i was the soil you grew your roots right through me i nourished you, became your sun without the sun the moon don't shine the nights turn dark and cold i held your branches reflected all your beauty the things about you, you didn't value i tried to convince you of your own strength but anytime i went away you lost your balance we all have our labels of what we've learned 'bout love everybody seems to know exactly what love means but we are living dependency we're living posession we rarely live freedom but that's how i like it to be you gave warmth to me became my harbour to come back to during times your feet were firmly on the ground i felt securely loved until you got lost in me and needed me to make you whole we all have our labels of what we've learned 'bout love everybody seems to know exactly what love means but we are living addiction we're living obsession we rarely live freedom i knew that someday i would have to leave you so you'd let your roots grow into your own soil become your own strong tree, with a trunk and branches and leaves, stretching out far with abundance of fruit emerging from self-love we all have our labels of what we've learned 'bout love everybody seems to know exactly what love means but we are living dependency, we're living posession, we rarely live freedom we all have our labels of what we've learned 'bout love everybody seems to know exactly what love means it's no addiction, no obsession, no dependency, no, no we rarely live freedom but that's how i like it to be