You Owe Me Nothing in Return

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)



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



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 your 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)



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 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