DON’T HURT SOMEBODY ELSE

If you are hurting, Don't hurt somebody else. Don't become the kind of person who once put You through hell. You still live with your heart Even when it aches inside. And as long as it keeps loving, There's a light that won't subside. When they broke both your wings as you tried To fly, you still found your way to the Morning sky. When they closed every door and they left you Outside, you still never let all the love in You die. They abandoned you there with the cold Closing in, among empty windows and streets wearing Thin. You fell without crying, Got up once again, but the pain never turned Your warm heart into stone. Maybe vengeance could never undo what they've done. Maybe some things can't be forgiven or gone. But there's one choice that's stronger when all's Said and done. Don't become the one who once shattered your heart. Don't become someone who's forgotten to love. If you are hurting, don't hurt somebody else. If there's a fire inside, don't burn someone else. Though this world may have treated you cruelly Sometimes, you don't have to become what you hated Inside. you are hurting, don't hurt somebody else. Even when broken, stay true to yourself. You still live with your heart even when it Aches inside, and as long as you love, They can never take your light. Sometimes those closest become long ago, And those you were waiting for simply let go. The warmest of hands can turn suddenly cold, And the ones you held closest start having you To hold. You may look at the heavens and Ask, "Why was it me?" While the echo dissolves in the night's empty sea. But even when all that remains is debris, Don't give all that pain somewhere permanent to be. Pain is still pain, but pain is no law. You don't have to become what wounded you before. When somebody tells you that's just how people are, Don't believe them. When somebody tells you kindness is for fools, Don't believe them. They may betray you a thousand times through, But who you become is still chosen by you. If you are hurting, don't hurt somebody else. If there's a fire inside, don't burn someone else. Though this world may have treated you cruelly Sometimes, you don't have to become what you hated Inside. If hurting, don't hurt somebody else. Even when broken, stay true to yourself. You still live with your heart even when it Aches inside, and as long as you love, They can never take your light. And if someday you look into eyes where a Tear just like yours has been frozen inside, Don't ask for a name, don't ask whose heart. Just stay there beside them, alone in the dark. Perhaps all they needed was one little sign, One warm, gentle sentence to bring them to life. And suddenly you'll understand after all, Why you carried your light through the dark for So long. You know how it hurts, So give someone warmth. You know how fear feels, so help someone hold On. You know how people can tear lives apart, So promise you'll never do that to a Heart. If you are hurting, Don't hurt Somebody else. If you are hurting, don't hurt somebody else. If you are hurting, don't hurt somebody else. If you are hurting, don't hurt somebody else. Even when everyone feels far away, Even when no one is there by your side, Don't let your pain be the person you are. If you are hurting, don't hurt somebody else. Let your heart keep its love, keep its light. You still live with your heart even when it Aches inside. And as long as you love, they can never Take your light. They can't defeat you. They can't kill the light. They can't make your heart give up love without A fight. They can't defeat you. They can't kill the light. As long as a heart still knows how to Love tonight. If you are hurting, don't hurt somebody else. You still live with your heart even when it Aches inside. And maybe true strength is never to fall. Maybe strength is getting back up without making Somebody else pay at all. And if someday every light disappears, Laugh. Even when It hurts.