You Owe Me Nothing

Artist: Alanis Morissette
Album: Under Rug Swept
Song: 09
Year: 2002

i値l 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
freakouts and i値l hold it 
you can share your so-called shame-filled accounts of
times in your life and i won稚 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 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値l 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値l support it 
you can ask for anything you want, anything at all,and
i値l understand it 
(and their 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 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 shew will
eventually drop 
i bet you're wondering when my condition of police
will force you to cuff 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 trues, even if it
means i値l lose you and ill hear it 
you can fall into the abyss on your way to your bliss
and i値l empathise with 
you cant say that you値l have to skip town to chase
your passion and i値l hear it 
you can leave and hit rock bottom have a mid-life
crisis and i値l hold it 
(and their 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 i have 
i give you thanks for receiving, it's my privilege 
and you owe me nothing in return