Because I Love You
When you say that you love me
My heart walks across the sky
You talk about forever together
Please tell me one more time
I need to hear it
Say you'll never change
Say you'll never leave
Because I Love You
Words that warm my heart
You brought heaven to my hell
Brought air to the ocean where I was drowning
"Because I Love You"
You gave me the assurance I needed
The attention I craved
Words I said thousands of times only to myself
"Because I Love You"
Every day, every spring, every winter
What was my shield became the sword that stabbed my heart
"Because I Love You" Became a curse
Words that once warmed now burned
Searing into my head, a brand of your betrayal
You said you'd never change
You said you'd never leave
Now I realize
You only spoke words
Not promises
Because I Loved You
Everything became meaningless
I do not long for you
I do not miss you
Your love that you gave me
I don’t want to remember it
Truly I loved you
That’s how much harder it is
I want to hate you
But I can’t so I hate you even more
My heart does not walk across the sky
It trudges on the ground with everyone else
I am not drowning, but it is hard to breathe
I cannot tread water forever
Someday someone else with tell me
"Because I Love You"
The words will come slow and soft, gently warming, gently prodding
Gently lifted our of the ocean into the air
I'm walking across the sky
I tell myself
"Because I Love You"