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

[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
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?



Lyrics submitted by FactoryGirl0421

Track duration: 04:07

"Jar of Hearts" as written by Drew C. Lawrence, Christina Judith Perri, Barrett Noubar Yeretsian

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • 0
    General Comment:wow... "astig" i really like this music.. i can really relate this music since my ex-boyfriend want to come back to me.. and " who he think he are? "
    For me, the essence of this song, "losing the trust of somebody is really hard to return back anymore"
    forget is forget, ... break is break..and...period is period...
    Flag chickzon April 12, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:This song means so much to me. There's this guy and I can't deny it, I'm in love with him. We were together all the time and acted like we were in a relationship but we never were and then all of sudden he had a girlfriend. It broke my heart and last week, after months, I felt like I was finally about to get ober him when he suddenly called me again. He's still with his girlfriend but he says he wants to see me so badly and that he misses me. His girlfriend knows about me and I know it hurts her and for me it's painful too. And all I can think of is "Who do you think you are? Running 'round leaving scars?"
    Flagged lovedbythesunon February 21, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:Like many of you have loosely said, I think she is saying, in these lyrics, that she is appaled by her ex-boyfriend treating girls like toys, going around hurting them cruelly, and though he has hurt her once, she's not going to let him again. That kind of thing anyway. Good song, I like it.
    Flag Maximum14on November 01, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:”He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.” Samuel Johnson

    This is for the people that went to far, when a person lets their appetites consume them, they become something cold, and cruel. More concerned about their own well being and satisfaction, they feed off of others and spread misery.

    In the desert
    I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
    who, squatting upon the ground,
    Held his heart in his hands,
    And ate of it.
    I said, "Is it good, friend?"
    "It is bitter -- bitter," he answered;
    "But I like it
    Because it is bitter,
    And because it is my heart." Stephen Crane
    Flag pdaconon August 05, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:i think this song tries to show us how if we let the person that hurt you get to u thats the only way they can cause pain, aand the " u think u are" shows how no one has the right to break your heart
    Flag Miktunesteron July 02, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:The whole jist of the song is "who do you think you are?" As in, someone who has the audacity or nerve to even think for an instant she would consider being broken again. Though the perpetrater knew her weaknesses and used them to break her down, she healed and grew stronger and to even imagine that person in her life again is like a slap in the face. Basically, she is saying that she is sickened by the thought that he would ever ask about her again or enter her life and hopes that eventually he will become ill and be plagued by his cold, cold heart. It's more of a cry for remorse, if anything and much, much distance from him. These things are cyclical in nature and are repetitive and are reasons why loneliness never sounded so comforting. Great song and her voice is unique.
    Flagged driftingdreameron June 14, 2012   Link
  • -2
    General Comment:This song is intended to me cause i threat my hunny so bad.
    Flagged beingthereon June 06, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:So to me this song is about someone who treated her bad, and shes done trying because she knows all he will do is reject her... she kept going back to this guy throughout their relationship and he kept hurting her and leaving scars, she's standing up to him tell him how it took her so long to recover from the hurt he caused her, and she is telling him like who the hell do u think u are????? leave me alone ..... stop hurting me.
    Flagged dlareme1112on April 08, 2012   Link
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    My Opinion:I think this song is about the one that caused you to hurt so bad that it changed you. They hurt you because they knew they could; maybe it was a vulnerable time in your life, a weak moment, OR perhaps the woman thought the man was worth the pain, maybe she trusted him not to hurt her??? The girl finally said she had enough and the boy came back around realizing how perfect she was/is. The only thing she could say was...who do you think you are?
    Flag bellababyon April 08, 2012   Link
  • -2
    General Comment:People like this song?!?
    Flagged authunon February 29, 2012   Link

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