I’ve been careless with a delicate man
And it’s a sad, sad world
Where a girl will break a boy just because she can
Now, the same idiots who flipped out about the “Criminal" video read that first lyric as some kind of porn-culture come-on, when the deployment of the cliche is so transparently hilarious misdirection. You don’t get farther than the next line before Fiona lets you know that she’s the one who has all the power. It’s the lyrical equivalent of beckoning a man to come closer only to slap him in the face when he does. And the way she continues to layer on the condescension throughout the song is just next-level. "Ahhhhhh... yes..... so this makes it all right - a woman can behave like a horrible man... but as long as it isn't a man... then all is good
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