Like a rubber band

You came into my life, 

stretched me like a rubber band.

Extended my boundaries, 

tested my limits

And I liked it...

I wanted to know about you, 

all about you

and I liked you...

Yes, I liked you very much...

I think I loved you...

I wanted you to love me too

So I let you pull me...

I bent over backward

to show you treasures within...

Oh, yes - you just reached in.

Took what you wanted...

And I liked it

I liked you pulling me...

We were two.

You pulled, I pushed.

I stretched, you didn't.

You had me on your line.

And for you it was just fine...

Pushed me to my limit

but I didn't snap.

I was taut, stretched tight

in your grip...

And I liked it!

Your pull on me - 

You pulled on me  -

I liked it there..

I did, you gave me more - 

'till I was sore...

I was stretched taut but I didn't snap - 

Not then, not yet.

I stretched up so far, 

but I couldn't reach your bar.

It kept moving higher

but I didn't snap - 

Not then, not yet...

I extended out 

to meet your desires

and fit the shape of your wishes...

You pulled me this way, 
and teased me that.

My edges started to fray,

because I started to think 

that it was all for you

only for you...

I was stretched so thin

I was out on a line...

I couldn't see me, 

and it was not fine.

I'd pulled myself all out of shape

for you, for you, all for you.

So far to reach your moving bar...

Pushed me to my limit

but I didn't snap.

I was taut, stretched tight

in your grip...

And I liked it!

Your pull on me - 

You pulled on me  -

I liked it there..

I did, you gave me more

'till I was sore...

I woke up one day, to find 

I could not extend any more - 

not one little bit..

Malleable no more, 

I no longer had any core.

You just let go when you saw

I couldn't go that far.

I didn't snap at the release 

of your weight, your control,

but bent out of shape

I was, worn and frayed

and I realised that I 

should not have stayed 

in your thrall, so long.

I made myself small, for you.

I made myself big, for you.

I described circles in the air, for you

and you didn't see.

You couldn't really see

ME.

Pushed me to my limit

but I didn't snap.

I was taut, stretched tight

in your grip...

And I liked it!

Your pull on me - 

You pulled on me  -

I liked it there..

I did, you gave me more

'till I was sore...

So I didn't snap, I wouldn't snap.

I snapped back

and I flew. You see. 

You knew, deep in your heart,

you knew.

I flew because of you.

You stretched me to my limit

but I slipped off your finger - 

Oh, so gently, but I took off

with such power.

Not your puppet any more...

And I flew

through the wind ... it blew me free.

And where I went, you couldn't follow.

And the view was great!

I put everything out along my line for you,

looking for some kind of sign

that you loved me,

that you really loved me....

You stretched me to my limit

but I snapped off with such power.

Not your puppet any more...

And I flew

through the wind ... it lifted me free.

And where I soared, you couldn't follow.

For us there was no tomorrow.

Pushed me to my limit

but I didn't snap.

I was taut, stretched tight

in your grip...

And I liked it!

Your pull on me - 

You pulled on me  -

I liked it there..

I did, you gave me more

'till I was sore...

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