Because Of You
Kelly Clarkson
2005
jaar
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16
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Dit is de derde single van haar album Breakaway.
Haar ouders scheidden toen zij 6 jaar was. Haar broer ging bij haar vader wonen en haar zus bij haar tante. Alleen zij bleef bij haar moeder.
Op haar 16e besloot ze het verdriet van zich af te schrijven in een liedje. Jaren later geeft ze het nummer aan producers David Hodges en Ben Moody met de vraag of ze het nummer kunnen “opfrissen”. Het nummer wordt wereldwijd een hit!
Songtekst
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 will 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 will 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 will 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
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