Jar of Hope (country edit)

(**Verse 1** ) *I counted every hour, every tick of the clock,* *Your words were my compass, now I’m lost in the fog.* *I asked you for answers, but the air went still,* *Now I’m tracing the cracks in this hollowed-out hill.* (**Pre-Chorus** ) *A whisper, a sigh—anything but the night,* *But your quiet’s a storm I can’t outrun or fight.* (**Chorus** ) *I needed you to say it when I asked,* *Now all that’s left is this shattered glass.* *A jar of hope, once filled to the brim,* *Now just a ghost of the love we’d keep in.* *Your silence broke what I couldn’t mend,* *Is this where the road ends?* (**Verse 2** ) *You bottled the sunrise, swore you’d never let it fade,* *But your shadows grew taller in the choices you made.* *I scraped up the pieces, every "maybe," "not yet,"* *But the glue in my fingers’ just regret, regret, regret.* (**Pre-Chorus** ) *A breath, a clue—could’ve softened the blow,* *But your nothingness screams what I already know.* (**Chorus** ) *I needed you to say it when I asked,* *Now all that’s left is this shattered glass.* *A jar of hope, once filled to the brim,* *Now just a ghost of the love we’d keep in.* *Your silence broke what I couldn’t mend,* *Is this where the road ends?* (**Bridge** ) *Did the truth taste like rust on your tongue?* *Or did you think I’d never notice the unsung?* *Now every maybe’s a tombstone in the dark,* *And I’m carving my name where the light won’t mark.* (**Outro** ) *I needed you to know… I needed you to show…* *But the jar’s on the floor, and the road’s just… snow.*