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Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You Lyrics

Song details
TitleBecause Of You
ArtistKelly Clarkson
AlbumGreatest Hits – Chapter 1 [2012], Track 6
Keep Calm & Relax [2012]
album from the compilation series Keep Calm & Relax, Track 18
Breakaway [2004], Track 4
GenrePop
Duration03:43
Rank62 (=) history »
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Song lyrics
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 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'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 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'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
submitted by manties on 20-11-2004
corrected on 13-05-2012


909 comments, showing 26 to 50page 2 of 37

 Song comments
  06-10-2009 15:25 Kelly_Fan_101 
Kelly_Fan_101
 
4 posts
omg this is awesome!!!!!! i 3 her Music
  28-06-2009 19:43 bibilebobrox2 
bibilebobrox2
 
2 posts
penalty
this song makes me want to puke. everytime i hear it i have the earge to punch my mother in the face. so i do.
  19-06-2009 03:50 candishoney 
candishoney
 
9 posts
awesome song....full of reality....full of emotions....it kidnaps to the real situation that kind, as u feel like directly involved as a watcher next door...great done K.
  16-05-2009 08:33 MATHGOD 
MATHGOD
 
136 posts
I agree with TA. This song ran its course YEARS ago and yet it is currently the #3 song in the world? What the...
  04-05-2009 02:47 mistergamert 
mistergamert
 
4 posts
Too much for AMERICAN IDOL!!!
  26-04-2009 14:27 TheAnnoyance 
TheAnnoyance
 
51,802 posts
what this song doing in the top 5 this week lol.
  19-11-2008 01:11 Mongoose08 
Mongoose08
 
44 posts
Amazing song.
  21-08-2008 04:47 lonely_gurl 
lonely_gurl
 
582 posts
God I so love it
  12-01-2008 23:23 black_gossamer 
black_gossamer
 
52 posts
"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"

amazing...
its sad, but the song is kind of like healing your old self and trying to start over...
  29-10-2007 23:21 Petroviic 
Petroviic
 
2,517 posts
Really good song !
  03-09-2007 22:53 TrueDreamer 
TrueDreamer
 
6 posts
Best song of Kelly Clarkson!
  24-07-2007 12:59 hyphymike 
hyphymike
 
14 posts
i hate this song
  21-07-2007 18:37 lil_angel3000 
lil_angel3000
 
4 posts
I luv this song.. i can relate to this song.... especially when it says

"because of u
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid"

when a new opportunity comes, im afraid of the same thing happening... so i can relate to it
  18-07-2007 00:13 giggles22 
giggles22
 
52 posts
I think it is easy for many people to relate to this song. Alot of people probably relate it to a bad break-up. For me its about my step dad who bailed out and he got the house and the suburban and broke my beautiful mothers heart. But the song is amazing and the vocals are great! Great job again Kelly!
  24-06-2007 00:14 CrazyCelloGirl 
CrazyCelloGirl
 
1 posts
I love this song...but it's even better in the new version w/ her and Reba McEntire
  13-06-2007 12:02 idanoosh10 
idanoosh10
 
3 posts
I heard it so many times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
  11-06-2007 11:29 R_K_O 
R_K_O
 
524 posts
This song is so sad. It makes a lot of people cry, but I think its nice
  05-06-2007 16:43 michilkme 
michilkme
 
15 posts
This song is actually about her parent's divorce. I love this song. I can't beliece it is SOOO old and it is still in the LSI chart toppers. INCREDIBLE..
I love Kelly c.
  14-04-2007 14:13 samantha2754 
samantha2754
 
4 posts
i love this song. this is my favorite kelly clarkson song and her songs r really good. i cant wait 4 her new cd 2 come out.
  12-04-2007 16:27 jasparii 
jasparii
 
9 posts
amazing song. left me without words. very sad but beautiful too.
  12-04-2007 13:58 mo_chuisle 
mo_chuisle
 
118 posts
it is one of the best songs ever done. it made me cry the first time I heard it. it is so painful and moving. IMO this one, 'hear me' and Christina Aguilera's 'hurt' are the most painful and touching songs I ever heard.
  04-04-2007 17:58 equineguardian 
equineguardian
 
4 posts
I absolutely love this song. The lyrics are very meaningful to many people, even more so when you watch the video. From the first time I heard it I listen to it over and over again!
  04-04-2007 15:59 flameburns623 
flameburns623
 
1 posts
They should allow us to rate the music videos as well. In this case, I think the ending of the video ruins the song. I've seen other music videos which do the same thing: change the throust of the song itself by showing some sort of reconciliation or redemption which the song itself doesn't even hint at. The video should've ended with Kelly standing there wan and nearly-shattered by the crushing emotions she had just vocalized: that's what the song is really about.

Why do we Americans have such a hard time accepting that unrelenting tragedy DOES occur? That happy endings don't always happen? They had to add a couple of lines to "Gone with the Wind" so that that movie didn't end with Rhett Butler's "Frankly, m'dear, I don't give a d--n"--only because American audiences would not accept that Rhett was leaving and never coming back. So far as I know, Kelly Clarkson's parents divorced and never reconciled: why make a video about how that affected her which totally changes what really happened?

Sorry folks: only a scant handful of folks have ever died and then come back from the dead. And most divorces and break-ups end up being final. Weep about it, mour your losses, but don't pretend there's some way to go back and fix it. The power of this song is in it's lyrics: the singer's affirmation that the sadness of a past relationship has left her changed. The video should have supported that message. Love the song, hate the video.
  28-03-2007 22:36 Foxxy 
Foxxy
 
6 posts
Well it's one of my favourites.
  14-03-2007 11:58 naughtychick 
naughtychick
 
9 posts
[lyrics=] I LOVE THIS SONG

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