Jar Of Love – English Lyrics

• By: 橙子水很甜
• Album: Jar Of Love

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical world of "Jar Of Love" by 橙子水很甜, a heartwarming Pop song released in 2024. This track offers a beautiful opportunity to explore Chinese contemporary music through its emotive expressions of longing and the desire to protect love. You can learn vocabulary related to emotions, time, and relationships, as the artist's poetic lyrics paint a vivid picture of wanting to safeguard affection in a 'jar of sparks.' The song's gentle melody and reflective words make it an accessible and enjoyable way to connect with the language and sentiment.

[English]

Another sunrise

another sunset

Soon it'll all be yesterday

Another good day

another bad day

What did you do today

Why do we choose to chase what we'll lose

What you want isn't what you have

What you have may not be yours to keep

If I could find love

at a stop in a park

with open arms

I would save all my love

in a jar made of sparks

sealed in my beating heart

Could it be yours to keep

The jar of love

Another sunrise

another sunset

Soon it'll all be yesterday

Another good day

another bad day

What did you do today

Why do we choose to chase what we'll lose

What you want isn't what you have

What you have may not be yours to keep

If I could find love

at a stop in a park

with open arms

I would save all my love

in a jar made of sparks

sealed in my beating heart

Could it be yours to keep

The jar of love

Key Grammar Structures

• Soon it'll all be yesterday

  ➔ Future tense with contraction

  ➔ "It'll" is a contraction of "it will", showing future tense. This structure is used to predict that current events will soon become past memories.

• What did you do today

  ➔ Past simple question

  ➔ This is a question in the past simple tense using the auxiliary verb "did" + subject + main verb in base form. It's used to ask about completed actions in the past.

• Why do we choose to chase what we'll lose

  ➔ Present simple + infinitive + relative clause

  ➔ This sentence combines present simple ("do we choose"), infinitive structure ("to chase"), and a relative clause ("what we'll lose"). It questions human nature's tendency to pursue things that are ultimately temporary.

• What you want isn't what you have

  ➔ Noun clauses as subject and complement

  ➔ This sentence uses two noun clauses: "What you want" as the subject and "what you have" as the complement. The structure highlights the contrast between desire and possession.

• What you have may not be yours to keep

  ➔ Modal verb 'may' for possibility + noun clause

  ➔ This sentence uses the modal verb "may" to express possibility or uncertainty. The noun clause "What you have" functions as the subject, creating a philosophical reflection on the temporary nature of possessions.

• If I could find love

  ➔ Second conditional structure

  ➔ This is the if-clause of a second conditional, using "could" (past form) to express a hypothetical or unlikely situation. It sets up an imaginary scenario about finding love.

• I would save all my love

  ➔ Second conditional result clause

  ➔ This is the result clause of a second conditional, using "would" + base verb to show the hypothetical result of the condition mentioned in the if-clause. It expresses what the speaker would do in this imaginary situation.

• sealed in my beating heart

  ➔ Past participle phrase as reduced relative clause

  ➔ "Sealed" is a past participle functioning as a reduced relative clause, which could be expanded to "which is sealed". This concise structure modifies "jar made of sparks" and creates poetic imagery.