[Intro]

                             


[Verse 1]

           
  I will not m

          
ake the same  

           
  mistakes tha

      
t you    did,
           
 I      will n

            
ot let myself 

        
cause my heart

            
 so much miser

   
y.
            
  I will not b

          
reak the way  

          
  you did, you

       
 fell so hard,
             
   I've learne

            
d the hard   w

        
ay to never le

            
t it get that 

      
far...


[Chorus]

         
   Because of 

            
you I never st

         
ray     too fa

            
r from the sid

ewalk,
            
Because of you

              
 I learned to 

            
play on the sa

           
fe side so I d

     
on't  get hurt

,
           
Because of you

              
 I find it har

           
d to trust not

             
 only me,  but

              
 everyone arou


nd me,
              
Because of you

         
,      I am af

     
raid...


[Verse 2]

           
   I lose my w

            
ay, and it's n

         
ot too long be

           
fore  you poin

     
t it out,
            
I cannot cry, 

        
because you kn

            
ow that's weak

             
ness in   your

     
 eyes;
              
I'm forced to 

          
fake, a smile,

          
      a laugh,

           
 everyday   of

    
 my life
              
My heart can't

            
 possibly brea

          
k, when it was

          
n't even whole

            
 to start    w

      
ith...


[Chorus]

           
Because of you

             
 I never stray

          
     too far f

         
rom the sidewa

lk,
            
Because of you

              
 I learned to 

            
play on the sa

           
fe side so I d

     
on't  get hurt

,
           
Because of you

              
 I find it har

           
d to trust not

             
 only me,   bu

              
t everyone aro

 
und me,
              
Because of you

         
,       I am a

          
fraid...


[Bridge]

              
I watched you 

            
die, I heard y

            
ou cry every n

            
ight in your  

sleep...
            
I was so young

              
, you should h

            
ave known bett

              
er than to lea


n on me.
             
  You never th

             
ought of anyon

            
e else, you ju

      
st saw your pa

in,
            
   and now I c

             
ry in the midd

            
le of the nigh

          
t, for the sam

             
e damn thing..

            
.


[Outro]

           
Because of you

             
 I never stray

            
    too far fr

             
om the sidewal

   
k,
             
   because of 

            
you I learned 

              
to play on the

            
 safe side so 

       
I don't   get 

hurt
           
Because of you

              
 I try my hard

         
est just to fo

        
rget everythin

g,
           
because of you

              
 I don't know 

         
how to let any

         
one else   in.
              
Because of you

           
    I'm ashame

          
d of my life b

             
ecause it's em


pty
           
  because of y

         
ou,      I am,

       
 afraid...
              
Because of you

            
....
           
Because of you

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