A/N: This is a the first in a series of songs based on and around the characters in JK Rowlings Harry Potter universe. I do not own any of the characters or situations.
This first song is intended for Harry, after he hears the prophecy in OotP.

Harry's Song
Why?

The day he sat me down and explained to me my fate
I couldn't help but think that it was seven years too late
For if I'd known right from the start just what I had to be
All those people wouldn't have died, unknowingly protecting me

But it's too late
And he's gone
And I don't want to carry on
But I know
That I must
There's no-one else who I can trust
This is who I have to be
But why does it have to be me?

Looking back I can't believe that I was such a fool
I never even thought he would try to lure me from school
I lost my head and ran, not even thinking twice
And one of those who followed me, paid the ultimate price

Now it's too late
And he's gone
And I don't want to carry on
But I know
That I must
There's no-one else who I can trust
This is who I have to be
But why does it have to be me?

And I know this is a burden that I must bear on my own
That I must travel far afield before I return home
But it doesn't stop me wishing, pray it's all a big mistake
For I know I'm not strong enough, there's only so much I can take

And it seems that any hope
Is resting just on me
But no-one seems to realise
Just what I'll have to be
I'll have to kill to win this war
But isn't that a sin?
And if I kill as he has killed
I'll be as bad as him

But it'll be too late
And he will still be gone
And I won't want to carry on
But I know
That I must
There's no-one else who I can trust
This is who I have to be
But why does it have to be me?

Why is it always me?

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