If You Stay

Dear Sara, I must hit you

with the hardest truth you've yet to swallow.

Would you continue making footsteps

if you knew a future daughter may follow?

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Because if you stay with him,

they will never even exist.

You will feel unbearable pain.

Heart ache is all of what life will consist.

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This man is going to hurt you.

Not once will he ever repent.

Do you think this is your person?

Is this what you were taught love meant?

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You must be stronger than the person

you've become just to survive.

If you keep waiting for a change,

I'm afraid we won't leave here alive.

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I know how hard you're trying

to accept all that he is...

but don't you think he would protect you

if he really thought of you as his?

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Stop lowering your standards.

Stop tolerating more than you should.

Stop sacrificing your own happiness.

If he wanted to change, he would.

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You need to listen to your gut.

The puzzle pieces do not fit.

You need to open up your eyes.

He doesn't give a single shit.

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Stop trying to give this man excuses.

It's okay to leave this fight.

He only wants to prove you wrong.

I'm telling you; you'll be alright.

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You're overlooking all his flaws

while he's busy finding them in you.

please... listen when I say...

This isn't love! Start over new!

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Do you really believe someone in love

would fill your head with lies?

Do you really believe someone in love

would laugh while he makes you cry?

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Somebody in love

surely wouldn't try to end your life...

Somebody in love

wouldn't threaten you with a knife.

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They wouldn't hold you down

and vomit in your face

They wouldn't fill your head

with hateful words you can't erase.

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But if you choose to stay here

and waste your time on him

I'm afraid that I can't help you

Your futures looking pretty grim.

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You won't even need that knife

You won't need to take those pills

If you really want to die...

Stay in this "love" and you'll get killed.

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Trust me, I know it's hard...

You feel there's nowhere safe to go.

But I promise you, there is...

the safest place you'll ever know.

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One day, you will feel stronger.

It won't be long. Trust me.

And you're going to be loved for more

than the woman you've settled to be.

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One day, you'll be a mother.

One day, you'll be a wife.

And it won't be with this monster...

You'll have the most amazing life!

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This is who you could be...

but you have to say "goodbye".

"But what if you're not being honest?"

I'm you. Why would I lie?