Closed Doors Closed Minds

Why do words like "love" and actions of affection

Get taken as a threat or promise of devotion

Instead of just accepted for the beauty that they have?

When you tell someone that you love them

They act like you're taking away all their freedom

But it's giving, it's not taking away.

Love and friendship don't restrict and bind

Those chains are only in your mind

It doesn't have to be that way.

People act like it's something to be ashamed of

To lock away or hide behind closed doors

This kind of secrecy only breeds social scheming,

Gossip, lies, and misunderstanding

It doesn't seem that appealing to me.

Why do words like "love" and actions of affection

Get taken as a threat or promise of devotion

Instead of just accepted for the beauty that they have?

Why bleed all the meaning out of emotions

With all kinds of weird connotations?

Words will fuck us up enough by themselves.