *ahem* current.
"Jar of Hearts" (2010)
By: Christina Perri
No, 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 anymore
You lost the love I loved the most
I learned to live, half alive
And now you want me one more time
[Chorus:]
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
I've learned to live, half alive
And now you want me one more time
[Chorus]
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
‘Cause you broke all your promises
And now you're back
You don't get to get me back
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
Don't come back for me
Don't come back at all
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
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 one of those sad songs that's so relatable and raw a girl really can't help but sing along to it. It's particularly great to belt out loud while you're in the shower. I like to push play on my portable iPod jam box, turn the water to steaming hot, step in, and let the wondrous echo chamber effect of the bathroom do its wondrous thing. This song should be in a musical, playing the moment the ingenue, who's caught up with some bad man, lets her heartwrenched emotion out in song. Ah!, such bittersweet release on such a pretty melody line!
I just hope my darling sweet boyfriend who lives with me can't hear me from our office - he'll think I've gone Glee happy ;)
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