Hurt By My Healing is a gentle, groove-led reflection on the emotional cost of choosing peace. Written in the aftermath of difficult conversations, the song explores the painful paradox of growing apart from someone you love. Jack’s tender vocal weaves through layered harmonies, acoustic textures and ambient synths, creating a warm, spacious soundscape that shimmers like sunlight on water. Honest, vulnerable, and quietly powerful, it’s a song for anyone who’s ever been misunderstood for trying to heal.

CREDITS

Written, produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Jack Watkins
Guitar by Will Rogers
Drums and percussion by Elliot Chapman

Copyright © 2025 · Stargazer Music

LYRICS

I never meant to close the door
I just needed space to breathe
You were looking for forever
But I was barely finding me
I didn't run, didn't hide
I just stepped out of the noise
Silence turned to sorrow
And you say I started war

I’m sorry that you’re hurt
Hurt by my healing
I’m sorry my peace feels like pain
I’m sorry that you’re hurt
Didn’t mean to leave you reeling
Just tryna find my way again
Didn’t change to be unkind
Tryin’ to find what’s mine
I needed space to make a start
I’m sorry that you’re hurt
Hurt by my healing
I’m sorry my peace feels like pain

You say the trust is broken
It’s all been rearranged
But I can't keep pretending
That growth and love can't live with change
I still care, that hasn't gone
I had to let some things fall through
So I could stand back up
Without the weight of me and you

I’m sorry that you’re hurt
Hurt by my healing
I’m sorry my peace feels like pain
I’m sorry that you’re hurt
Didn’t mean to leave you reeling
Just tryna find my way again
Didn’t change to be unkind
Tryin’ to find what’s mine
I needed space to make a start
I’m sorry that you’re hurt
Hurt by my healing
I’m sorry my peace feels like pain

Maybe someday you'll understand
You’ll hold your own hand
Maybe then you’ll forgive me
And let me go with love

I’m sorry that you’re hurt
Hurt by my healing
I’m sorry my peace feels like pain
I’m sorry that you’re hurt
Didn’t mean to leave you reeling
Just tryna find my way again
I didn’t change to be unkind
Tryin’ to find what’s mine
I needed space to make a start
I’m sorry that you’re hurt
Hurt by my healing
I’m sorry my peace feels like pain

Hurt By My Healing

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Jack Watkins is a British singer, songwriter, and producer creating emotive, atmospheric pop with heart and depth. Blending dreamy synths, piano-led melodies, and cinematic textures, his music explores love, loss, growth, and identity — always with an undercurrent of hope. A classically trained pianist turned pop artist, Jack writes, produces, and performs all his songs from his home studio.

Following the release of his debut album Wonderland in 2024 — which peaked at No. 8 on the UK iTunes Pop Chart — Jack returns in 2025 with a string of new singles, beginning with the soul-baring Hurt By My Healing.

Each release continues Jack’s mission to make music that moves people — emotionally, visually, and sonically — with vulnerability at the core and storytelling at the heart.