Because I Loved You

Embraced in your arms I felt so safe

We were one and the same

Here I could stay

Forever

 

Because I love you

 

You told me your dreams

I told you my fears

You told me your sins

I told you my ambitions

 

Because I love you

 

But soon those love you’s turned into

Tears

Your arms became chains

And your dreams became my nightmares

 

Because I loved you

I had to leave

Because I loved you

I forgot how to love

Myself.

 

And how could I love someone

If I could not love

 

Myself?

 

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