[Intro] Yeah… I thought I’d never get past this. Thought every night was gonna feel the same. But time does what it does, innit? You cry. You hurt. You get up. And one day… you realise you’re alright. [Verse 1] I gave you my heart, kept it safe in a jar, Thought you’d hold it gently, didn’t think we’d fall apart. Built up all my walls but you got through every one, Had me thinking you were where I was meant to belong. Kept your picture by the window, never moved it for months, Mum kept asking what’s wrong, I was saying “not much.” Took the long way home just to clear my head, Same roads, same shops, still wishing you were there. Now I’m up, now I’m out, now I’m doing my thing, Got music in the car, got the phone on ring. And if I see you someday, I won’t fall apart, I had to lose you first just to get my life back. [Pre-Chorus] I thought I’d need an answer, Something perfect, something clear. Turns out I just needed time To let the silence disappear. [Chorus] Tears in a jar, tears in a jar, Left them where the old days are. Tears in a jar, tears in a jar, Look how far, look how far. I cried, I healed, I let it go. Tears in a jar Now watch me grow. [Verse 2] Yeah, I know what it’s like when the room feels dead, When you’re lying there late with a million things in your head. Keep saying “I’m good,” but you know that’s a lie, Then you wake up next morning and you still wonder why. I stopped asking mates if they’d heard from you, Stopped making excuses for the things you’d do. Had to face that truth, yeah, it hurt for a bit, But staying where I was wasn’t helping with it. Started going out more, started seeing my friends, Started doing little things I kept putting off then. Didn’t happen overnight, took time, took a while, But I caught myself laughing and I hadn’t for miles. Now I don’t check the door when I hear that sound, Don’t turn every car into you pulling round. You can mean something to me, that’s alright, that’s true, But my life doesn’t stop just because I lost you. [Pre-Chorus] I thought moving on meant forgetting, Like you’d vanish overnight. But some things stay behind you Without still owning your life. [Chorus] Tears in a jar, tears in a jar, Left them where the old days are. Tears in a jar, tears in a jar, Look how far, look how far. I cried, I healed, I let it go. Tears in a jar Now watch me grow. [Verse 3] I bought a plant for the kitchen, Nearly let the poor thing die. Now there’s green across the windowsill, And I don’t know when that changed my mind. I say yes to Sunday mornings, Take the road I’ve never tried. There’s a whole world past the doorway, And I’m finally stepping outside. [Bridge] Maybe love can leave a mark Without becoming a scar. Maybe losing who you were Is how you find out who you are. So here’s to all the nights I thought would never end. They did. And here’s to waking up And wanting to begin again. [Final Chorus] Tears in a jar, tears in a jar, Left them where the old days are. Tears in a jar, tears in a jar, Look how far, look how far. I cried, I healed, I let it go. Tears in a jar Now watch me grow. [Outro] Tears in a jar, Sunlight in my eyes. Tears in a jar, Look at me, I’m alive. Tears in a jar… And I’m finally alright.
