Double Bind

A                                   D                                E

You treat me like a jojo, first you pull and then you push

you reveal a secret, then you hide behind a bush

you got me so confused, I don’t know where I stand

I’m drifting in an ocean while I’m standing on the land

 

Chorus (2x)

double bind, double bind, It’s a crying shame

at the same time freezing ice and burning flame

 

I feel like a puppet that is hanging on your string

making funny movements that don’t lead to anything

would you be so kind and at least write me a plot

so I can act with sense, not like an uncontrolled robot

 

Chorus (2x)

double bind, double bind, It’s a crying shame

it makes freedom and enslavement seem the same

 

since I fell in love with you we’re playing tit for tat

like we did in school except our playground is not flat

it has four dimensions and the rules change all the time

I give up, surrender, I can’t make our poem rhyme

 

Chorus (2x)

double bind, double bind, It’s a crying shame

I have been a part of it before you came

 

© Arne Erdmann 2016