Because You Did — Summary

To all those who like to hurt Those who just want to stay standing up I give to you the product of your ways I give you all that you caused

Do you see that girl hiding in the doorways As you walk home from school She has to waste time and stay away So her mum can't hurt her after a day at work

Do you see the girl walking past you on the corridor Her with the black eye and the wierd smile Her parents hit her because she didn't get an A They hit her because she can't stand up for herself

You know the girl who stares at the window She is dreaming of the day when she can escape this place Or did you ever think that maybe she's thinking About how she can leave this world

Actions have consequences And they will always catch up with you Sleep tonight and the next But ten years from now when you meet that girl The one you laughed at for her hair For her clothes Because she too smart Or too wierd Just remeber that those scars that stopped her dreams Are ALL YOUR FAULT

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Vampire Gal's "Because You Did" is an angry, direct address to people who bully others. The speaker pulls us through a series of girls most of us might pass without noticing: one who lingers in doorways because she's afraid of going home, one with a black eye and a "wierd smile," and one who stares out a window, possibly thinking about ending her life. Each is hurting at home and then hurt again at school.

The speaker's feeling shifts from sorrow to accusation. At first the tone is almost pleading, asking "Do you see?" Then it hardens into a warning that "actions have consequences." The final lines, with "ALL / YOUR / FAULT" broken across the page, feel like shouting, and the speaker seems to be speaking from real pain rather than at a distance.

The mood is heavy, raw and confrontational. The unpolished spelling and plain language make it feel like a heartfelt outburst, not a carefully shaped piece, which adds to its honesty.

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