Interpret:

Kelly Clarkson

Album:

Breakaway

I will not make the same mistakes that you did.
I will not let myself.
Cause my heart so much misery.
I will not break the way you did.
You fell so hard.
I've learned the hard way.
To never let it get that far.


Because of you,
I never stray too far from the sidewalk.
Because of you,
I learned to play on the safe side,
So I don't get hurt.
Because of you,
I find it hard to trust not only me,
But everyone around me.
Because of you,
I am afraid.


I lose my way,
And it's not too long before you point it out.
I cannot cry,
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes.
I'm forced to fake,
A smile, a laugh every day of my life.
My heart can't possibly break,
When it wasn't even whole to start with.


Because of you,
I never stray too far from the sidewalk.
Because of you,
I learned to play on the safe side,
So I don't get hurt.
Because of you,
I find it hard to trust not only me,
But everyone around me.
Because of you,
I am afraid.


I watched you die.
I heard you cry every night in your sleep.
I was so young.
You should have known better than to lean on me.
You never thought of anyone else.
You just saw your pain.
And now I cry in the middle of the night,
For the same damn thing.


Because of you...
I never stray too far from the sidewalk.
Because of you...
I learned to play on the safe side,
So I don't get hurt.
Because of you...
I try my hardest just to forget everything.
Because of you...
I don't know how to let anyone else in.
Because of you...
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty.
Because of you...
I am afraid.


Because of you..
Because of you...