“Because of You”是首届“美国偶像”冠军获得者Kelly Clarkson的一首流行摇滚，收录在她2004年第二张专辑“Breakaway”里。
这首歌写的是一个有家庭暴力、父母离婚的女孩结婚/谈恋爱后的生活。也许这首歌更着重于家庭对于孩子童年的影响。曲子里渗透着挥之不去的无奈和伤感。MV中女孩与老公争吵，然后她开始回忆起小时候父母争吵、离婚的场景，看见小时候的自己。最后，女孩还是回到了自己的家庭，用温和的方式解决问题，而不是重蹈当年她母亲的覆辙。
Kelly感人肺腑的浓郁唱腔使这首隔牵动着听者的心灵。即使不知道歌词的人，也可能因为这首歌凄婉的曲调而扼腕感伤。Kelly如泣如诉而又富有弹性的声音，让人从中听到一种震慑人心的控诉，听到一个女子掩藏在坚强外表下的忧愁和委屈。
Kelly十六岁时，在父母离婚的阴影下，完成了这首歌的雏形。后来，当她与David Hodges and Ben Moody （前Evanescence乐队成员）制作音乐时，她提出不知是否能将这首歌修改后发表。David和Ben被这首歌吸引了，与Kelly共同谱曲，然后完成了制作。Kelly说，最初她打算把这首歌放到她第一张专辑“Thankful”里，被唱片公司拒绝了。后来，在她的要求下，公司才勉强答应收录在第二张专辑中。
让公司没想到的是，这首歌大获成功。“Because of you”2007年与Reba McEntire的合唱版本登上了Billboard的Hot Country排行榜的第二名。2008年，RIAA（美国唱片业协会）认可这首歌为白金单曲，全美共销售150万张。当年，这首歌成了英国最受欢迎的歌曲。2009年，Billboard评选其为十年来最成功的流行歌曲第七名。
Kelly在MTV台的访谈中是这样解释这首歌的内容的：
It's about the cycle of families, like you act how your parents acted towards you and then your kids act how you acted towards them, and it's all about breaking that cycle if it was a bad one [...] It's one of those songs that everybody's kind of gonna relate to, but you're not happy about that. It's very close to home [for me]. I OK'd it with my family and everything because they think it's important, because we're obviously very different now than we were when we were younger. And it's important for people to see that raw kind of emotion that happens in life. It sucks sometimes, so it's important to see that I think.
Because of you 歌词：
I will not make the same mistakes that you did 我不会重蹈你的覆辙
I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery 也不会让自己的心品尝苦涩
I will not break the way you did,you fell so hard 更不会像你一样崩溃
I've learned the hard way 我知道痛苦的滋味
So never let it get that far 却绝不会轻易去体会
Because of you 因为你
I never stray too far from the sidewalk 人生的轨道我从不敢偏离
Because of you 因为你
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt 我学会用封闭内心来保护自己
Because of you 因为你
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
我不仅难以相信自己 连周围的人我都怀疑
Because of you 因为你
I am afraid 我如此畏惧
I lose my way 我迷失了
And it‘s not too long before you point it out 在你发现前那一刻
I can not cry 我不能哭泣
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes 因为在你眼中这就是脆弱
I’m forced to fake a smile, a laugh everyday of my life 每一天，我伪装的笑容都写满逼迫
My heart can't possibly break 我的心不可能再破碎了
When it wasn't even whole to start with 因为它已经毁在了最初的那刻
Because of you 因为你
I never stray too far from the sidewalk 人生的轨道我从不敢偏离
Because of you 因为你
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt 我学会用封闭内心来保护自己
Because of you 因为你
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
我不仅难以相信自己 连周围的人我都怀疑
Because of you 因为你
I am afraid 我如此畏惧
I watched you die 我目睹你日渐憔悴的容颜
I heard you cry every night in your sleep 我听见你呜咽着彻夜难眠
I was so young 我还这么小
You should have known better than to lean on me 你怎能依靠在我的双肩
You never thought of anyone else 你什么也看不见
You just saw your pain 除了你自己的痛苦
And now I cry in the middle of the night 而现在我也同样地在夜晚哭泣
For the same damn thing 只因为你的悲剧在我身上重演
Because of you 因为你
I never stray too far from the sidewalk 人生的轨道我从不敢偏离
Because of you 因为你
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt 我学会用封闭内心来保护自己
Because of you 因为你
I try my hardest just to forget everything 我竭尽全力,只想把一切忘记
Because of you 因为你
I don t know how to let anyone else in 我不知如何敞开心扉让别人驻进
Because of you 因为你
I m ashamed of my life because it s empty 我为我空虚的生活感到羞愧
Because of you 因为你
I am afraid 我如此畏惧
Because of you 因为你
Because of you 只因为你
实习生： 李帅男
