You owe me nothing in return
by Alanis Morisette

i'll give you countless amounts of outright acceptance
if you want it
i will give you encouragement to choose the path that you want
if you need it
you can speak of anger and doubts your fears and freak outs
and i'll hold it
you can share your so-called shame-filled accounts of times in your life
and i won't judge it
and there are no strings attached to it

you owe me nothing for giving the love that i give
you owe me nothing for caring the way that I have
i give you thanks for receiving, it's my privilege
and you owe me nothing in return

you can ask for space for yourself and only yourself
and i'll grant it
you can ask for freedom as well or time to travel
and you'll have it
you can ask to live by yourself or love someone else
and i'll support it
you can ask for anything you want anything at all
and i'll understand it
and there are no strings attached to it

i bet you're wondering
when the next payback shoe will eventually drop
i bet you're wondering
when my conditional police will force you to cough up
i bet you're wondering
how far you have now danced your way back into debt
this is the only kind of love as i understand it
that there really is

you can express your deepest of truths even if it means i'll lose you
and i'll hear it
you can fall into the abyss on the way to your bliss
i'll empathize with
you can say that you have to skip town to chase your passion
and i'll hear it
you can even hit rock bottom have a midlife crisis
and i'll hold it
and there are no strings attached to it

there are no strings attached to it...