Hey so this idea just hit me and, well here it is!

Disclaimer: no, over the past 24 hours JJ Abrams has not made contact with me and/or sold me the rights to Fringe :( I don't own this song either.

This is from Olivia's point of view, present day, as she thinks back on how all her mother's mistakes have affected her life.

Because Of You by Kelly Clarkson

BECAUSE OF YOU

I will not make the same mistakes that you did. I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery. I will be careful in my choice of men; I won't let anyone break me.

I will not break the way you did, you fell so hard. You let him hurt you, you stopped fighting back, you took it all until you fell apart.

I've learned the hard way to never let it get that far. I learned your lesson for you, I was only a child.

I'd lose my way and it wouldn't be long before you'd point it out. I tried to be good, to do well for you, but it was never good enough. I couldn't cry because I knew that's weakness in your eyes. He taught you that one.

I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh, every day of my life; it doesn't come naturally anymore.

That you never loved me hurt the most. You said you did, but never enough to make him stop. My heart can't possibly break when it wasn't even whole to start with.

I watched you die, I heard you cry every night in your sleep. I was so young, you should have known better than to lean on me.

You never thought of anyone else, you just saw your pain. You would cover up your bruises while I lay bleeding in the next room.

And now I cry, in the middle of the night, for the same damn thing!

Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk. Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt.

Because of you I tried my hardest just to forget everything. For years and years I tried, but who can forget something like that?

Because of you I don't know how to let anyone else in. Here I am with the perfect man. I love him, I want to be with him, forever, but I'm too damn afraid to let him in! And it's not just the fear holding me back. I simple don't know how to open myself up.

Because of you I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty. I spent so much time hiding I forgot to live.

Because of you, I am afraid.

Because of you.

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-Megs