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An allegiance is a duty of fidelity said to be owed by a subject or a citizen to his/her state or sovereign.
From Middle English ligeaunce (see medieval Latin ligeantia, "a liegance"). The al- prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an "allegation" (the French allegeance comes from the English). Allegiance is formed from "liege," from Old French liege, "liege, free", of Germanic origin. The connection with Latin ligare, "to bind," is erroneous.
The term allegiance was traditionally often used by English legal commentators in a larger sense, divided by them into natural and local, the latter applying to the deference which even a foreigner must pay to the institutions of the country in which he happens to live. However it is in its proper sense, in which it indicates national character and the subjection due to that character, that the word is more important.
In that sense it represents the feudal liege homage, which could be due only to one lord, while simple homage might be due to every lord under whom the person in question held land.
Thinking about you night and day
thinking about it every other way
wondering what I ever did wrong
Wondering why you ever said so long
pondering you in my clouded thoughts
pondering what I just lost
Everyone has their own thoughts and contradictions
everyone loves to be the center of attention
(sometimes) everyone just wants someone with them forever
but you're not the one who has to move on in the end
Wishing that you would come back today
before I begin to think what God wants me to be
(become in my later days)
I'll let him decide and in time
I'm sure I'll find love then