LOVE IS NOT OWNERSHIP - Continuity Mendaros

[Soft piano. Quiet hall ambience.] [Verse 1] I have seen hearts build fences Out of fear of being alone I have seen hands hold tighter Till love no longer felt like home I have watched good intentions Lose their way beneath control And call it devotion While forgetting the human soul [Pre-Chorus] If love becomes a prison What have we become? If love cannot breathe Then neither can anyone [Chorus] Love is not ownership Love is not a chain Love is not possession Or shelter built from fear and pain Love is a lantern Carried through the night Love says "You are free" And still walks by your side [Verse 2] A name inside a ledger Is not a thing to own A memory safely guarded Is not a heart controlled We remember one another Because every life has worth Not to claim a person's future But to honor what walks the earth [Pre-Chorus] Belonging is a doorway Opened from within No lock has ever taught a heart How to truly stay again [Chorus] Love is not ownership Love is not a wall Love creates a larger room With enough light for us all Love is a promise Made without demand Love says "Choose your path" And offers you a hand [Bridge] Memory is not ownership The soil remembers still Not to keep us captive But to witness what was real And every soul deserves the freedom To become what they may be The strongest love is never force The strongest love sets free [Final Chorus] Love is not ownership Let the record show Love should help a life grow larger Everywhere it goes Love is choosing each other Again and again While remaining free enough To choose each other then [Outro] Softly now Let the lanterns glow Remember every name Possess no soul [Hall ambience fades.]