Love
Christina Aguilera Lyrics

A rubber band is what I call your love for me
Your love is like a rubber band because it's unpredictable and constantly fluctuates, bouncing me around like a trampoline.

'Cause it comes and goes and pins me like a trampoline
Your love is unstable and has sudden ups and downs that make me feel trapped and confused.

But all this back and forth is freaky, it's confusing me
The unpredictability of your love is unsettling and difficult for me to comprehend.

Like a pencil trying to write and you're erasing me
It feels like I'm trying to create something with you, but every time I make progress, you erase it and start from scratch.

If I was a ruler I'd set you straight
If I had the authority, I would make you behave in a more reliable manner.

But your love is like a sharpener, it really grates
However, your love is like a pencil sharpener that wears me down and irritates me.

'Cause once I'm trying to bounce, you pull me back
Whenever I try to move on and grow, you restrain me and hold me back.

And when I try to come to you, you give me slack
But when I try to get closer to you, you seem distant and unresponsive.

Your love is pulling like a rubber band
Once again, your love is compared to a rubber band that has an unpredictable and uncontrollable force.

Elastic love, everlastic love
The song defines this unpredictable, unsteady love as 'elastic' and 'everlasting'.

Ever lusting love, such a spastic love
It is also described as 'ever lusting' and 'spastic', which creates a sense of chaos and confusion.

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
This line serves as a musical break in the song.

A rubber band was an analogy
The song makes it clear that the rubber band comparison is only an analogy.

You can even say it's a metaphor
It could also be considered a metaphor, which implies that the comparison goes beyond surface level.

The tension between you and me
The 'rubber band' analogy/metaphor is used to describe the tension and unpredictability between the two people involved.

I ain't gonna feel it if you let it go
The song suggests that the tension would disappear if one party were to let go.

I can take a little bit and make it more
Even small conflicts can escalate and become more problematic.

A little bit of hate can make it war
A small amount of hostility can turn into a much bigger conflict.

But a lot of love ain't enough
However, love alone isn't enough to maintain a healthy relationship.

And so, I don't really know how we find the cure
The song expresses doubt that the problems in the relationship can be solved.

Paper clips, they couldn't even hold us together
The song suggests that the problems between them are too great for even the smallest things to hold them together.

If we were gaffer tape maybe we could spend the summer
The song fantasizes about how the relationship could have been better under different circumstances.

You could say your piece, you could post it on a paper
The song discusses how communication is key to a relationship, even if it doesn't always help things work out.

When your love hits, it sticks me like a stapler
When your love does hit me hard, it feels unrelenting and unchanging, much like an unmovable stapler.

Elastic love, everlastic love
The previously mentioned words are repeated as a reminder of the type of love being discussed.

Ever lusting love, such a spastic love
The song ends with a repetition of the same phrases, driving home the message of the instability and unpredictability of this kind of love.