What do you think Jar of Hearts means?

Christina Perri: Jar of Hearts Meaning

Album cover for Jar of Hearts album cover

Song Released: 2010


Jar of Hearts Lyrics

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 anymore?
You lost the love I loved the most.

I learned to live, half alive,
And now you want me one more time.

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  1. anonymous
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     Oct 8th 2011 !⃝

    It is Christina and a man that was once in love but they have broken away Christina still wants him back(I know I can't take on more step towards you. Cause all thats waiting is regret.)Then he cheats on her that is why they break away(Do you know I am not your ghost anymore.) Then she says no when he cheats on her when he wants her back(You lost the love I loved the most.)She then escapes from his dirty hands but still the heart he took away from her wants t(I learned to live half alive.)She then questions him to find out why he did it and discover that he is not worth it cause he is a bad man(Who do you think you are?runnin round leaving scars.)He then trys to get back the other girls that he broke but they do not want him either(collecting your jar of hearts tearing love apart)he is a bad man as you can tell by this line(your gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your soul)She doesn't want him back and this time she means it(Dont come back for me who do you think you are?)He then really desperately wants her back(I hear your asking all around if I am anywhere to be found)But she has grown to strong for him now(But I have grown to strong to ever fall back in your arms)(chorus)it took forever for her to get over it(It took so long to feel alright)She knows that he wants her back(Remember how to put back the light in my eyes)She wishes she had never met him.....(I wish i had missed the first time that we kissed)....Because he broke all their promises(Cause you broke all your promises)Now that he is back she does not want him(And now you’re back
    You don’t get to get me back) It is a lovely song and I hope this helped you understand what I thought the song meant.:)

  2. anonymous
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     Sep 28th 2011 !⃝

    Shes a naive girl who falls in love with a man who breaks her heart. the man goes along and breaks other womens hearts. He thinks that she will be weak and fall straight back into his arms but doesn't. Inspiration to women in the same situation, you can do better.

  3. anonymous
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     Sep 23rd 2011 !⃝

    yep, sounds like number 1 to me, narcissist. It doesn't have to be just cheating, there are many ways to hurt somebody, verbally and emotionally abusive men can hurt just as much. she's right, don't take another step; be strong

  4. anonymous
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     Sep 21st 2011 !⃝

    It means that a man played her heart and now he wants her back. He played other girls' hearts as well amking her not want him even more. At the end she finally gets her heats back and can move on. This also happens with the others.
    Thanks XD

  5. anonymous
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     Sep 14th 2011 !⃝

    Basically, Jar of Hearts is about a very tragic break-up with a guy who plays and plays the field like chess, moving his pawns around like his little minions. It says that she "learned to live half-alive" because her heart was shattered, and it completely destroyed her, but in that emptiness, she found power. Power in the numbers of women he's broken, and power in the knowledge that he can no longer hurt her anymore. In the end, however, she gets her heart back, and keeps the power, leaving the man weak and shamed.

  6. anonymous
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     Sep 6th 2011 !⃝

    this song simply define love...because if you start to feel this such thing called love, at the end you will get hurt. And at the end of the day you'll simply laugh at your past..You will laugh at yourself and simply says why do I had wasted my time to that kind of man.This simply says that in order to be strong you need to get hurt, and always remember that negative emotions are the windows of our soul..

  7. anonymous
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     Aug 13th 2011 !⃝

    this song is about a girl would loved a boy with every part of her and he loved her deeply. but he didn't fully understand what he had when he was with her, breaking up was the hardest decision she had to make. she could see he felt something for someone else even though he said he still loved her and would deny any feelings for the other girl.She was still heart broken and still loved him, but hates what he did to her at the same time. even looking at him brought memories of what they had together, and she felt as though no one could replace what she had with him. he comes back into her life wanting her advice and help with what he should do, wanting his first love to tell him that she still needs him. but she has learnt never to trust him again. she will never let someone throw her away to find something better and then come to the realization that she was the best he could have ever had and expect her to jump straight back into his arms.the scar is a learning curve so she can only improve what she has from now on and as soon as there is doubt she will let her heart take over and end it before she gets another gash that should have been prevented from the start.

  8. anonymous
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     Aug 12th 2011 !⃝

    I think that the song is about a player who has hurt " taken all these girls hearts" and he wants Christina back but she stops him before he can hurt her again. And when she stops him it shows all the other girls that have been hurt that they can be free from this man and "get there hearts back."

  9. anonymous
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     Aug 11th 2011 !⃝

    I believe she's not only talking about her ex-bf who was a player.
    I think that he's way more than that.

    'Who do you think you are, runnin' round living scars, Collecting your jar of hearts and tearing love's apart'

    He doesn't just collect girlfriends, he's making them fall in love with him so when they're vulnerable, he can play with them and break their hearts. It's doing it on purpose cause This way he can feel strong and powerful knowing that all those girls cry themselves to sleep thinking of him.

    'you're gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your soul'

    He's so vicious and self centered that he doesn't even feel bad about all the pain he's spreading. I almost think that it pleases him to see all the pain he created which is making him feel so important.

    "it took so long just to feel alright [..] you won't get to get me back."

    When she sings about him wanting her back, I feel like he wants her back because he losing the control he had on her as she's trying to move on and feel alright again

    'I learned to live half alive and now you want me one more time'

    It means for me that if she's fall back in his arms again, next time he'll broke her heart, she will not survive to it.
    She won't let this happen again.

    Conclusion : He's a complete douche

    And this song is one of the most beautifully written songs i've ever heard. The first time I heard it, it was like a slap in the face.

  10. anonymous
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     Jul 15th 2011 !⃝

    its interesting too read all these thoughts on this song, my personal meaning too this song is about heroin.. the drug is the evil guy.. this helped keep me clean for sure. :)

  11. anonymous
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     Jul 10th 2011 !⃝

    This song, as perri says on a radio interview, is about christina being with this guy, but hes cheating on her. She finds out but she keeps going back to him, and keeps cheating on her though! Finally, she leaves him for good. It is a true story-she said so herself

  12. anonymous
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     Jul 9th 2011 !⃝

    It's about him having aids and giving it all to those girls and the way there dressed means something.

  13. anonymous
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     Jul 8th 2011 !⃝

    My friend went through everything this song is about.It is about a guy who was a player and she made the mistake of falling in love with him once. Now she's learned and she refuses to go through it again.

  14. anonymous
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     Jul 5th 2011 !⃝

    i believe this song is about an ex boyfriend, who keeps doing really bad things to her, and then comes back. and no matter what terrible things he does, she keeps taking him back because she is too lovely of a person.

    and now, within writing this song, she says enough is enough and regrets all she has done with him and notices she has scars which remain from him.

    he has obviously dont this to more than one girl and is a worthless person.

  15. anonymous
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     Jul 1st 2011 !⃝

    Definitely about a girl that's dated someone with Narcissistic personality disorder! I just came out of a relationship with one and this song pretty much relates to how you feel after getting out of a narcissistic relation ship...after getting your inner strength back, realizing what a narcissist is, finally being free of their trap/web, getting back what they take from you and having the ability to keep them out of your life and not giving in! You realize they have no soul and are cold people! But part of you still misses the false dream of true love these people give you!

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