Because I love you

Because I love you, I had to leave.

I left what was stable and comfortable and what was

Right for me.

Because I love you, I said goodbye.

I know you don’t understand, and maybe you never will.

I just want you to know that I did it for you.

I’m a wreck and you are not. You were kind and sweet

And wonderful.

You deserved someone better, someone MORE.

Someone more than what I was trying to be.

I did it because I love you and I never want to hurt you,

Even though I did by breaking things off with you.

You thought I was the one, and maybe for a time I was the

Girl that you needed me to be. But I can’t pretend and I can’t fake it anymore.

Boy, you said all the right things and was there for me when I needed it

But I was not the girl you should affiliate with.

I would have ruined you. I left because I loved you and a good boy needs a

Good girl.

So silly boy, haven’t you heard? Bad girls will break your heart.

But here’s a secret. Sometimes the bad girl will break her own to

Make sure that you get the girl you deserve.

Here’s a secret. This girl would have ruined you. I didn’t want that for you.

I broke my heart to save yours.

Because I love you.