My Little Despot - DeVotchKa

You’re my one little weakness

We know each other’s secrets

We swore never to repeat this

To another living soul

You’re my little genius

Our plans were seamless

Whoever would believe

This could spin so out of control?

You’re my little despot

What an iron fist you’ve got

Are you willing or will you not release

The hearts that you hold

And you peel back the fingers that clutch

Oh have I shown you too much

I know you do what you must

Simply to survive

Has it gotten dangerous?

No one should love you this much

And with your legendary touch

You turned out the light

In the blue of the evening

The light gets deceiving

Now I’m barely breathing

But never felt so alive

And I smell the history

In the burning mango tree

And just where this path will lead

I must let fate decide for me

You peel back the fingers that clutch

Oh have I shown you too much

I know you do what you must

Simply to survive

Has it gotten dangerous?

No one should love you this much

And with your legendary touch

You turned out the light

You look just like a seamstress

With a needle between your lips

The thread that you’re weaving with

Unravels and unwinds

And that’s all to the wreckage

With some kind of mixed messages

Was it all just in my head?

Was it all in my mind?