[Intro] 
    ,       ...

[Verse 1]
           
  I will not m

          
ake the same m

              
istakes that y

       
ou did
           
  I will not l

  
et myself
            
Cause my heart

              
 so much miser

       
y
           
  I will not b

        
reak the way y

ou did,
           
You fell so ha

rd
            
  I've learned

               
 the hard way
            
To never let i

               
t get that far

[Chorus]
             
Because of you

      
             
I never stray 

              
too far from t

            
he sidewalk
          
Because of you

    
              
I learned to p

             
lay on the saf

            
e side so I do

          
n't get hurt  

  
    
             
Because of you

    
              
I find it hard

           
 to trust not 

          
only me, but e

             
veryone around

                     
 me
             
Because of you

 (    

  
         
I am afraid

[Verse 2]
          
  I lose my wa


y
            
And it's not t

              
oo long before

      
 you point it 

out
         
  I cannot cry
            
Because you kn

              
ow that's weak

       
ness in your e

yes
            
  I'm forced t

 
o fake
            
A smile, a lau

             
gh everyday of

        
 my life
              
My heart can't

  
 possibly brea

k
            
When it wasn't

              
 even whole to

        
 start with

[Chorus]
            
Because of you

     
             
I never stray 

              
too far from t

                 
he sidewalk
          
Because of you

     
              
I learned to p

             
lay on the saf

            
e side so I do

          
n't get hurt  

  
    
              
Because of you

     
              
I find it hard

           
 to trust not 

          
only me, but e

             
veryone around

                     
 me
             
Because of you

 (    

  
         
I am afraid
            
[Bridge]
              
I watched you 

       
die
             
I heard you cr

             
y every night 

               
in your sleep
          
I was so young
              
You should hav

            
e known better

             
 than to lean 

    
on me
            
You never thou

              
ght of anyone 

 
else
              
You just saw y

     
our pain
             
And now I cry 

              
in the middle 

              
of the night
          
For the same d

             
amn thing

[Outro]
            
Because of you
             
I never stray 

              
too far from t

                        
he sidewalk
          
Because of you

 
              
I learned to p

             
lay on the saf

              
e side so I do

            
n't get hurt
(key change A, pause)           
            
Because of you


              
I try my harde

             
st just to for

               
get everything
          
Because of you


              
I don't know h

             
ow to let anyo

           
ne else in
             
Because of you
              
I'm ashamed of

          
 my life becau

            
se it's empty
             
Because of you
         
I am afraid
              
Because of you

  
             
Ooh, oohhh, oh

        
hh
              
Because of you

     
 
             
Ooh, oohhh, oh

           
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ooh