Wrapped Around Your Finger

Wrapped Around Your Finger is the second UK single from The Police's 1983 album Synchronicity. It was released worldwide by A&M Records and featured non-album track "Someone To Talk To" as a b-side. The song is a tale of an apprentice who seeks esoteric wisdom under the tutelage of an erotic teacher, eventually superseding the mentor to become the master. Like other Police songs from this period, it features mythological and literary references, notably to the the Scylla and Charybdis monsters of Greek mythology, and the German legend of Faust. It has a relatively slow, almost foreboding feel in the beginning verses, modulating to evoke a lighter, triumphant feel as the student achieves mastery. It reached #7 in the UK charts in July 1983 and was the fourth single from Synchronicity to chart in the US, making it to #8 on the Billboard chart in March of 1984.

[Verse 1] You consider me the young apprentice Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis Hypnotized by you if I should linger Staring at the ring around your finger I have only come here seeking knowledge Things they would not teach me of in college I can see the destiny you sold Turn into a shining band of gold [Chorus] I'll be wrapped around your finger I'll be wrapped around your finger [Verse 2] Mephistopheles is not your name I know what you're up to just the same I will listen hard to your tuition You will see it come to its fruition [Chorus] I'll be wrapped around your finger I'll be wrapped around your finger [Verse 3] Devil and the deep blue sea behind me Vanish in the air, you'll never find me I will turn your face to alabaster When you find your servant is your master [Outro] Oh, you'll be wrapped around my finger You'll be wrapped around my finger You'll be wrapped around my finger Ohh