I'll give you countless amounts of outright
Acceptance if you want it.
I'll 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.
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.
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,
And I'll empathize with.
You can say that you'll
have to skip town...
To chase your passion,
and I'll hear it.
You can even hit rock bottom,
have a mid-life 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.
Artist: ... Alanis Morissette
Album: .... Under Rug Swept
