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.