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| Kelly Clarkson – Because of You Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Its not a contradiction she can never "break the way you did" if shes too fearful to be in open herself up in the first place. She says in the line right before that "I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery." and in the line after "I learned the hard way to never let it get that far." She's never going to let herself be in that position like her mom and dad. If she ever did open herself up she'll never let herself break down so completely. Also if you look at the video the parts of the song after the first verse are when she's looking at her past, so arguably those thoughts are from her more innocent childhood version of herself. And the beginning and end are from her perspective now maybe? Songs do that a lot. |
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| Kelly Clarkson – Because of You Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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@FatBottomedGurl I totally disagree. This song isn't whiney. If you had ever experienced anything like this you would understand. I relate to literally every word in this song. My parents did not divorce, but instead they're just in constant turmoil and I live with it every day (for the last 20 years). As much as I would love to say it hasn't affected my life, it has and I definitely have trust and intimacy issues because of it. Its hard to embrace love when you've seen how painful and empty it can be every day of your life. For me this song is completely therapeutic. It points out all the subconscious feelings I have and releases them in an emotional catharsis. It point out the bad in order to promote a consicous change. Its all about breaking the cycle. She's taking all the bad that's happened and looking at how she's let herself be afffected by itin order to change it. This song has honestly helped me analyze many of my issues and almost look at it from a removed persepective. Now I think about my actions and how I can change them and not continue the cycle. I've tried to become a better person because of it and rise above all the pain. This song's lesson is about finding strength. I think, for writing this at 16, she must have had a great sense of self and ability to reflect on her life. It takes a lot to mentally remove yourself from the dysfunction and not just be caught up in the rage. Also, she's said herself that she got her family's approval first before releasing the song and that she loves her family, but her and her family agree that this is an important message, especially today in a world full of family dysfunction. I love my parents and I know its hard for them, its much more heartbreaking for them than it is for me, but I would give anything for them to be able to reflect on themselves from a removed perspective like this song does so they can begin to fix their pain and move on. No one needs to be stuck in an endless cycle of hurt and hate like that. |
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