Marriage

Marriage
You don't belong to nobody, baby
Baby, you don't belong to no—
Marriage, it's a dead thing
It's a bird with a broken wing
I take things, I don't give 'em back
I wanna put you in a bag and carry that
'Cause some courage, maybe you wanted that
Wanted to walk over your coat over a pot of lead
Wanted you to be some kind of a perfect human
But we both know you ain't no perfect human

You don't belong to nobody, baby
You don't belong to nobody, baby (Ah-ah, ah)
You don't belong to me (Yeah)
You don't belong to nobody, baby (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
You don't belong to nobody, baby (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
You don't belong to me, yeah (Oh-oh)
Fairytale, maybe you wanted that
Wanted to give you all the things you said you never had
Wanted you to be some kind of a perfect human
But we both know I'm not a perfect human
But when I love you, I wanna control you
Don't want you thinking 'bout, looking at no one but me
When you love me, love me, I lose myself
And when I let you in
I feel like shit, I tell myself that
You don't belong to nobody, baby
You don't belong to nobody, baby (Ah-ah, ah, yeah)
You don't belong to me (Yeah, me)
You don't belong to nobody, baby (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
You don't belong to nobody, baby (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
You don't belong to me, yeah (Oh-oh)

Yeah, I'm old-fashioned, but I like fashion
I need a little passion when I walk away
Need you to tell me to stay
But you never told me to stay that way
You don't belong to nobody, baby
You don't belong to nobody, baby
You don't belong to me (Don't belong)
You don't belong to nobody, baby (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
You don't belong to nobody, baby (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
You don't belong to me, yeah (Oh-oh)
You don't belong to nobody, baby
I don't belong to nobody, baby
I just belong to me
En la canción 'Marriage' de Nelly Furtado, se aborda el tema de pertenecer a uno mismo en lugar de a otra persona. Describe el matrimonio como algo muerto, un pájaro con un ala rota...