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’ll 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 [bad word] 
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 

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Because of you 
I’ll 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 [bad word] 
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 [bad word] thing 

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Because of you 
I’ll 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 tried 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