Because of You?

Lyrics to "Because of You" by Kelly Clarkson

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 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



When I first heard this song, my knee-jerk-reaction was "C'mon! That's just sending a bad message already. It's making it ok to blame other people for the way they themselves are, or the way things are." But I realize people have gone through some bad shit that's caused them to act messed up. It happens all the time I'm sure. When we're kids, yeah. That totally affects us. But when we grow up and start really thinking for ourselves, we have to realize it's on us in the end that determines things. Whether it be other people affecting our mood, or we just can't trust anybody anymore, we gotta man up and take responsibility for ourselves. We can't rely on others for our peace of mind. In the words of Public Enemy: "We gotta take the power back!!!"