Because I love you, you knew I'd give it all

I'd take out my own beating heart and hand it to you just so you'd say you love me too

The sound of your voice or the smile on your face made my heart quicken and my cheeks burn

Your hands were the only familar thing that I knew

And the reasons I loved you are beyond unhealthy but I loved you too much to care

I ignored the pleas from my friends to leave it alone and maybe even walk away

But I can't... because I love you 

Because I love you, I didn't love myself

I thought what I was wasn't what you wanted so I became something else

I was starving for your affection 

Literally and figuratively

I only needed you 

I only wanted you 

You made me feel like I was worth something only to steal that feeling away and make me hollow

Because I love you, I let you love someone else

Because my pain didn't matter as long as you were happy 

I couldn't be what you wanted me to be

I couldn't bend myself anymore backwards to meet the standard that you held for me

I couldn't become who you were 

Because I love you, I walked away and left you with every piece of my heart 

I had to rebuild all that you took and find satisfaction in something new

And it was because I loved you

That I now know how to love my myself because you couldn't love me 

But I will always love you 

Because you made me who I am 

You broke my weakest self and made me anew 

Becuase I loved you