[03:44.00]I Stop Paying For Gentle Things - LUNA VALE
[03:44.00]词：Zhong Junxian
[03:44.00]曲：Zhong Junxian
[03:44.00]Gentle things
[03:44.00]no debt
[03:44.00]You handed me a glass of water
[03:44.00]and I counted what it cost
[03:44.00]Not in money, not in numbers
[03:44.00]but in pieces of myself
[03:44.00]I thought a softer tone
[03:44.00]meant I should never need again
[03:44.00]So I folded up my hunger
[03:44.00]and called it being kind
[03:44.00]I have made a bill from every kindness
[03:44.00]paid it back with being small
[03:44.00]But care is not a contract
[03:44.00]and I do not owe it all
[03:44.00]I stop paying for gentle things
[03:44.00]I stop trading myself away
[03:44.00]A soft voice is not a warning
[03:44.00]that I have to earn my place
[03:44.00]I stop paying for gentle things
[03:44.00]I can take what is freely given
[03:44.00]Not every kind hand means
[03:44.00]I must become easier to live with
[03:44.00]No debt
[03:44.00]no debt
[03:44.00]There was soup left on the counter
[03:44.00]and a note beside the bowl
[03:44.00]I almost planned tomorrow
[03:44.00]like repayment for my soul
[03:44.00]But the spoon was simply waiting
[03:44.00]and the kitchen light was low
[03:44.00]Nobody asked my tired heart
[03:44.00]to make the evening whole
[03:44.00]Maybe being cared for
[03:44.00]does not put my name in red
[03:44.00]Maybe I can be receiving
[03:44.00]without rehearsing what comes next
[03:44.00]I stop paying for gentle things
[03:44.00]I stop trading myself away
[03:44.00]A soft voice is not a warning
[03:44.00]that I have to earn my place
[03:44.00]I stop paying for gentle things
[03:44.00]I can take what is freely given
[03:44.00]Not every kind hand means
[03:44.00]I must become easier to live with
[03:44.00]I can say thank you
[03:44.00]and still keep my hands
[03:44.00]I can be grateful
[03:44.00]without changing who I am
[03:44.00]Love does not become a ledger
[03:44.00]just because I am afraid
[03:44.00]I can let a tender moment
[03:44.00]end without a debt to pay
[03:44.00]I stop paying for gentle things
[03:44.00]I stop trading myself away
[03:44.00]A soft voice is not a warning
[03:44.00]that I have to earn my place
[03:44.00]I stop paying for gentle things
[03:44.00]I can take what is freely given
[03:44.00]Not every kind hand means
[03:44.00]I must become easier to live with
[03:44.00]Gentle things
[03:44.00]no debt
[03:44.00]Mm