Gimme Back My Dog
Reclaiming Love's Canine Echoes
Lyrics
It was mine before I met you
The possession was established before the relationship
It was mine before I'd let you come closer and hold it and know it
Allowing someone closer emotionally, sharing intimacy
The way you once knew me
Connection to a past self or identity
It was mine before you knew me
Reiterating prior ownership
It was mine before you'd chose me and use me and lose me, refuse me
Feeling used, discarded, or taken advantage of
The way you're now refusing to
Current rejection or refusal
Gimme back my dog
Demand for the return of ownership
It was mine before I'd see you
Pre-existing possession before deep emotional involvement
It was mine before I'd believe you
Questioning sincerity in past expressions of need or love
When you said "I need you" it seems that you were just throwing me a bone
Feeling deceived or misled
And it was mine before you found me
Reasserting ownership before being pursued
It was mine before you'd hound me and bound me, ground me then pound me
Feeling restrained or controlled in the relationship
Like a stray with no way home
Lost and without direction, metaphorically like a stray dog
Like a dirty stray dog with no way home
Emphasizing the feeling of being lost and alone
So come on girl, you gotta give me some credit
Requesting acknowledgment of past possession
It was mine before you'd go get it and pet it and let it run
Ownership before nurturing and caring for the possession
When you threw the damn thing it's ball
Recalling a moment of interaction, asserting past control
And it was mine before you liked me
Prior possession before being liked or accepted
It was mine before you'd try me, lie to me and try to deny me
Feeling deceived or rejected after investing emotionally
That you ever loved me at all, yeah so
Questioning the authenticity of past love
Gimme back my dog
Final demand for the return of ownership
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